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HALSWAY MANOR SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 247230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and support the practice of the traditional folk arts, especially as practised in England. This includes traditional dance, music, song, folklore, storytelling, arts, and crafts. To conserve, maintain and develop the Halsway Manor as a hub for these activities.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £858,402, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £300,000. The charity reported a net unrestricted surplus of £288,372 for the year, with total income of £1,379,491 against total expenditure of £1,091,760.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee earned £60,000 or over in the £60,000-£70,000 band” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee earned £60,000 or over in the £60,000-£70,000 band” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £300,000 (held: £858k)
“The Board of Trustees of the Halsway Manor Society have identified the need to retain a level of reserves of £300,000” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The parent undertaking, Halsway Manor Society Limited, is taking advantage of the disclosure exemption conferred by Financial Reporting Standard 8 ‘Related Party Transactions’ in relation to its subsidiary undertaking, Halsway Manor Limited, on the grounds that it controls 100% of the voting shares in that undertaking.
“The parent undertaking, Halsway Manor Society Limited, is taking advantage of the disclosure exemption conferred by Financial Reporting Standard 8 ‘Related Party Transactions’ in relation to its subsidiary undertaking, Halsway Manor Limited, on the grounds that it controls 100% of the voting shares in that undertaking.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Halsway Manor Limited
“Halsway Manor Society Limited, is taking advantage of the disclosure exemption conferred by Financial Reporting Standard 8 ‘Related Party Transactions’ in relation to its subsidiary undertaking, Halsway Manor Limited” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Albert Goodman LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reserves (reported)
£300k
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.2m£914k
31/03/2022£869k£809k
31/03/2021£564k£525k

Common questions

Is HALSWAY MANOR SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £858,402, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £300,000. The charity reported a net unrestricted surplus of £288,372 for the year, with total income of £1,379,491 against total expenditure of £1,091,760. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Albert Goodman LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of HALSWAY MANOR SOCIETY LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation25/07/2019£39kOur Somerset Stories
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/03/2017£468k"Future Halsway"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/06/2014£41k"Telling Tales - Halsway Manor : Folk Arts History Project"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
King Charles III Charitable Fund1—
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£110k
THE PILGRIM TRUST1£54k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST1£16k
HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
FRIENDS OF PERSHORE HOSPITAL1£5k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OLD MEETING HOUSE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HALSWAY MANOR SOCIETY LIMITED£1.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE OLD MEETING HOUSE TRUST FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. FY2025£319kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
HALO LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED FY2024£19.5m——below—no doubt
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.0m——below—noted
THE HERITAGE CRAFTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£594k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.