CLIMB2RECOVERY

Registered charity 1186493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Climb 2 Recovery (C2R) supports chronically wounded, injured, and sick veterans through fully funded adaptive climbing programs. Since 2016, C2R has delivered over 1,100 annual training days at just £105 per person per day. Climbing aids emotional regulation, self-esteem, and mindfulness while fostering camaraderie and purpose. Dr. Lucy Sheen-Harker describes it as life-changing and life-saving.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£227k
Latest spending
£167k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's current free reserves meet its policy requirement of holding three months of running costs for its core UK program. The financial statements are unaudited and have been independently examined by Tibbs Accounting Services Ltd.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running cost for our core UK program (held: £1)
“It is the policy of the charity to hold in reserve the equivalent of three months running cost for our core UK program.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France · Italy · Scotland · Spain · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
20/11/2025£227k£167k
20/11/2024£187k£124k
20/11/2023£70k£86k
20/11/2022£136k£123k
20/11/2021£117k£88k

Common questions

Is CLIMB2RECOVERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's current free reserves meet its policy requirement of holding three months of running costs for its core UK program. The financial statements are unaudited and have been independently examined by Tibbs Accounting Services Ltd. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CLIMB2RECOVERY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLIMB2RECOVERY as a grant recipient include Army Benevolent Fund, LEST WE FORGET ASSOCIATION, THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Army Benevolent FundFY2026£20kWellbeing (Designated)
Army Benevolent FundFY2026£15kWellbeing
LEST WE FORGET ASSOCIATIONFY2022£14kSpecific grantee/activity
LEST WE FORGET ASSOCIATIONFY2023£-7k
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government22/09/2023£99kCovenant Fund
UK government11/03/2022£34kOVA Afghanistan Veterans' Fund
UK government12/02/2021£35k£10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

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 124816 CLIMB C. I. O..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLIMB2RECOVERY£227k—0above—no doubt
124816 CLIMB C. I. O. FY2025£750k—0unclear—no doubt
SUPPORT TO RECOVERY FY2025£331k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RECOVER TEAM LIMITED FY2025£248k—0below—no doubt
RECOVERY WORKS LIMITED FY2025£925k—0unclear—noted
RECOVERY COLLEGE COLLECTIVE LIMITED FY2025£845k—0unclear—no doubt

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