HALOW (BIRMINGHAM)

Registered charity 1150445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HALOW (Birmingham) provides services to prisoners' families to help them overcome the problems faced by having a family member in custody. The purpose of the charity is to provide these services essentially on humanitarian grounds but it also strongly believes in the importance of maintaining good family ties as part of the successfull rehabilitation of offenders

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG PRISONERS, EX-OFFENDERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS IN NEED OF SUCH RELIEF; AND B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY RESEARCH INTO DOMESTIC ISSUES RELATING TO PRISONERS, EX-OFFENDERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, AND DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£4k
Latest spending
£56k
Registered
2013

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Policies the charity declares

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £129,583 — contracts £129,583 (2); 55% of the £234,570 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £79,595 — contracts £79,595 (1); 17% of the £459,918 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £159,190 — contracts £159,190 (1); 43% of the £368,734 total gross income on the same return

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

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Operates in: Birmingham City · Staffordshire · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4k£56k
31/03/2024£235k£219k
31/03/2023£460k£468k
31/03/2022£369k£343k
31/03/2021£399k£369k

Common questions

Who funds HALOW (BIRMINGHAM)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HALOW (BIRMINGHAM) as a grant recipient include WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, THE SHELDON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15kThe Justice System and penal reform
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£11k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10kPenal Affairs
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE SHELDON TRUSTFY2024£3kCommunity Projects
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2024£3kSocial Action
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2023£3kSocial Action
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kGeneral Charitable Purposes
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£2kProvides support at two prison visitor centres for the families of prisoners.
THE GRIMMITT TRUSTFY2023£2k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE GRIMMITT TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kGeneral Charitable Purposes
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2023£10kPrisoners' Families Support Project
A B Charitable Trust20/04/2023£20kA grant to HALOW (Birmingham)
A B Charitable Trust01/07/2021£15kA grant to HALOW (Birmingham)
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2021£10kPrisoners' Families: Support Project
UK government19/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2019£10kChildren Visiting Prison Project
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2014£10kEnabling Families: “Understanding the impact of Imprisonment”