## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 31/12/24 Period start date To 31/12/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: CLEAN ASCENT**
## **Charity registration number: 1183266**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide rock climbing, hill walking and**
**mountaineering experiences and tuition**
**to people living in Devon who have need**
**by reason of their history of substance or**
**alcohol abuse of support in their**
**recovery from addiction, with a view to**
**improving and nurturing their physical**
**and mental wellbeing and reducing the**
**likelihood of relapse**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**To provide rock climbing, hill walking and**
**mountaineering experiences and tuition**
**to people living in Devon who have need**
**by reason of their history of substance or**
**alcohol abuse of support in their**
**recovery from addiction, with a view to**
**improving and nurturing their physical**
**and mental wellbeing and reducing the**
**likelihood of relapse**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm that we are fully cognisant of**
**the Charity commission guidance**
**regarding public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **We have 2 qualified and insured volunteers available for helping with**
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**course safety. However, due to lack of**
**grant funding we have needed them less.**|
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|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We are currently running a program with
clients referred from a Drug and Alcohol
service in Plymouth and clients are so far
giving very positive feedback. Our 2 pilot
programmes demonstrated an efficacy for
long term substance recovery with all the
associated benefits to the individual.
Long-term follow up at 5 years post
programmes was 100% drug cessation, 90%
improvement in health factors and full
employment in 3/3 participants. Also there
were no further legal or mental health
interventions, post programmes.
We still have programmes running however our
interim results discussed with Professor Hogarth,
Clinical Psychologist, Exeter University are as
follows.
**Our figures for drug cessation and**
**reduction for this year are similar but**
**with reduced numbers due to lack of**
**funding**.
We are confident that current and future
courses will achieve similar results. We have
been able to continue our collaboration with
the dept. of Psychology, Exeter University in
order to analyse our outcomes.
Recovered clients also give hope and
inspiration to a much larger group of peers
and therefore the Clean Ascent programs
deliver a very powerful positive influence and
benefits to the community.
We already, given adequate funding, have
the capacity to run many more programmes
without needing added administration costs.|
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You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|As above , our achievements to date are
above and beyond most traditional
substance abuse services and lower cost
and more self sustaining. However as above|
|||funding is becoming very limited and very
hard to achieve.|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Our 'product/target group' is not particularly
attractive to many fund raising ideas and
activities. We are planning different
approaches to funding such as social
prescribing but this is a very complicated
proscess.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the begining of the period we had**
**reserves of £**1,949.64|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**This was our balance but was not held in**
**reserve and was used subsequently for**
**course provision.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£**1,949.64|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Devon Community Fund**
**The National Lottery**
**Festival Medical Services**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**None**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Lack of funding**|
|Other||**Due to chronic lack of funding and**
**Trustee personal commitments, the**
**Board has discussed possibly closing**
**the CIO next year if the funding and**
**availability of Trustees remains**
**problematic.**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation whose only voting members**
**are its charity trustees**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**We aim to recruit Trustees who have an**
**insight into outdoor activities/mental**
**health/education/ finance.**
**No constitutional requirements.**|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Code of Practice**
**Safeguarding training/policy Incl**
**Safeguarding Lead)**
**Risk Assessment Policy**
**Covid Policy**
**Privacy / GDPR policy**
**DBS**|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|CLEAN ASCENT|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1183266|
|Charity’s principal address|14 Osbourne Grove
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 4RN|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||DR DAVID IRONS||2019-CURRENT|BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CLEAN ASCENT|
||DR PHILLIP
SKINNER||2019-CURRENT|BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CLEAN ASCENT|
||MR JOHN
SHEEHAN||2019-CURRENT|BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CLEAN ASCENT|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|NONE|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
Digitally signed by Dr David **Signature(s)** Dr David Irons DN: cn=Dr David Irons, o, ou, email=irons.david2@gmail. com, c=GB Date: 2026.08.30 12:37:52 Irons +01'00' **Full name(s)** DR DAVID IRONS **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair, secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 30/8/2026
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