Key results for 2008 - 2009

We saw very strong membership growth again this year

Grade 2004 - 05 2005 - 06 2006 - 07 2007 - 08 2008 - 09 % incr
Graduates 14,829 14,591 14,521 14,549 14,357 -1.3%
Members 31,685 31,971 32,607 33,710 35,360 4.9%
Fellow (and others) 5,613 5,540 5,529 5,487 5,463 -0.4%

Non-student members 52,127 52,102 52,657 53,746 55,180 2.7%
Student members 26,985 28,661 30,584 31,955 33,380 4.5%

Total - at 30 June 79,112 80,763 83,241 85,701 88,560 3.3%


Helped by a 51% increase in new admissions to Member grade

Nearly 1,600 new admissions to member grade, up more than 500 on the good result last year

 

New Members 2008 - 2009

New Members 2008-2009

 

And good prospects for the future with our membership getting younger & younger

The proportion of our members who are 35 years or younger keeps increasing, whether student members are counted or not

 

Percentage members 35 years and younger

Percentage members 35 years and younger

 

Female membership again showed good growth

Growth of nearly 14% in female full members was again the highest recorded in any grade last year

 

female members

Increasing female membership - last five years


Our members continue to value the recognition of Chartered Status

Our PDP participants again lodged more career episode reports then ever before.

Encouragingly, awards of Chartered Status recovered by over 12% from last year’s drop.

 

Increase in Chartered Status

 


Demand for assessment of migrant skills set another record

Despite reduced migration targets, demand for assessment of migrant engineering skills was over 10% higher than ever before

 

migration skills assessment

 

Another good financial record

($ million) 2004 -
05
2005 -
06
2006 -
07
2007 -
08
2008 -
09
Income 27.7 30.7 33.4 33.7 37.6
Expenses 26.3 28.2 31.1 33.5 36.9

Operating surplus / (deficit) 1.4 2.4 2.3 0.1 0.7

Asset revaluation 1.0 3.6 3.6 3.3 -1.0
Increase in members' funds 2.3 6.0 5.9 3.5 -0.3

Total Members' Funds 21.3 27.4 33.3 36.7 36.5

 

members funds

With a good spread of income

Main sources of income 2004 -
05
2005 -
06
2006 -
07
2007 -
08
2008 -
09
Net membership subscriptions 14.3 15.1 15.9 15.2 16.6
Sponsorship grants and commissions 2.5 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.7
Events, publications and other 6.0 8.1 8.5 8.9 11.0
Subsidiary companies 4.9 5.3 6.3 6.9 7.4

Total Income 27.7 30.7 33.4 33.7 37.6

members funds

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