THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Accredit education, training and qualification programmes for NDT and related inspection technologies. Publish learned journals and text books. Disseminate information through a website. Organise conferences and seminars. Participate in international harmonisation of technical standards.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023
Total income:
£3,600,027
Donations and legacies | £266.15k | |
Charitable activities | £3.27m | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £60.14k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£3,203,774
Raising funds | £7.78k | |
Charitable activities | £3.20m | |
Other | £0 |
£50,473 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £7.78k | |
Charitable expenditure | £3.20m | |
Retained for future use | £396.25k |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £7.78k | |
Charitable expenditure | £3.20m | |
Retained for future use | £446.73k |
People

37 Employee(s)
29 Trustee(s)
150 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 1 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Throughout England And Wales
- Australia
- China
- Greece
- India
- Ireland
- Isle Of Man
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Northern Ireland
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Singapore
- Trinidad And Tobago
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
Governance
- 03 March 1970: Standard registration
- BINDT (Working name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
29 Trustee(s)
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GARY ELLIOTT | Trustee | 01 January 2025 |
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Thomas Fletcher | Trustee | 01 January 2025 |
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Dr James Martin Watson | Trustee | 01 January 2025 |
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Denize Ivy Pilarta | Trustee | 01 June 2024 |
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Conor Douglas | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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Dr Martin Christopher Lugg | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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Thomas Anthony Bertenshaw | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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Sam Cunningham | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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Thomas Eoin O'Hare | Trustee | 01 January 2023 |
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Jason Neill Taylor | Trustee | 01 January 2023 |
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Fraser Hardie | Trustee | 01 January 2023 |
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Michael Albert Sim | Trustee | 01 January 2023 |
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Kevin John Pickup | Trustee | 01 January 2023 |
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Dr Michael Charles Smith | Trustee | 01 January 2023 |
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Matthew Beecroft | Trustee | 08 September 2021 |
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Amy Schofield | Trustee | 01 August 2021 |
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Simon Robert Watson Mills | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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Steven Mark Baldwin | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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Michelle Clapham | Trustee | 04 September 2019 |
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Andrew Mark Dowell | Trustee | 01 February 2017 |
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Ian Cooper | Trustee | 01 January 2017 |
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Professor Katherine Joanne Kirk | Trustee | 01 January 2017 |
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Richard John Day | Trustee | 01 January 2017 |
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Dr JOHN MICHAEL FARLEY | Trustee | 01 January 2016 |
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JOHN PETER HANSEN | Trustee | 01 January 2015 |
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PROF ANTHONY DAVID HOPE | Trustee | 01 January 2015 |
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ANDREW DARREN WARD | Trustee | 01 January 2015 |
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RICHARD LESLIE WATSON | Trustee | 01 January 2014 |
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COLIN FORRESTER | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £2.84m | £2.19m | £2.55m | £3.49m | £3.60m | |
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Total expenditure | £2.80m | £2.31m | £2.55m | £2.99m | £3.20m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £244.17k | £245.30k | £290.61k | £333.09k | £266.15k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £2.54m | £1.89m | £2.21m | £3.10m | £3.27m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £58.79k | £54.49k | £56.48k | £57.63k | £60.14k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.80m | £2.30m | £2.54m | £2.98m | £3.20m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £6.81k | £6.82k | £7.81k | £7.79k | £7.78k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £17.63k | £19.53k | £17.74k | £18.10k | £19.06k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £1.84m | £1.77m | £1.69m | £1.64m | £1.63m | |
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Long-term investments | £518.49k | £546.95k | £604.86k | £562.60k | £605.30k | |
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Other assets | £1.15m | £1.10m | £1.30m | £1.87m | £2.37m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £347.87k | £339.02k | £448.14k | £461.12k | £545.29k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 24 October 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 24 October 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 17 October 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 17 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 08 November 2022 | 8 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 08 November 2022 | 8 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 20 October 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 20 October 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2019 | 21 October 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2019 | 21 October 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 03/12/1993 AS AMENDED ON 30/05/1995 AS AMENDED ON 19/03/2003 AS AMENDED ON 11/09/2013 AS AMENDED 10-9-14 AS AMENDED ON 16 NOV 2016
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING, CONDITION MONITORING, DIAGNOSTIC ENGINEERING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED MATERIALS AND QUALITY TESTING DISCIPLINES TO PROMOTE MEETINGS FOR THE READING AND DISCUSSION OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND FOR THE DELIVERY OF TALKS AND LECTURES AND FOR THE DISCUSSION AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF ALL MATTERS RELATED TO OR CONNECTED WITH NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OR OTHER ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL, PHYSICAL OR SCIENTIFIC MATTER OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE TO INITIATE, CONDUCT AND SUPERVISE RESEARCHES INTO AND THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL STUDIES OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE AND OTHER MATTERS AS AFORESAID ASND THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THESE STUDIES TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING AS A WHOLE
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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DAVID GILBERT
MIDSUMMER HOUSE
RIVERSIDE WAY
BEDFORD ROAD
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 5NX
- Phone:
- 01604438300
- Email:
- david.gilbert@bindt.org
- Website:
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