Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 16

BLACK MOUNTAINS COLLEGE PROJECT

A further and higher education college devoted to providing education for the planet, preparing students for the disruptions of a changing climate

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23?	*	£601	£584	£18	£0	£167	£110	2.3	20	50
28/02/22		£459	£446	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/21		£217	£165	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/20		£274	£258	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 62%
Liabilities/Income: 65%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 6 years

blackmountainscollege.uk

info@blackmountainscollege.uk

01874711888

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Colleges and universities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£555,862
Garfield Weston Foundation	£350,000
The Royal Countryside Fund	£22,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to Black Mountains College Project
£20,000	07/02/2024	TASK fund donation towards core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£350,000	20/03/2023	Campus Development
National Lottery Community Fund - Black Mountains College - Circular Economy Building
£549,419	30/06/2022	Black Mountains College in Powys will deliver activities profiling its circular economy. The project will shorten supply chains to fill skills gaps and create new jobs. There will be a focus on biodiversity climate action nutrition and waste ....more Black Mountains College in Powys will deliver activities profiling its circular economy. The project will shorten supply chains to fill skills gaps and create new jobs. There will be a focus on biodiversity climate action nutrition and waste reductionteaching and outreach. Over five years £549419 will fund staff monitoring and evaluation an electric vehicle travel and accommodation marketing professional fees translation and overheads. Bydd Coleg y Mynydd Du ym Mhowys yn darparu gweithgareddau sy’n proffilio ei economi gylchol. Bydd y prosiect yn byrhau cadwyni cyflenwi i lenwi bylchau sgiliau a chreu swyddi newydd. Bydd ffocws ar fioamrywiaeth gweithredu hinsawdd maeth lleihau gwastraff dysgu ac allgymorth. Dros bum mlynedd bydd £549419 yn ariannu staff monitro a gwerthuso cerbyd trydanol teithio a llety marchnata a ffioedd proffesiynol cyfieithu a chostau cyffredinol.
The Royal Countryside Fund - Training a Community
£22,000	21/06/2022	This project will increase BMC’s ability to meet the growing demand for its community based vocational short courses by appointing a part-time Short Course Co-ordinator. This post will be responsible for expanding the range of courses sought by ....more This project will increase BMC’s ability to meet the growing demand for its community based vocational short courses by appointing a part-time Short Course Co-ordinator. This post will be responsible for expanding the range of courses sought by the people and businesses of Talgarth.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Short Courses
£6,443	07/03/2022	Black Mountains College Project in Powys will use £6443 to buy a large stretch tent to increase community learning events for people to engage with each other and nature.
National Lottery Community Fund - Black Mountains College - Community-based training
£97,000	19/09/2019 23	Black Mountains College - Community-based training

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-64

ALI TAHERZADEH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Researcher

CHRIS BLAKE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Entrepreneur

ERIC LYBECK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Academic

JOANNE ROXBURGH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Educator

KARL WILLS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Entrepreneur

MARTIN BURKE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

RUTH POTTS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Researcher

SHIRISH KULKARNI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Journalist

SOPHIE HOWE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/11/2018, number: 1180681
Registered at Companies House on 07/02/2018, number: 11193702

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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

4 returns made; AR23: 25 days late,

Main office

Black Mountains College
Unit 3
Great House Barns
New Street
Talgarth
BRECON

Objectives

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, FURTHER EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING IN THE COUNTY OF POWYS, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WITH THE WELL-BEING OF FUTURE GENERATIONS IN MIND.

Data Sources

Watch Inspiring Videos

Save the upside down forest

Change the ending - the pain of Alzheimers

Help Dads in prison stay in touch with their children