Black Mountains College Project

Analysis

Black Mountains College Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Talgarth. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11193702). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Black Mountains College Project reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.6m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £217k to £1.3m (+518%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Black Mountains College Project sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fairfield P N E U School Backwell Limited (£1.3m), The Institute of Economic Affairs Limited (£1.3m) and Middlesex University Students' Union (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, donations and legacies 6.9% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £272k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.