HALTON DISABILITY PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1138404 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Halton Disability Partnership (HDP) is a charity which aims to improve the lives of disabled people in the Merseyside Borough of Halton. HDP is a Disabled People User Led Organisation (DPULO) which gives inforamtion, advice and support to disabled people.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR LONG-TERM CONDITIONS IN HALTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: HALTON

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £303,142, which the trustees confirm is more than sufficient to cover their stated policy target of three months of running costs. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £53,411 for the year, having generated £502,952 in total incoming resources against £449,541 in charitable expenditure.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Dawes
• Frances Stewart
• John Forrester
• Kevin Dawes
• Susan Molyneux
• TERRI KEARNEY

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

Operates in: Halton

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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