HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Philanthropy and charitable activities are in the DNA of the City of London Livery Companies. In 2025 the Livery movement’s total philanthropic giving was £81 million, plus over 76,000 hours of pro-bono time. (See the Pan Livery Impact Report.)
The Worshipful Company of Engineers maintains this tradition through its charitable vehicle, The Engineers Trust. The Trust aims to make a meaningful impact in support of the objects of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, as expressed through the Trust’s Charitable Objects.
The Trust supports engineering for wellbeing and the relief of hardship, engineering education and research, engineering for the benefit of society, and related Livery movement charitable endeavours.
For much more about us, view the Chair’s presentation “The Engineers Trust: Past Present and Future” on the Company’s YouTube Channel.
We are progressively building our evidence of the Impact of our charitable giving.
The Engineers Trust (as The Worshipful Company of Engineers Charitable Trust Fund) is a charity registered with the UK Charity Commission (Charity No. 289819).
AWARDS
The Engineers Trust awards grants, prizes and scholarships to support engineering for wellbeing and relief of hardship, engineering education and research, and engineering for the benefit of society by “persons engaged or desiring to engage in the profession of Engineering or elsewhere in industry or commerce generally.”
There are 25 awards and prizes that are either applied for directly or nominated through institutions and the Armed Services . The awards and prizes are presented annually at the annual awards ceremony and Livery dinner of the Engineers Company, held in a prestigious London venue in June or July of each year. This dinner celebrates the achievements of rising engineers, and gives prize and award winners the opportunity to meet senior engineers from all engineering disciplines and to create professional and personal friendships beyond their normal sphere of activity.
The Trust may also award Grants or make Donations in the following areas, subject to its financial headroom at the time.
There is no standard application form for these in-year grants from the Trust – please contact us for more details.
DONATIONS & LEGACY GIVING
The Trust is extremely grateful to all our Donors and is delighted to acknowledge and celebrate all contributors to the work of the Trust in our list of Donors, Partners, Sponsors, and Funders.
The Trust is progressively building a narrative of the Impact of its charitable activities to inspire others to contribute to its work.
The Trust distributes income from investments and from the generous giving of members of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, enhanced by corporate sponsorship. Since the formation of the Company in 1983, the Trust has accumulated over £1.8M of funds and is able to distribute, in a good year, up to £100,000 in engineering related benevolence. However, it would like to do more, but to do so requires additional donations. There are several ways you can do this:
TRUSTEES
The Trustees are Prof Gordon Masterton OBE DL FREng FRSE (chair), Dr Dolores Byrne OBE (ex officio), Eur Ing Penny Taylor JP (ex officio), Andrew McNaughton FREng (ex officio), Helen Ramsay, Peter Egan, John Owen OBE, Keith Cima CB, Martin Knights FREng, David Lane (the Independent Trustee).