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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers

SC051227Registered charity from 31 August 2021
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By IMechE
Address 1 Birdcage Walk
London
Postcode SW1H 9JJ
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Cross-Border
Link to Charity Commission https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission
Object:
7. The objects and purposes for which the Institution is hereby constituted are to promote the development of Mechanical Engineering and to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas thereon and for that purpose: (a) To encourage invention and research in matters connected with Mechanical Engineering and with this object to make grants of money or books or otherwise to assist such invention and research. (b) To hold meetings of the Institution for reading and discussing communications bearing upon Mechanical Engineering or the application thereof or upon subjects relating thereto. (c) To print publish and distribute the proceedings or reports of the Institution or any papers communications works or treatises on Mechanical Engineering or its application or subjects connected therewith. (d) To co-operate with Universities, other Educational Institutions and public Educational Authorities for the furtherance of Education in Engineering Science or Practice. (e) To provide indemnity insurance to cover the liability of the members of the Trustee Board which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to them in respect of any negligence, default, breach of trust or breach of duty of which they may be guilty in relation to the Institution; provided that any such insurance shall not extend to any claim arising from any act or omission which the members of the Trustee Board knew to be a breach of trust or breach of duty or which was committed by the members of the Trustee Board in reckless disregard to whether it was a breach of trust or breach of duty or not and provided also that any such insurance shall not extend to the costs of any unsuccessful defence to a criminal prosecution brought against the members of the Trustee Board in their capacity as trustees of the Institution. (f) To do all other things incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)
Constitutional Form Date: 31 Aug 2021
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 222
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2022 £28,710,000 £28,528,000 02 Feb 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £30,248,000 £29,065,000 27 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £31,922,000 £32,627,000 15 Sept 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Abbey Addison
Lisa Norcross
Christopher O'Boyle
Joshua Thomson-Smith
Adrian Waldock
Ruth Shilston
Simon Evans
Chris Chong
Matthew Garside
Darren Sharpe
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