Charity rpgi¥tration number 1190630
CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Tru8tg
Waffen Harri5
H￿h Wokh
Karen Aytoft
(Appointed 27 January
20251
IAppcrfnted 27 January
20251
IAppc4nted 27 Januwy
20251
Charfity number
119C630
Principal Jddr•ss
kkty Trinity Centre
Mathei Squwe
MKkAesbrough
TS3 6LD
Independent examinor
RLtson Lw'thei Alwuntswts Limtt&J
FeffiW￿ House
Fefn*wd Road
Tyne Wear
En￿and
NE21TJ
Bank8r8
CAF Bank
25 Kir￿ HilAvenue
Qngs Hill
Wesl Maikng
Kent
ME194JQ

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
CONTENTS
Pag•
Chaimw's ststemenl
Trustées. rerK)rt
Indesxndenl examinafs r8FK4t
Statement offinancial actmt
9-10
BaL9￿e Sheet
Notes to tl* fin￿1 ststWTients
12-17

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
2023124 was a swifrant yeaf hi Clean Slate scAub￿.￿ slvl Lwt wwadfLd hislcry. We sadly k)st kndrew who
had supwrted his Son RKhard Icv f4JJndwl in Ihe very earfy days ol Clean Slalo Sdutions and was incredi￿Y
cNJd of how Flchard had usè(1 h"s Èxpef*rth to make a drfferBnce for Dllws. Art0th￿ longstaThJing member of tho
ieam. L¢Jma Law left to join the Pfc4)alKfft wYir¢, ?nd T*Mh hef well in her new ￿le.
Afler a chaI￿n91ng autumn when we were waiti'ng the <)utrm ol seV￿al f￿ld￿ aprdications. we turned the
corner in 2024 Tece+ving three Swif￿￿1 grants ol ThvJnpyear furKling 8nd hdding an I￿rediblY successful arKJ well
*tendod Leap of Faith evenl on 29. Fetw 2024 wrth over 80 Te¢ssth le&Yers. My thanks to
unashe. R¢)dney, Sam atKI •Atha81 w￿) bra¥oly srM)ke a1X￿L IheK 1￿meYS wrth Clean Slate Sothons fron prison
to sustainable gmpk)Yn￿l. Thanks dso lo LLP fcy the evBnl aT¥J the no*v￿rthy skEakets on
Ihe day.
With loTrJ term hjnding secured aThJ a yrwng repuiatKJn ￿st business partner5, we hekj a successful strategy
day with 5t8ff and trustees to wo$* cyjt how lo ￿prtalife ￿ all Ihis success. pkn the rutu￿ and sei some targets lor
growth. Followin9 this"Futuiè Back" day we rnovod forward ￿ recrnilFng trx)th a*Jrt￿nal staff and new trustees.
We cam8 Cxrt ol the yew with significanl growth Clean Sbte Solrtions. demonstraling ￿5111en￿ and impart in
challenging lir¥*s. Our team suprM)rted over 1(KJ *ilh pasi cOnV￿li0nS into secure emph)ymenl. helping
lo brèak cycles of poverty aThl rodyce reoffeThJing rales li osjr Qjm￿Unty. SU￿￿55 is built on a cdlaboralive
pprooch, ￿)nn￿tIng businesses 1Th)b￿￿ted %rtK) are re&ty Io the w(**for￿.
Desy'le e¢0￿m￿ ehbmenyes and the (IFffKuMies wtt4'n the justKe syslem. we have strengthen￿j oui
employer nelw¢xk and increased (w(Ktunthos fL* OLW chents Ths year saw a ygnifKant expansion in our wtroath.
38 now omployers jotnirrtJ our mbssion. wwding a broa*r fango ol career path5 for our C￿didateS. l exlend
my deepest gratitude lo our deth"caled staff. voKJnt¢¢f5, Iwstees. and partW5 WIK) coth'nue to make thks work
Possible, I'd lthe ttj particularfy Ihank Trdcey Biittatn. a I￿9-S￿nd￿ trustee of Clean Slaie SoknlK)ns who retlfed
from the ￿ard wi August.
Dr Vvarren HwTi%)n
Chainnan
Dale 1 nh Jul￿ 2025

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Founderfs report
Responthng to a Changing Landscape
The past year has ￿en one ol sKJnifK3)I devdopfflent5 and growth lor ov (tsrrty. The noithcalion of eady release
of wsoners in summer 2024 crealed an èvèn urgenl demand servtss. which were able to meet
thanks fo limety luThlMNJ that alkAsed LB to 9Tow our le￿.
This èxpansion ensured we the resources to COFe with thB inllux of p8cW8 ne8ding cxjr support. However. thè
h¢lllong9S Ccrfltinue lo escalate, Na￿.￿81 arKJ re9￿al ￿"son$ are al eapacty. with partwLtyFty a()Jl¢ Issues arising
during thè JulyJAwus¢ 2024 nrA5. esp6tsally on ¢)ui d(MY5tep in kliddle51xoW.
The ￿￿tlesS vdume of ￿l￿ng ￿sIc￿lI￿ SerbIen￿ means we ab4ays have a need lor adthtional staff lo
d8livgr cw servus effethely.
