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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Registered charity 206882, on the register since 29 July 1963. The 499th largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

Improving the world through engineering,specifically as per the Royal Charter: 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?

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Economic/community Development/employmentEducation/training

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

Check it yourself

Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

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