Four staff members from Amicus Property Finance have completed the ascent of the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains.

Emma Ryan, Joe Gibson, Rafiq Ahmed and Tasha Chellen scaled the 4,167 metre Jebel Toubkal to raise money for the Halcyon Foundation.

Ryan, head of redemptions at the short-term lender, said: “Wow, I thought I was fit and my six months training schedule had gone well but I was not really prepared for what we encountered; however, it was for a brilliant cause and to have raised nearly £17,000 is something all of us at Amicus Property Finance and our friends at Omni Partners are very proud of.

Gibson, an underwriter Amicus, added: “On the last day we woke at 4am, scaled boulders in the darkness, traversed the ice sheets and reached the summit of Toubkal with the sun beating overhead.  We then descended 2500m and clocked up 13 hours of trekking in a single day.

“Knowing that the money we raised was going to the Halcyon Foundation, so they can provide help and support to all those individuals and families affected by autism, made it all worth it.”