CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY CHARITY LIMITED

Charity Number: 265239
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£4,065,203

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Donations and legacies £979.30k
Charitable activities £2.41m
Other trading activities £0
Investments £0
Other £675.87k

Total expenditure:
£4,272,827

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Raising funds £376.35k
Charitable activities £3.90m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £54,253 from 2 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

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.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £376.35k
Charitable expenditure £3.90m

People

98 Employee(s)

13 Trustee(s)

50 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 3

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Powys

Governance

Registration history:
  • 02 March 1973: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies:
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

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

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Benjamin Duncan Summers Chair 23 October 2023
None on record
SONIA NABILA KLEIN Trustee 14 March 2025
None on record
DAVID SIMON JONES Trustee 03 March 2025
None on record
MARK KEITH ADAMS Trustee 03 March 2025
None on record
ANDY DAVID BAYLIS Trustee 03 March 2025
None on record
STEPHEN BUCKLEY Trustee 03 March 2025
None on record
MEGAN MCGRATTAN Trustee 03 March 2025
None on record
Lawrence Chiles Trustee 02 January 2025
None on record
Professor Damien Christiaan Short Trustee 25 November 2024
None on record
Eve Jardine-Young Trustee 01 January 2024
None on record
Dr Rhiannon Rosalind Turner Trustee 09 February 2022
None on record
Sonya Bedford Trustee 25 June 2020
THE FOOD FOREST PROJECT
Received: 43 days late
KALYANI RHODES Trustee 21 March 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £4.31m £2.87m £3.80m £4.51m £4.07m
Total expenditure £3.57m £3.18m £3.85m £4.73m £4.27m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £17.09k £348.05k £256.84k £256.84k £54.25k
Income - Donations and legacies £1.70m £869.07k £911.83k £977.79k £979.30k
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £2.32m £1.48m £2.84m £3.53m £2.41m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £159 £534 £14.47k £0 £0
Income - Other £291.65k £522.75k £31.04k £5.82k £675.87k
Income - Legacies £137.70k £172.56k £356.10k £124.32k £251.25k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £3.28m £2.80m £3.43m £4.19m £3.90m
Expenditure - Raising funds £292.84k £364.08k £363.30k £539.16k £376.35k
Expenditure - Governance £61.99k £388.44k £484.86k £442.10k £613.91k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £10.08k £55.75k £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

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 Investments

Investments 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.

Other assets

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 liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These 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.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £2.90m £2.83m £2.77m £2.89m £2.84m
Long-term investments £100 £100 £100 £100 £100
Other assets £1.70m £1.36m £1.66m £1.31m £1.05m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £2.49m £2.38m £2.67m £2.65m £2.55m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 19 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 19 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 03 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 03 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 21 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 21 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 26 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 26 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH JANUARY 1973 AS AMENDED 13 DECEMBER 1979, 21 MAY 1990, 4 DECEMBER 2008 AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 SEPT 2010.NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 SEPT 2010. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 FEB 2021 as amended on 10 Jun 2024

Charitable objects

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

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Centre for Alternative Technology
Llwyngwern Quarry
Pantperthog
Machynlleth
SY20 9AZ
Phone:
01654 704955
Email:
paul.booth@cat.org.uk
Website:

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