Charity Details

Charity Details:

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers

SC051227Registered charity from 31 August 2021

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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

Details of the charity's operations

Charity Status: Active

Last Updated: 03 Oct 2025

Constitutional Form: Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

Constitutional Form Date: 31 Aug 2021

Geographical Spread: UK and overseas

Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland

Purposes: "the advancement of education"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"

Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Information Submission History

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest 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
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSCR allowed an additional 9 months grace period for charities that were overdue/late when their annual information due by date fell between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021. 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 .

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