CLEANCONSCIENCE

Registered charity 1160870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CleanConscience has a three-part mission: to protect & preserve the environment by reducing waste that still has a resource from going to landfill, through recovery & redistribution; to prevent or relieve poverty by creating volunteering & employment opportunities for those on the margins of society; to advance citizenship & community development by partnering with other organisations.

Objects

1. The protection and preservation of the environment for the public benefit by: a)    the promotion of waste reduction, re-use, reclamation, redistribution, recycling, use of recycled products, and the use of surplus; b)    advancing the awareness of the public about all aspects of waste generation, waste management and waste recycling.2. The prevention or relief of poverty for the public benefit by: creating volunteering opportunities, work placements, traineeships, apprenticeships, and employment opportunities for those on the margins of society.3. The advancement of citizenship or community development for the public benefit by: partnering with other organisations whose mission and vision is aligned with ours.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Slough, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£96k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £18,570, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £12,141 for the year, with total income of £108,368 against total expenditure of £96,227.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £19k)
“It is the practice of the charity to aim for unrestricted funds at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Kompost donated a Nissan NV200 van to CleanConscience in August 2024, at no cost, but with the understanding that if CleanConscience ceases to operate, that the van will be transferred back into the name of Dennis Geertsen.
“Kompost is majority owned by the founder of CleanConscience and is run by her partner, Dennis Geertsen. Kompost donated a Nissan NV200 van to CleanConscience in August 2024, at no cost, but with the understanding that if CleanConscience ceases to operate, that the van will be transferred back into the name of Dennis Geertsen.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 2,700

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 9

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 50

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2022 (received 07/06/2023, 38 days after the 30/04/2023 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 05/05/2022, 5 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£108k£96k
30/06/2024£183k£180k
30/06/2023£61k£81k
30/06/2022£51k£84k
30/06/2021£86k£90k

Common questions

Is CLEANCONSCIENCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £18,570, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £12,141 for the year, with total income of £108,368 against total expenditure of £96,227. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CLEANCONSCIENCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLEANCONSCIENCE as a grant recipient include NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kPool/Fast Track

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREENER AND CLEANER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLEANCONSCIENCE£108k—0unclear—no doubt
GREENER AND CLEANER FY2025£445k—0within—no doubt
CLEAN SHEET FY2026£408k£61,8690below—no doubt
THE CLEARY FOUNDATION FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY OF RECONCILIATION AND FELLOWSHIP FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
3SPACE FY2025£229k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.