A Year of Growth and Flnanclal Sustsinabllity
Oospito these thallorw. we've W a tKisNive y Irrm a grant furKhrwJ (knty pefwIi¥è.
uring ￿Ve[al mulli-year lunding kX)ts has iransfcrfM￿j our fin￿81 ￿ThJsCape. p￿tLY￿.￿ u$ far better lor loryJ-
term suslatnabilily than we were 12 months ago.
The quality and social itnpact rjf ow have attracteLt the atterhtw)n of may)r h)JsehokJ names. leading lo new
and ongoing partnerships. The sup{￿ from these organisalh)ns has tr￿n Invalua￿0. and we are deeply
apprecialive.
We've also seert a shift towards partnenn9 Wrth txts1rbeS￿ thai align our miSS￿n. Corporate supporlers have
emLYaced the s<￿Val value and ESG CL¥npunenls of our inTrti8tive, vrth some partnershys nchv beginn1r￿ to generate
a rogular fk)w of E0rp￿￿t0 d￿allonS lo our cause. Thi8 sht"n has tjeen a key slep in r&Juung c¥Jr ￿lIa￿ce on gFanl
funding. ensurin9 Ihe kngevity ol CAff ￿)Fk.
Th• Power of Local National ￿￿1¥hIpS
Bu41ding for the Future
As the organisation has grown. wo'vo bow mrniffijl of the neetl to strenglhen tnTra5trucluie. Invesb'ng in Ihe
charity's operatimal Ca￿ltY is vital 10 susiain this growth ￿ d¢lN¢r on ow k)Tr>term g)als.
We've also raised the slandard ol SW we pwovwje by IwjWtw￿ 8n¢)ther ￿th Iivott experien￿", s(¥necthe
tho truly UfKlgrstand5 tho challenges cw caidKlai&s f*•.
Generous donatk)ns frcm Ind1¥K￿￿ dotKW5 have inslnJmenlal in enathng th8w d&vfj1opt￿nt$, antj we are
prof￿nd￿l thank1￿ lor thelr yjpport.
Staylng Truè to Our Values
e 50 tsr remain a rJon-contract&J prov¥der. Staying h#¥ to dglivw service5 in a bespoke
way. Irve from the constraints ol ¢ontr&tual obl4ab"ons.
This fl9x1￿.11ty ensures we can reskxM*I wic*ty wAih wyily and compassK)n to the ¥)eed$ of ¢JuT benefiryario5. Their
stor5e5. resilien￿. and dotem￿at￿ cOnthn￿ to insrx.re us every day. and Ihey are feason we persevere in
these ChaI￿ngry times.
Finally. a hv3è thank you lo The Conlre for Swial JtJskn"¢e foT their unwavei*ng swwrt I£￿ ¢)Ltr MISSK￿ arbd for the
connections they have helped us make. Thr(wh their engagerronl ￿1h us aThY thoir tsrele5s have voice
that's heard beyond our region, ensunr¥J those in Westrninsler are a*rare of the day.ltrday issues we lace as we
dèlivér our wort fft such 3 ￿Ugh socol and ewio¥mi¢ l•NJy*.
Richard Brice
Founder and Hèad of Opératlons

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Tho tntstee5 prèsent thèir annual rgm WKJ fin*￿la1 Stat￿nents kn the ryKled 31 Awust 2024.
finar￿￿OI Statem￿¢$ have been ￿8[￿ed in aco)rdan(* *ith the acQTrJri￿ ￿ko'eS set o¢Jt in r￿18 1 to Ihe
financral slatèménis and cOm￿Y wrth the chanlys go¥eming <knrAJnWt, the Charities Att 2011 and"Accounling and
Rewing by Chantjes". Statement of Recommwded Pracite to (tsrititss preparing thair accounts in
accordance with the Finanoal R¥rK)itinu StsrKlard Ihg UK and RepU￿1C of Irelarnl IFRS 1021"
(effec￿¥8 1 JanLtary 20191
Otsjecti¥¥¥ and actlvbtles
Our core nmssion rs to suppoKI indsvxljals with p8s1 ¢￿V￿￿'0n5 Into sustan*)lé ￿ph)yMent. Wo take a unique.
Ment￿ed approath to ensu￿ that our benefic#aries aro sta￿e. **)rk-ready. a￿1 corwled to sccialy responsitjp
ploygrs ar¢ ¢n¥ested in uoating F*)sitNe
Publlc benefit
Ouc trustees carefully CC￿1]er tho Charity c¢Yrffis$￿on'S guide11￿ bBnefil, ensurino Ouf services make a
positive Impact w both iTh*vKJuals *)d sooely al large.
Achie￿mont and ptrforniance
2023124 was a year of two ha￿es. vith the ltrst haf of the year & of con50lid?tion. Wts"Trg into pk7ce fir¥n
opèratK)nal lounda1￿fis and triuibyiro 51rorvJ rd811￿shIps with referral partn¢rs, Ihe kyison estat9 aTrd 5LEFVOrtive
employers. Then folk)W￿9 Leap of Faitr evenl in Feiwuary 2024 and ￿ fw)rt4al sustainabifly offerèd Ihiough long
term, Qllfg funding from The R￿k FovtKJabon. EQ FoundaiKm aTh122 North Foundation we coubtt expanu team
and drivé fO￿ard in socuring rrKxe placements lor cjients. The Ye￿ was c4wed by I￿1ving the Centre for So¢ial
just￿ Award for 2024 for Lord James Timpwn, Ihe newty akwinbJ th"nister for Prts0￿. Parole & Probati(
longwde an Op[￿rtu￿ty for Rrhwd lo s￿k in lh8 HoLtse ot Lords shariro our ￿5￿on for the luluie a￿j I
charity s compeUiThJ backsiory.
