Common questions about The Institution of Engineering and Technology's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Institution of Engineering and Technology a good charity? +
The Institution of Engineering and Technology scores 93 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 91% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Institution of Engineering and Technology a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Institution of Engineering and Technology as a registered charity (charity number 211014). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=211014&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Institution of Engineering and Technology's charity number? +
The Institution of Engineering and Technology's charity number is 211014. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Institution of Engineering and Technology's charity rating? +
The Institution of Engineering and Technology scores 93 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Institution of Engineering and Technology have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Institution of Engineering and Technology? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 91% of The Institution of Engineering and Technology's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Institution of Engineering and Technology's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 9% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 9% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Institution of Engineering and Technology. The Institution of Engineering and Technology's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 91 employees paid more than £60,000, including 25 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (2 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Institution of Engineering and Technology receive? +
The Institution of Engineering and Technology reported £64m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Institution of Engineering and Technology's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Institution of Engineering and Technology based? +
The Institution of Engineering and Technology's registered contact address is in London (WC2R 0BL). It tells the regulator it operates in Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, China, with a focus on education.
How much is The Institution of Engineering and Technology's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Institution of Engineering and Technology's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 91 employees paid more than £60,000, including 25 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (2 employees). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Institution of Engineering and Technology's money come from? +
The Institution of Engineering and Technology reported £64m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £42m (65%), trading and fundraising events £17m (27%), investments £4.3m (7%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Institution of Engineering and Technology? +
The register records The Institution of Engineering and Technology as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Institution of Engineering and Technology's trustees paid? +
The Institution of Engineering and Technology's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The Institution of Engineering and Technology previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for The Institution of Engineering and Technology: The Institution of Electrical Engineers.
When was The Institution of Engineering and Technology registered as a charity? +
The Institution of Engineering and Technology was entered on the register on 6 February 1964. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number RC000263).
How does CharityCompare score The Institution of Engineering and Technology? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Institution of Engineering and Technology's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Institution of Engineering and Technology's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.