HALAS HOMES

Registered charity 701912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALESOWEN, STOURBRIDGE AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS

The provision of residential care for 37 residents in Halas Homes, the assessment of their changing needs and care as required. Meeting all the requirements of the regulatory body (CSCI) and providing social housing locally for rent by people with a learning disability whose support needs are also provided by Halas Support Service.

Objects

1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1.1.1 THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF LEARNING DISABILITIES; AND 1.1.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,154,557, which the trustees consider sufficient to ensure continuing care for residents. The independent auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. The charity reported a net income increase for the year, supported by positive cash flows from operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,000 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2024 (received 03/02/2026, 188 days after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 30/09/2023 (received 04/10/2024, 66 days after the 30/07/2024 due date); year ending 30/09/2022 (received 04/09/2023, 36 days after the 30/07/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02236170 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Halas Homes (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• BILLINGHAM, Michael John — director, appointed 19/08/2023on trustee list
• JARRETT, Sophie Jane — director, appointed 16/08/2023not on trustee list
• LENO, Gillian Frances — director, appointed 31/03/2015on trustee list
• BILLINGHAM, Anthony John — director, appointed 22/03/2005on trustee list
• SCRIVEN, Stephen Charles — director, appointed 22/03/2005on trustee list
• BILLINGHAM, Nadia Jane — director, appointed 21/01/1997on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £168k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Halas Homes — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 01/02/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Halas Homes: Good (20/11/2018) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nadia Jane Billinghamchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANTHONY JOHN BILLINGHAM
• Gillian Leno
• Michael Billingham
• STEPHEN CHARLES SCRIVEN
• Sophie Billingham

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOCIAL CARE HOUSING TRUST.

• SOCIAL CARE HOUSING TRUST income £831k
• CARE HOUSING ASSOCIATION income £8.2m
• INDIVIDUAL CARE SERVICES income £7.0m
• ELLYS EXTRA CARE LIMITED income £135k
• HALE VILLAGE HALL income £51k
• P A K S income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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