Our Impact
Even durirrfJ diffKult perb)J5. we ve ￿cCesSes.
Sini* 2020. until ￿ end of ihss ￿n11r￿j Feriod we v6 SLWrted 320 nto wryk. 103 of those
pl￿en￿nIS achie￿￿ ￿ thelost 12 months aone.
Our eiforts havè also ccmtribuled to mainiainry a ￿Mar￿a￿Y low reoffending rate of just 2.7%. MeaThng 97.3°h of
benefiaarios Ikiven t ￿1￿M￿j to Ihe justKe sythm. By wdy of nats'onal average re(Ifending rate 15
Wartling with the Criml•)al Justlee Systeffl
202N24 was a thallengir#J b.me r(* Ihe uiminal ￿￿tIce 5yslem as pol￿, crirrinal courts, pnsons and prob3110
struggled to cotx. wilh Ma￿)r krt4¢ms aThJ deM￿￿j growing. The wson system has a severe
rapacity cnsis. Pr550n expans￿￿ eff(xts have f￿1￿1 lo keep p￿8 grtMing demaThl. especially In Ihe male
est81È. aTrY th8 Sunak gOVern￿nI implemented a range ol ernerge¢)cy measuf95 to stay wilhin uSeat￿e capaGIty.
Overcrowding makes rt harder to maintain a luncib)nry regi1￿ ￿￿￿18 prtsons arxj often hinders aw¥5S io
purposeful actmty suth as and &Yu¢alKJn.
In S8plembef 2024 as part ol the w governmenl's plan5 i￿reaSed numbers being rdoased eaty wilh
Pii8oner5 be￿g released cn I￿e￿e inlo Ihe c(mnunty afior they havè sèrved 40% of thetr sente￿.
Throughout all this per￿￿. Ihe Clean Slate Sohjtions team ￿e mairtaired and dgvdoped s¢rong w0￿"n9
lalion5hips With pr¥scns in our cfft ¥ea ol *tivty. ￿ Js now ioined by Paul and Ella #fid this inueased caparity
will nwan we can SUK¥M)rt pn'soners Ihrwh gale- into empkjyrrenl.
We cothnue to maintain an ex￿l￿nt ￿Tra{K)nshIp wilh HMP K￿k￿y1￿ Grange pr￿e￿a58 prowams.
We th￿fk closely with IndiV￿u￿S who are 12 weeks rx less from release. setting up consistenlly to ensure they
have the best slart Lwn retum to ￿￿ety.

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
We also have regukir wsits into HMP Askham Graroè {Fa￿a￿l HMP Lrx¥ IFÈm*l. kn1 wè sit on Ihè
Holme Fknjse qu&tsrty pnSt￿ advix¥y rr￿ting$.
We also rely on pariners who aro working with *ilh a past to refer thèir dients io our charity
when they are ready ¢0 seek work. These partnefshps are crucial lo us as we kn(￿ rxtr time arxl skills are best
used suPF￿1n9 pecpk Into ompkjymont. kn(Ming lh* out partrws help vthh vAder support such as housing,
a(k1iction. money managemeni eic.
In this year we ha¥è ￿nifIcanuY Thpn)ved referral process with new infcthiat1￿. nK)rB Fewlar cals to ￿rtnerS
ar￿ urxjated ￿anets. As a resutt of this referra nun*Hs have improved swJThfLanlly in the lasl third ol the y￿.
This yoar. we &iw 138 relerrals. resulb.ng in 103 •Th11￿￿& secxKw)g ￿pk)Y￿k and an a(klitthal 13 ert￿rIng
lurther e(Jucation These successes demon51rate the 9￿)W￿9 irw of crtjr work in providing I(￿g-teM 5￿Ut￿)nS for
twpk3 Wlth Grifninal fecoids. Our cOmp￿he￿￿¥e men1￿9 supwKt, whKh extends beyond frob ￿ceMent. has
help8d maintain 8 k)w reoffeThYrng rato of ju512_7%.
AddressSng Sy8tenMc Cha118nge$
Wv tg farA challenge5 Wth ihe Ihrough the gate. prO￿s. Ihere have been improvenRnts. such as
the éliminaknon of Fnday prison ￿￿aseS, much ￿M￿nS to ￿Su￿ that indrviduals tran5rtioning Irom custody
into the communty rowvo tho coordinated 5UPWrt tw need. are committ8d lo *lvocai¥i9 for systèm
improvements that will allow I(￿ more etfic*nl and effeclNe CC4lat￿t￿ betwren ag¢ncies.
We have expfessed Ouf concerns thai the hou$fig and gwwal re80tUement 15 nrAvherg noar what il neods
lo be. In our viow. Il is kickiry the (k￿ the roa¢J lo kK*JaliLM Serv￿ which is ovefsubsuibed laAing to
clèlivèr. Wè ar8 oleourse enccwraged that Jarn￿ Timpscx) is Iho ftow prisms tMi$ter.
