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Description
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.
Also known as
- Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited
- The Centre for Alternative Technology
- Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited
- Society for Environmental Improvement Limited
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
SY20 9AZ
Website
Domain
cat.org.uk
Latest income
£4,514,972 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 265239 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited
GB-CHC-265239Themes and activities
Back to contentsThis organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Technical, vocational and continuing education
B31
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Animals
AN
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Animals
AN
» CatsAN101
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Arts
AR
» Media and publishingAR200
» LiteratureAR202
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Arts
AR
» Media and publishingAR200
» Print mediaAR204
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Charitable activities
CA
» Advice and individual advocacyCA101
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Education
ED
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Education
ED
» SchoolsED106
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102
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Environment/conservation/heritage
112
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201
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The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Services
306
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Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
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Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308
Scale of operation
- Local
Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited
GB-CHC-265239Charity financial history
Back to contentsYear ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
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1973-03-02 |
Registered as a charity |
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2004-12-31 | 1,198,208 | 1,109,849 |
2005-12-31 | 1,320,799 | 1,273,659 |
2006-12-31 | 2,592,733 | 1,586,553 |
2007-12-31 | 4,247,805 | 2,630,285 |
2008-12-31 | 5,159,877 | 3,268,490 |
2010-03-31 | 5,288,885 | 4,071,743 |
2011-03-31 | 4,083,098 | 3,685,307 |
2012-03-31 | 2,922,072 | 2,970,557 |
2013-03-31 | 2,500,840 | 3,057,984 |
2014-03-31 | 3,009,116 | 3,289,746 |
2015-03-31 | 3,151,967 | 3,055,752 |
2016-03-31 | 3,023,670 | 2,607,910 |
2017-03-31 | 2,887,042 | 2,866,828 |
2018-03-31 | 2,958,998 | 2,907,234 |
2019-03-31 | 2,942,570 | 3,028,696 |
2020-03-31 | 4,314,903 | 3,574,544 |
2021-03-31 | 2,873,700 | 3,175,022 |
2022-03-31 | 3,797,157 | 3,850,744 |
2023-03-31 | 4,514,972 | 4,725,480 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
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Employees | 109 | 99 |
Employees paid more than £60,000 | 3 | 3 |
Volunteers | 50 | 50 |
Trustees | 11 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited
GB-CHC-265239Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
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Incoming resources | ||
Donations and other voluntary income | 853.5 | 555.7 |
Legacies | 124.3 | 356.1 |
Endowments | - | - |
Donations and legacies | 977.8 | 911.8 |
Income from charitable activities | 3,531.4 | 2,839.8 |
Income from other trading activities | - | - |
Income from investments | - | 14.5 |
Other income | 5.8 | 31.0 |
Total | 4,515.0 | 3,797.2 |
Expenditure | ||
Investment management | - | - |
Other spending on raising funds | 539.2 | 363.3 |
Spending on raising funds | 539.2 | 363.3 |
Grants to institutions | - | - |
Other charitable activities | 4,186.3 | 3,431.7 |
Charitable activities | 4,186.3 | 3,431.7 |
Other spending | - | 55.7 |
Total | 4,725.5 | 3,850.7 |
Net income / (expenditure) | (210.5) | (53.6) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
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Fixed assets | ||
Tangible and intangible assets | 2,885.4 | 2,765.5 |
Investment assets | 0.1 | 0.1 |
2,885.5 | 2,765.6 | |
Current assets | ||
Current investment assets | - | - |
Cash | 441.2 | 909.4 |
Other current assets | 868.7 | 747.0 |
1,309.9 | 1,656.4 | |
Creditors | ||
Amounts falling due within one year | (1,143.2) | (1,110.8) |
Net current assets | 166.7 | 545.6 |
Total assets less current liabilities | 3,052.2 | 3,311.2 |
Creditors | ||
Amounts falling due after one year | (1,509.3) | (1,557.8) |
Net assets | 1,542.9 | 1,753.4 |
Funds | ||
Endowment funds | 19.8 | 19.4 |
Restricted funds | 542.7 | 506.3 |
Unrestricted funds | 980.4 | 1,227.7 |
1,542.9 | 1,753.4 |
Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited
GB-CHC-265239Income from government
Back to contents2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
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Contracts with government | ||
None recorded | ||
Government grants | ||
Income from government grants | 256,844 | 256,844 |
Government grants as % of total income | 5.7% | 6.8% |
Number of government grants | 1 | 1 |
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Catalyst: Small Grants |
£9,900 | Grant to The Centre for Alternative Technology | ||
The National Lottery Community Fund
Community Wildlife |
£9,520
1 year |
Discover Wildlife at CAT
Feb 2011 to Feb 2012 |
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The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All |
£4,250
1 year |
Zero Carbon Play
Jul 2009 to Jul 2010 |
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Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£68,470
2 years |
Grant to CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY CHARITY LIMITED | ||
The National Lottery Community Fund
Renewable Energy |
£644,606
5 years |
Renewable Energy Outreach Project - Phase 1 - WISE@CAT
Sep 2005 to Sep 2010 |
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The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All |
£5,000
1 year |
Not Specified
Jul 2004 to Jul 2005 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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