HALO LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED
Registered charity 1091543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALO, HALO LEISURE
To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the intention of improving the conditions of life of those using the facilities; to carry out any other charitable activity subject to the prior written consent of the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the group returned a surplus of £3,952,582 for the year ended 31 December 2024. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves excluding the pension asset were £557,154, which is below the stated policy target of at least £3.9m, though the group holds a pension asset of £1,510,000 resulting in a total unrestricted reserve surplus of £2,067,154.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £557k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure plus pension deficit coverage)
“The reserves policy suggests a desired level of unrestricted reserves of at least £3.9m, excluding any pension asset or liability. This compares with current unrestricted reserves, excluding the current pension asset, which are £557,154.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charitable Company is the sole shareholder of Severn Centre Trust Ltd, which is a registered Charity with similar aims and objects to the Charitable Company.
“The Charitable Company is the sole shareholder of Severn Centre Trust Ltd, which is a registered Charity with similar aims and objects to the Charitable Company.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Severn Centre Trust Ltd
“The Charity is incorporated as a company limited by Guarantee. There is one subsidiary which, through ownership of land, acts as a security to the parent for loans it may have from time to time.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by McCabe Ford Williams. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.12.25)
SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £289k
- Profit before tax: £9k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £17k
- The subsidiary owes £16,610 to group undertakings (parent company Halo Leisure Services Limited) as disclosed in Note 13 Creditors.
“Amounts owed to group undertakings 16,610”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Reg Curtis — Chairman (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- CAMPION, William Joseph — director, appointed 01/06/2024not on trustee list
- CURRY, Steve — director, appointed 01/06/2024on trustee list
- HOTCHEN, Graham Peter — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
- LEE, Justine Frances — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
- WHELAN, Owen Ross — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
- RENDALL, Michael John — director, appointed 25/02/2022not on trustee list
- EDGINTON, Clare Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/02/2022on trustee list
- CURTISS, Reginald James Scott — director, appointed 24/10/2018not on trustee list
- BUSH, Kenneth Edward — director, appointed 27/01/2016on trustee list
- BREWSTER, Stephen Leonard — director, appointed 16/08/2006on trustee list
- HUXLEY, Jonathan George — secretary, appointed 29/10/2020
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Reginald James Scott Curtischair
- Clare Edginton
- Graham Hotchen
- Justine Lee
- Kenneth Edward Bush
- Michael Rendell
- Owen Ross Whelan · trustee of 1 other charity
- STEPHEN LEONARD BREWSTER
- Steve Curry
- Will Campion
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bridgend · Herefordshire · Shropshire · Swindon
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HALO LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the group returned a surplus of £3,952,582 for the year ended 31 December 2024. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves excluding the pension asset were £557,154, which is below the stated policy target of at least £3.9m, though the group holds a pension asset of £1,510,000 resulting in a total unrestricted reserve surplus of £2,067,154. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by McCabe Ford Williams.
Who funds HALO LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HALO LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED as a grant recipient include HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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