We have continue(J to ¢k)Se￿ Y*ith Tlp RgwrtmgFrt Juncknn INewz511e basedl bolh ￿ ihe kYiSWS 8nd
community sharing resource and t￿)￿r￿laneS to enable us to ènsure rdi coverage frcm York up to Ihe Scoltish
Borders. Thank you to 8gver* and the team tor an ery"oyable relat￿l￿P betr*een both teams.
Vlhilsl wo wait fly the now g)vemm8nt to ad. thè lèam al Clean Slale Solutions have bèèn adw&ng Chris Lèèch
M8E and his team with the devdOpff￿n¢ ol the Rth#ldirvJ Futures Al*ancg social enlerprise - this a rKit-for-profit
will ad as a bfokgl between [￿ganIsatI￿5 IA(e c￿an Si4le S(Aub(XhS 8nd majw ern￿oyerS. Through Chr6. L￿sinesS
networks many major r&1 aThl s￿)pJY chain pwlners are sKJwl up to workir#J with tho Auiaw lo re¢n#i pwple wrth
a past convKtion.
The benefils of a broker like Ihks ae that tl gi¥os ctsrities Cknan Slale sC4Ut•￿ CPFK¥tunitr8s lo w)rk wth maior
empknyefs on a scale that il coubJ not on its own. RFA nKrflel also worts on generatin9 a lee lor Ih&r
seN¢es. and much of th￿ fee will go to the paFlngr tharrhos 5upwytsThJ Glwts Into w(xk wrth the business.
Whilst Clean Slaie SJub'on5 have bijirt greal aThY trusted v￿rkI￿j relatKJnships with kxal eryloyers. by working wrth
the RFA to access other bus1r￿SS, Il puts nKKe d tyjr capacJty bath into what we aig ￿X¥F at - 5UPPQthng peop
with a past conwction.
Expandlng Cljr Employer Network
Our growing nètrNcYk of efnployer5 15 key lo wr sU￿ASs, By increasry the diversity ol industnes and career
pathways avaiW)le lo ¢M beneficiaries. we wowde oFwlunites for Ihern lo roiwild their lives. Our
partnerships wilh local businesses, indudiro companbgs h.ke DWP. Wagamama. Icèland F(X)ds, Barkèr &
Stone￿Use, Bettys 8 Taylor's and Thirteen G¥wp, havo been Instrumental In driving this giowth.
At ottr Leap ol Faiih o¥onl on 2W February 2024 kindty sponsored by ￿￿kIe LLP over 80 [￿0p￿ fmm the T8egSk1e
business comfflunity hearé directly from Ihe Clean ￿ale ream, one of (xjr ern￿OYerS Ifrorn tho Barkei &
Stone￿V$9 bu5iness} and l(xJr people with a past conwctN)n who we haj helk*d get Secu￿ jobs. We received
incredible leedback on ovenl and had sovoral successful fcdlow ups wlh busines￿ wantMYJ to Work wth tss.

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TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Beneficiary story
Our benefic¢aries have shartd powerful siones of iransformthn. For exanwe. 'S8rab.' a dtent WI￿ had struggled
ro find work after her re￿aSe. is ￿￿p￿ full-hme in h)spilalily. With our surwt. she rryained her confidence
and sèlf-worth. dem￿$tra￿.ng Ihe xnpact of i&lored. compassKnatg apprvach.
ETnploygrn and the 8uslness Communlty
We have deep8￿d reblton$PM'p$ emptyrs ￿ share val￿. By wrth busi￿8¢$ lo refine théir
iewilment prctesses. we IElp ensure arp aThJ lo hinng pwlo wrth past ConV￿1￿)ns. This year.
we co-Msted further separato events wlh Th*teen Gr￿JP aThJ Wales Construction lo raise awdren955 ab(yJl
the tyenefit5 of h￿rg ¢x-therKlers.
Loeal Eeonomk Impact
Using Ihe govemmerfs Sooal Value CalTrlalo*, we esb.maie that our work this crnlributert approximately
£2.&nillion In val￿. not wnpY(MNJ li￿ ol iThJivhJuas but aso t￿er￿"r￿j Ihe w¢der c￿n￿￿nitY by
reducing reliance on public seThi￿S.
Referral Partners
Cdlabor8t¥)n reman5 af the heart of tyJr vK*k. We've pathred Mih 60 emK4oyèts. kjcal charsb"8s, and
commLM)Ity gr￿1p$ lo build a (x)mwehÈnsivè support neh*yk. By atl9ning w services wth cc*nmunity needs. we
onsure thai our wc¥l( remains re￿vant and rospL￿sNe. We nLW send out a rpgLdar rbewsletter io referral partners. so
they are better n￿e eThJaged %sYlh C￿n ScAu1￿5.
Gèttlng aur message out aDd our work reeowlsed
This has b8ert a) irNy8d1￿Y S￿OSSI￿ year for gellry ￿ message oul and ha¥iw¥J our wc¥k recowised.
