Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3

CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY CHARITY LIMITED 

CAT seeks to inspire, inform and enable people to adopt sustainable technologies and practices. The Charity achieves its objectives by: promoting scenarios for a Zero Carbon Britian; providing education through school visits, short courses and postgraduate teaching; publishing a members' magazine; providing a free information service; operating a visitor centre; hosting external events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 51 years

www.cat.org.uk

paul.booth@cat.org.uk

01654 704955

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£4,515£4,725£-211£539£1,543£9802.510950
31/03/22£3,797£3,851£-54£363£1,753£1,2283.89950
31/03/21£2,874£3,175£-301£364£1,807£1,1124.29120
31/03/20£4,315£3,575£740£293£2,108£1,1153.798150
31/03/19£2,943£3,029£-86£273£1,368£1,2164.89060
31/03/18£2,959£2,907£52£697£1,454£1,2275.1590
31/03/17£2,887£2,867£20£675£1,402£1,1824.9550
31/03/16£3,024£2,608£416£506£1,382£1,0825630
31/03/15£3,152£3,056£96£784£966£7793.1590
31/03/14£3,009£3,290£-281£694£6,365£4981.8460
31/03/13*£2,501£3,058£-557£401£6,646£5522.2440
31/03/12£2,922£2,971£-48£333£7,203£7663.1630
31/03/11£4,083£3,685£398£407£7,252£8922.9700
31/03/10?£5,289£4,072£1,217£371£7,144£1,1743.5660
31/12/08£5,160£3,268£1,891£295£5,927£1,3715640
31/12/07£4,248£2,630£1,618£227£4,036£1,5176.9430
31/12/06£2,593£1,587£1,006£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£1,321£1,274£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£1,198£1,110£88£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 63%
Liabilities/Income: 59%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 64%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 109 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Powys,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited
£68,470 23/10/2008
24
Towards Project costs Towards the costs of the research director, co-ordinator and energy modelling and economic analysis.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/1973, number: 265239
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/01/1973, number: 01090006
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR13: 36 days late,
Main office

Centre for Alternative Technology
Llwyngwern Quarry
Pantperthog
Machynlleth
SY20 9AZ

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY VARIOUS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, THE REDUCTION OF CARBON EMISSIONS, THE PROMOTION OF RE-CYCLING, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THE REDUCTION OF HARMFUL POLLUTION AND ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS OF PROTECTING AND CONSERVING THE ENVIRONMENT.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS 'DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS'. AND FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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