HALO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1166863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALO

To promote & protect physical & mental health of children & young adults living in Greater London, who have experienced the loss of a familty member or someone close to them byproviding & assisting in the provision of services related to bereavement care such as therapeutic play &counselling. To advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to bereavement.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN GREATER LONDON, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF A FAMILY MEMBER OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES RELATED TO BEREAVEMENT CARE SUCH AS THERAPEUTIC PLAY AND COUNSELLING.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO BEREAVEMENT.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of (7,559) for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of 135,099. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and had no employees receiving remuneration above £60,000.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Halo Children's Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• FATIMA RAHILchair
• Adela Grimshaw
• Michelle McCarroll
• khadijah larkins

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

Operates in: Hillingdon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Child Bereavement UK.

• Child Bereavement UK income £2.7m
• HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION income £5.9m
• BALLOONS (DEVON) income £312k
• CBUK26 income £4.2m
• CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTRE income £388k
• STAR BEREAVEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED income £135k

Side by side with its peers

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