Thanks lo the wofk of Jac(*) arKI Fkn"¢haT(J on ￿r and markoting materials. we have
redesigned wr websrte lo ir¢lu(le nxye slories of impacl. cxjr {￿r￿rdte p*tierstrNpslca5e Stud￿S and bgnefits and
e￿￿OYer1C2$e studies. We have afso pr(KlucwJ new br0dw￿5 ESG 5cci* Val￿ benefrts of
eng￿Ing with CSS.
We have achEved the wC*jnit￿n lor LMX W(N
Endoavour Parlnership Charity of Year
Tees Bu51ng55 Awards Communily ch￿p￿sAward 2024
Centre for Sory'al Jyslv (Nati￿41) award 2024 {awa￿jed in O¢tcthf 2024 bjl the wsit fr(m Judges and
de[J$￿ was in this Iinan(tsl yearl
. H￿h Sherrft award for ex(*en¢e Mi SLw**ng our (XMM￿nrtY fry ¢yJf long.lerm key stsff momber
Joe CLqtkson
. Veneba Wri*y Forrner Hb3h StrAiff ol North Yty*sts"reAww
. Wallef Thompson (Contractor51 Ltd 901 8 Wests9￿(15 ￿5thra1e Crnsbudors 8W8rd ft)r Ihe¥ work b*ith
Clean Slalg ￿utiOns.
Wo aLqo Mstèd ¥i￿lS R¢Jpnor lh8 Lixd Lieutenant of Yorkshire and tr* North yO￿shIre PdKe, FI￿ and
Ciirne CommissKNwr. oui visilcys mel staff ￿n(1K131es we have pl￿ inlo enwoymont.

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Financial rgview
ncon* lor the year totaThed £309,017 ¥wlh total exFenth"ttwe at £210.260. resulb.ng li a surplus ol £98.757. The
charity's froo reserves al year-end slo(xJ al £96,807. We have Se0￿￿j muth"_year grants that provKlg a fftore
stable finanual l<)undation lor the cofflng yaa￿.
The Irustees rE¥iow our ieserves p(Aicy fegularty and aim lo manlain ￿serveS suffictnt to cover threE rtymths of
operations (ag￿ed 28 Ocl¢*)er 20241. (Xx rerKJrted r95ery8s ar& hHJher than %that wè aim tr) hokl. This ts due lo
ceiving sevoral ￿￿￿tr￿ted grants which have not been spent before Ihe end of the year but will t)e spent Post
yeaf ènd.
Thanks lo fwdefs. many ol whom have gNen us Ihre&year awards Tcrf nJnniTrJ c¥ssis and vka Ihe Centre for Stcièl
Justice wè ben￿fitt￿ from thè generosly of thxJor5 who tvjhovo in otjr mi&won.
Funders in this year i￿￿de..
. The National Lottery C(xnrywJnty
Rank Foundatr'on
EQ FoU￿3t￿n
22 fv￿rth FoJndaiKJn
Thé TeèssKl8 Charity
. Auen Lane F￿j￿18t
. Woodsmith Fowtht
. Tho Hossitaf of God
Alligator Trust
. Garf￿k1 Westc
SoC￿lY cl Ihg Hc4y Chikl Jesus
Wv ar9 also gralelul lor lundiTVJ Ir(Mn Ac¢s435 and the Rehgf Fund as well a5 Otlw dir9d donats'ons frcrfn
others. These donatK)ns make a dire(A differwKe lo our candKYates ag Ihèy enat* us lo quidLty and
gff9Gtively to the needs of those we supp)rt, re￿I10rc￿g the y￿￿e ol these rdalI(￿b5￿pS.
Plans for future POri¢xIs
While Ihe challerses In terffKs ol Iho Pfison population arxl Ihe issues in the ciminal justicè syslèm ovèral 8r&
gnifi'calll than ever before. Ihe strides we've made this ￿aT give ijs for the futu￿.
The dedicats.on ol t¢am. Iho generosty of cwjr SUPF(fft8rs. and. nKL%I *mtKKknUy, thè delémiination ol our
I￿ne11￿3r￿S ate the ￿rD￿StOneS Lrf OUT success.
rogether. we'll cC￿lin￿e lo find IWI ￿8￿r￿S a￿1 (¥eale lasting thango m th8 lives of n8ed it nTr)st.

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
TRUSTEES. REPORT ICONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
strurturo. govemon¢e and manag•m•nt
The charrty ts a C￿"table I￿)rporaled OrgaN"sabcxb. the Charty Corrwrww 29 Juty 2020.
The trustees wkK) served durirrfJ the yew up lo Il* dale of s￿nal￿o of the [￿a￿JaI stalwnenls were:
Richard L￿gI]0#0M
VVarrÈn Hamson
Tracey Biittain
Hugh Wekh
Karen Aylon
8eniamin Rot4"r*on
Gbemisola Ogb)
(Rwned ya 20241
(Ap￿1￿8d 27 J￿￿ary 20￿>
(Appointed 27 J￿￿ary 2025)
{ApP￿nted 27 2025)
We are grateful lo (Kjr tru$tees. staff. vcAunlews, aTrJ wkn¢rs lof I￿"r suppjt as we th 109¢ther lo
transfom h"vgS.
The Iruslees. report was apwo¥&J by Ihe Bow¢1 of Trusiees.
