# INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 249882
- **Other names:** INSTRE, THE INSTITUTION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 27, 1967
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=249882


## Contact

- **Address:** THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS, RAVELIN BUILDING, BROMPTON BARRACKS, CHATHAM, KENT
- **Phone:** 01634822371
- **Email:** chiefexec@instre.org
- **Website:** www.instre.org



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF MILITARY ENGINEERING AND TO PROMOTE MILITARY EFFICIENCY AND PARTICULARY THE MILITARY EFFICIENCY OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS.

**Activities:** The Institution provides a forum for debate through its sponsorship of joint professional meetings; the publication of articles in its Journal; the maintenance of a Museum and Library for the RE Corps' heritage and archive collection; and the administration of prize funds and a memorials fund.  The Institution is a licensed member of the Engineering Council.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Germany
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £605497 | £566314 | £1668685 | 7 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £560677 | £546143 | £1586887 | 7 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £526292 | £559233 | £1569443 | 7 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £481287 | £567625 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £445335 | £616484 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Brig James David Webster — appointed May 3, 2022
- Brigadier James Douglas Stuart — appointed June 5, 2025
- Brigadier Peter Thomas Quaite OBE — appointed Oct. 17, 2024
- COLONEL DANIEL HALL VR — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- COLONEL GUY STUART CHEESMAN ADC — appointed Jan. 16, 2026
- COLONEL JONATHAN LAYTON PRICHARD KVRM — appointed Oct. 15, 2020
- CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR CRAIG SMITH — appointed April 24, 2026
- Colonel Alexander John Harris — appointed Nov. 22, 2024
- Colonel Simon Justin Graham — appointed Feb. 5, 2024
- MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW JOHN WINGATE STURROCK — appointed Jan. 1, 2026
- MAJOR GENERAL DAVID WILLIAM SOUTHALL CBE — appointed Oct. 15, 2020