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Registered charity · Machynlleth

Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £4.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Powys
Website
www.cat.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.3m£4.1m
  • 2024£4.1m£4.3m
  • 2023£4.5m£4.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.8m£3.9m
  • 2021£2.9m£3.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

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

Grants received

6 grants · £683,276 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £663,376 (4 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £10,000
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £9,900

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £10,0002015-05-04
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,9002013-10-21
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,5202010-11-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,2502009-06-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £644,6062004-07-13
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

1.2y median 0y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 5Health and social care 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.3m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.2 in 2021

75 from 91 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
9%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
54 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
265239
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 01090006 · Active
Contact on the register
01654 704955 · paul.booth@cat.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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