Waffen Ha￿LSOn
Trust••
Datg." 17th June 2025

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
I report to the tru*ees on rrry examinab.on ol Ihe financial slatw)ts ol Clè8n Slatè (the clwityl for thè
year ended 31 August 2024.
Re5ponsibillt*gs basis of report
As the trustees or the charily yw are reswnsibk for the preparat￿ of ts finanoal Stateff￿ntS in aCC(￿danCe ￿th
the requirements of the chan1￿$ Acl 2011 (the 2011 Acti.
I re￿rt in resped ol my exarrinatK)n ol the charily's finarKial statements carri&1 out under sethon 145 of the 2011
Act. In carrying out my examnalk)n I have folkn¥ed all the aF(Aicable Direrta)ns given by the Charity Commis&on
under 5￿tIOn 14515Kbl of the 2011
Independent examlner's statement
Sinr£ the charity's gross Ir￿Me exceeded £250.IMK) y(xtr exarttrner be a membèr of a tx)dy lisied in sectson
145 01 the 2011 Ad. I Conf￿ that l am qualrfied lo uTr*rtake the examinatiori because l am a mernber of the
A$￿a￿On ol Chartere¢ Certified AcC￿n￿ts. whth is one ol the listed
I have comF4eted my ex￿1￿1￿. I th* Th) ffl8tte￿ ha￿ come lo my attentTh ￿ wrTh¢t￿n wth the
8xamination giwro mo ￿U$￿ to beliève thai in any rnaièrial respect..
accounbng ￿ordS &Ye￿ rvJt kept in rosp9d 01 th9 charty a5 requited by se(IKll 130 of the 2011 Act". 01
the financial statements do accord with Itvxe reujrds". IX
the ￿anc$al State￿￿nIS th not COm￿Y %wth Ihe aply1ca￿e Wuiren￿tS concem1￿ the form and conlenl of
accounts sel oul in Ihe charrt￿s IAcctyJnt5 and RewFtsI Regulat￿r￿ 2(X)8 1)tsr than any roqulroment that the
acwunts gNQ a truo and faff vM¥ Ithch Is not a maller consMY8fed as part of 8n Indèpaidènt èxamit¥ts"Oft.
I ha¥e no concems and have ￿>SS no other maltW8 in ￿th Ihe examm8tic¥) to which artenkn'on
Shou￿ bo drawn in Ihis reF(Wt in order to ana￿& a rxrw thmtersta￿Iin9 of Ihe finawal statemènts to ￿ reathed.
NickwJl?s Cunniryham FCCA
Robson Laidler Accounlants Limile
Fornwood House
Fernwood Road
JèsrYy)nd
Ne￿￿aStIe upon ryne
Tyng Wegr
NE2 1TJ
England

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
CuTrent financlal y•aT
Unrnstrictsd Resirfcted
fvnds
lunds
2024
2024
Total
T•)tal
2024
2023
n¢om• from..
DofjalK￿S and *ga(aes
Investments
261.751
47,2Q)
308,951
135.318
Total incomo
261.817
47.2C
309.017
135,384
ndbture on:
Charitable activitios
167,&87
42.673
210,260
175,823
Net incomell•xpenditurèl for thè yearl
Net movgm•nt In funds
94230
4.527
98.757
140,439
Fund balarK¢¥ ¥t 1 September 2023
2,577
1,565
4.142
44.581
Fund balances at 31 Augu$t 2024
96,8J)7
6.092
102,899
4,142
The statem￿1 ol fin￿c￿ acb"vl*s am gws k)ss8s recogrMs&Y in the year.
siatemenl of fina￿181 acltwknes indLths al gans losses rectyJnise(l ffi Ihe year. Al income aThJ exr*ndilufe
derivFJ from conbnuing *tivitw.

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Prlor flnanclal y•ar
Unrèstrlet•d RÈstr5et•d
funds
fun<ts
2023
2023
Totsl
2023
Plotes
Income from:
Donations and legacies
lavostnxnis
88.118
47.2LM)
135.318
fj6
Totsl inwrne
88.184
47,2C#)
135,384
ndlture on=
Charit*Ae xknvlt￿S
120.048
55.775
175.823
Net Incomlnwloutgolngl resources b8lor• transf•
{31.864)
18.5751
140.4391
Gross transfer¥ bthgen fvnds
I8.￿)
N•t mov•m•nl in funds
122.W)
{17.4T51
140.4391
Fund balances al 1 Sept￿be1 2022
25.541
19.040
44,581
Fund balances at 31 August 2023
2.577
4,142
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CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT 31 AUGUST 2024
2024
2023
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at tonk and in han(f
1.251
107.418
1.251
8.024
108,669
9,275
Creditors: hmounts falling due with
ants year
10
15.770}
15.1331
Not cuThenl ￿lS
11Y2.893
4,142
Income funds
Re5trKted funds
Unrestiicted funds
12
1.565
2.577
96,807
102,899
4.142
The finarria sts￿Ments We￿ aFwved ty lh9 Twu¥tees 171h J￿e 2025
Warren Harison
Trustee

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
A¢¢ountiny policie•
Cfvarity information
Clean Sl8ie Soluknons i8 a CharitatrAe IncrypcKated (Trgai58tth.
