01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- 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
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £165,647,000 | £163,115,000 | 10,102 | 18 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £145,567,000 | £145,076,000 | 10,102 | 19 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £128,437,000 | £120,955,000 | 10,102 | 22 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £94,925,000 | £95,258,000 | 10,102 | 21 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £89,884,000 | £89,608,000 | 10,102 | 12 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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