ASH WALES LIMITED

Registered charity 1120834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ASH Wales is the leading organisation working towards a smokefree Wales. Working on projects, campaigns and policy in order to achieve a reduction in, and eventual elimination of, the health problems associated with smoking and tobacco use.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN WALES WHO ARE THOSE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PRACTISING OR LIKELY TO PRACTICE CIGARETTE OR OTHER FORM OF SMOKING BY:(I) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OT THE PUBLIC IN WALES CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF CIGARETTE AND OTHER FORMS OF SMOKING AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE INDIVIDUALS;(II) ASSISTING, CARRYING OUT, PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO CIGARETTE AND OTHER FORMS OF SMOKING AND TO COLLECT AND STUDY INFORMATION RELATING THERETO WITH A VIEW TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE SAME AND THE COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHERS HAVING A LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN RECEIVING SUCH INFORMATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE;(III) ALERTING THE PUBLIC TO THE DANGERS OF TOBACCO USE AND TO SEEK TO PREVENT THE DISABILITY AND DEATH WHICH IT CAUSES.

Area of benefit: IN WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £320,822 and achieved an overall surplus of £10,615 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £342,975, which exceeds the trustees' stated prudent minimum of six months' reserves. The filing confirms no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Our ASH partners — “Funded by Our ASH partners” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Poole
• Jonathan Phillips
• Kate Thompson
• Richard Spear · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Wilkinson
• Stuart Price

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH (ASH).

• ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH (ASH) income £913k
• THE ASHA FOUNDATION income £162k
• FAIR TREATMENT FOR THE WOMEN OF WALES income £211k
• ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE income £223k
• WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION income £36.6m
• The Ashley Family Foundation income £416k

Side by side with its peers

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