1.1 Ac¢ounting ¢on¥entv)n
The financial stslemenis have teen prepared ￿ accordan￿ wrth the chai.tys goveming dooJnEnl.
Chantres kt 2011, FRS 102 -The Financial Rwting SlarTrdafjJ applitsbts3 in tho UK and Rowbltc of IrelaThY"
I'FRS 102") and the Char*lies SORP "Aemmts"NJ and Re￿￿"n9 by Charl￿S Statement ol Recc¥nmended
PraGtice appthc*Ae to charibes kyepwng a￿OuntS in a(C￿danCe the Finan(ial RepK)rting Stand￿￿
applicable n the UK aTrJ ReFthic ot I￿L￿d (FRS 1021" leffecb.ve 1 Jaruary 20191. The Chafily is a Public
Benefit Entty as defined by FRS 102.
Thè charity has taken Ihe provis#￿5 m the S(XP k)r tharib"89 not to prepar9 a Stalemgnt of
Cash Flows.
Thè finanaal statements are prepared m sterfir#J. 1$ the fu￿al rAJrrency of the chanty. Monolary
amounts in these staienwts we founded to the r￿re￿ £.
Th6 fi'nancial statwn•nts havts W p￿Par0d un(ber the htstorThl o)st ccrfN0n￿n. The priiupal ￿eD￿nb"r
icies adopted are set out below.
1.2 Golng concom
Al the tsme of approv¥)g slatements. the Iwstees have a reagonth eXp&#all￿ that thg charity
has ad8quate resources to continue In operatkwal oxislonct for Ihe foreseeable future Thus Ihe Iruslees
continue lo adopt ihe ￿)￿9 (t￿C￿n basis ol preparry financial stalemenls.
1.3 Charitable lunds
Un￿StrICted funds are aVal&b￿ for w al Ihe dIstreb￿ trustees i) Iwlhwance of theif chaftsb
oty"ectsveg.
Rostn'ct•J lunlls are subi9(I to ¢ondibons by donL¥S or orantors as to how they may be used. T
rp0￿ aNI uses of Ihe restitteil are set cxjt tyl Ihe notes tr) the f￿anual statements.
1.4 Income
Income is recryjnised when the char>ty is *aUy entr￿ fo rt after any perfwmance wrvjrtions have been met,
the am(yJnls can be n*asured reliably, pycthbie that Jncome wdl be ￿etyed.
Cash <Jonalions are iecognised on reC￿p(. Olher [￿nat￿S a￿ Teco9nised once the charrty has been nO￿.fi&￿
Df the d￿ation. unless Kwfo￿n8nce roquirg dgforr&l ol tIv3 atT¥JJnt. IrMy)me tax recoverable in
rtlaiion lo donations received C*"ftAKJ (w déeds olawa￿l is fÉcognisa1 al the lime of the (*)nalk)n.
1.5 Expendlture
Expenttiture Is recognised once t￿le is a tyl or constructNe otAigath"on to transfer economic benefrt to a
Ihird party, rt Is th* a transfer OF eryjncrn bwEfits WLII L¢ in settthenl, and the aNK)unl or
Ihe oNigation ean be mèss￿d re&ably.
Expenditure is dasstfied by aclNrty. The o)sts ol eath acliviiy we made up of the lolal of dire￿ costs aF¥J
shared co￿s, indudiro surwrt costs involved in u￿￿ertAkI￿j each aclNty. DKeci i￿$t5 attributable lo a singlo
tivity are allocatod dwKtly lo thal adivity. Shared costs *4)ich contnbtsle lo rt￿re Ihan one activity ar
support costs whth we nol attritmjtable lo a sw¥Jbe acb.vty a￿ between Itx)se actrvilies on a basis
n￿steAl ￿th the uso ol resour¢es.
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CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Accounting polici9¥
(Continued)
1.6 Calh and cash equlvalents
Cash and cash equIva￿ntS irKlude in hand, depo￿ts held at ￿11 wlh b8nk$, othw short.lemi IKwid
investments bwlh ￿ginal malurib.es ol three morth or bgss. and twk over(tr8fls. Bank ov8rdfafts ale
thin borrowy)gs in current katMIAi8s.
1.7 Taxation
A5 a chaTty. Ihe orwIsat￿ is exempt from tax 9mS to the extent that these arg awli&d to
its charitsble (￿le￿S. No tax have arisen ¢h8n"ty.
IA R•tirvrnont bèneffts
Paymnls to dèfrnd COntrt￿1k)n reiTrmoni bonefrt sthen*s are charged as an expense a& thgy lal due.
Donations and le9acles
Unrestri¢tgd Rtstricted
lunds
funds
Total
Unrestricted R•8trkt•d
funds
fvnds
Total
2024
2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
Dona1p￿S and grfts
Grants receNatde
12.439
249.312
12.439
Y*.512
25.379
62.739
25,379
109,939
47.2fy)
47.200
261.751
47.2(Xl
8.951
88,118
47.200
135.318
Incom• from inv•stmgnts
Unrn$trictod Unre¥tricted
funds
funds
2024
2023
Inteiesl [￿Nab
66
13.

