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Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited

Registered charity 265239 Registered since 1973

Operates: Powys

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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.

8 trustees on the board

1.8y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Professional services 2

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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cat.org.uk
Emailpaul.booth@cat.org.uk
Phone01654 704955
AddressCentre for Alternative Technology, Llwyngwern Quarry, Pantperthog, Machynlleth, SY20 9AZ

Finances

£4,310,221 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,873,700£3,175,022
2022£3,797,157£3,850,744
2023£4,514,972£4,725,480
2024£4,065,203£4,272,827
2025£4,310,221£4,085,759

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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

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

Trustees (8)

8trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited · 01090006 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/01/1973

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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