THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
We deliver public benefit from excellence in engineering and technology.Our vision: Engineering and technology in the service of societyOur role: We create and lead a community of outstanding experts and innovators to engineer better lives.Our goals: Enabling a sustainable and innovative economy, harnessing technology to improve lives, and building an engineering community fit for the future
Latest income
£71.8m
Expenditure
£67.8m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £51.2m | £54.5m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £48.3m | £48.8m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £57.1m | £57.6m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £208m | £60.3m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £71.8m | £67.8m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £1.1m |
| Charitable activities | £62.6m |
| Trading | £1.6m |
| Investment income | £6.6m |
| Total income | £71.8m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £65.5m |
| Raising funds | £2.2m |
| Grants to institutions | £34.2m |
| Governance | £129k |
| Total expenditure | £67.8m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £5.0m |
| Total funds | £224m |
| — restricted | £189m |
| — unrestricted | £35.1m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £224m |
| Cash | £3.7m |
People
| Employees | 247 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.