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
ExPenth￿re on eharitable a¢liviti
Charltable
activitiès
2024
Charltable
activitiès
2023
Dirnct wsts
Slaff costs
Project Cosl
Consultancy F895
IT & Eguipmenl
Travel
Rent
Advertising
Vo¢vnteer Expenses
Candidalo cckstS
68,125
1.408
107.934
1.894
7.899
3.750
52.658
2.242
89.585
5.740
3,701
50
2,127
5,317
6.713
197.723
161,719
Share of support and Y￿rnan¢? costs {see note
Support
Governar￿
10,496
3,608
3,247
210.260
175,823
Analysls by fund
Unrestriclcd funds
Resti￿lad funds
167.587
42,673
120.048
55.775
210,260
175.823
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CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
Support costs
Support Govemanc•
2024Suwort o)sts Governance
0315
2023
Telephone
larkobng
Sutvjry expè
Bank charges
Insurance
RepaK and mainlenan
2.767
2.767
3.094
1.021
1.718
5.849
3)9
1.718
5.849
209
60
2,660
2,259
2.259
Legal and rKofgssicmal
IrthpwKlont examM*
420
420
1,088
2.827
2.520
2.520
3.247
12,537
10,496
14,104
Anatysed btheen
charitab￿ aciNtrS
9,2
3.247
12,537
10,4
14,104
Truste
None of ￿ trtJStees (of persons (w[￿¢￿j with theml r￿¥•j any rwNJnèratK)n or ben8fts from Ihe
harity dUr￿g the year.
Ern￿oye
The average rr￿thty nthibef ol errpty88s chmj Ihe year was:
2024
Number
2023
Nwnber
Employmert costs
2024
2023
Vvages and salaries
socurity tosts
Other pension ¢osts
66,698
51,592
1,424
1.066
68,125
52,658
DurlThJ the year. key managem￿1 rerr￿￿ats"on tcla￿j £33.S97 {2023 ." £32.4T11
TIEre w8re wv) wlK>Se a￿Val remw)etalKm t•AS more than £60.CthI.
15.

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
raxation
charity is exempt from taxati￿ on ils actrvibes t*cwse al its inojne ss appligd purposes.
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due WIt￿Th one year:
Prepay￿ents and ￿￿￿e¢j inecthe
1.251
1,Z51
10 Credilors: a)kwnls fallln9 due wlthln one year
2024
2023
Other taxakn'on arKI s(xial se￿4￿rtY
Trade uedilors
Other creditors
ruals aTrJ dgferred irKay
971
4.274
5.770
5,133
11 Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
0¢firt￿ contrlbutlm schèmès
Charge lo profft or b)ss ￿ resped OF defI￿j ccnlntrwJtNJ) scl*
1.424
Tho chanty cporal¢s a dthed cDntrtbulion pengtx sckn¢ for all qualifying em¥Aoyees. The assets ol the
scheme are held separately from tI￿se of Ihe chaiity In an ￿Jepende￿tlY admiThslere¢J fund.
12 Rextrictod fundk
The resfrKtgd funds ol thg tharrty GtNnPllSg the Un9x￿ndod b*rKes of d￿8￿￿$ aThJ grants hell on trust
subiecl io Specif￿ conditths by d(x)Ots as ￿ how théy may ￿ uséd.
Movefflent in funds
Res0w￿$ Oèl*n¢• bt
I Serfvmbei expended
31 August
2023
2024
Nab"on81 Lottery Reacluw ComnyJThbes Gr￿1
1.565
47200
142,6731
6.092
1.565
47.200
42,6731
6,092
sè af Resiriettd Fun
hin
A threé yèar grant to prrxTh)te rehabililatk)n a￿1 resgtUwThnt of off8nd8rs and the prgvention of crrTh by
providiThJ Mentori￿ schorres to ex-offenders.
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CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2024
13 Unrestrl¢t•d fund$
The unrestricted funds of thg thai¥ty ccwnprise the UnexpY￿ balan¢e$ of th)nations and grants which arg
not subjeGI to Specif￿ ¢￿d1￿"0nS by (k)nots and grant(xs as lo how Ihey may be used. These inclvde
desigMted fuNls have tthn sel asbje OLrt of urwest￿1ed funds by the trustees for speL?fic purposes.
At1
Incoming Ro4ources
Sgptembgr r•¥ourc•8 expended
2023
Transfgrs At 31 August
2024
Ger￿ra1 Tunds
2.577
261.817
1167.5871
96.807
Prgvioua year.
Intomlng Resources
Sepiember rescwr¢e$ •xp•ndod
2022
Translors At 31 August
2023
General furvjs
25.541
88,184
(120,048)
2,577
14 Anatysls of n•t ass•ts b•twe8n funth
Unrestrfieièd
funds
2024
R•strictod
funds
2024
Total
2024
At 31 August 2024:
Current a5sots1llk?b￿Itle$j
g6.807
6.092
102,899
6,092
102,899
Unrèsirtcted Rostriciod
lunds
fund$
2023
2023
Total
2023
At 31 August 2023:
Clwwt assetsllliabihl*s)
2.577
1,565
4,142
2.577
1.565
4.142
15 Related party tran8act5ons
Thefe were no ¢*sclJsabb8 wplated party tronsaclvjns durro Ihe (2023. Th)nel.
17.