OSCR Scottish charity profile

The HALO Trust

ActiveCharity number SC037870
Registered27 February 2007
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC037870
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Overseas only
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
10,102
Postcode
DG3 5BF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the saving of lives
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

A. The relief of poverty, sickness, suffering and distress throughout the world, in particular by the provision of hydrological, engineering and other works and medical aid with particular emphasis on the care and rehabilitation of non-combatant victims in areas where there is human conflict and the provision of assistance in the removal of debris of military hardware which may be a direct threat to non-combatants in hazerdous areas where hostilities have ceased. B. To carry out or conduct or to assist in carrying out or conducting any research into the special problems arising from injuries sustained by noncombatants in hazardous areas and into methods of alleviating suffering arising therefrom and to publish the useful results of any such research. Provided always that in discharging the foregoing objects, it is hereby declared that the Company shall discharge and carry out its objects without recourse to any political stance or viewpoint whether party political or otherwise with the sole aim of relieving such poverty, sickness to distress.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£165,647,000£163,115,00010,10218 December 2025
31 March 2024£145,567,000£145,076,00010,10219 December 2024
31 March 2023£128,437,000£120,955,00010,10222 December 2023
31 March 2022£94,925,000£95,258,00010,10221 October 2022
31 March 2021£89,884,000£89,608,00010,10212 October 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
The HALO Trust, Carronfoot, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.halotrust.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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