HALIFAX OPPORTUNITIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-26 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+37% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+96.7% vs 2024
Employees
157
-9.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£100K
+110.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,713,767 | £4,959,252 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £47,453 | £100,066 | |
| Net profit | £68,243 | £94,736 | |
| Cash | £1,345,122 | £1,842,518 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,415,007 | £4,709,744 | |
| Net assets | £2,377,922 | £4,677,989 | |
| Equity | £2,377,922 | £4,677,989 | |
| Average employees | 173 | 157 | |
| Wages | £2,975,735 | £3,225,371 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.4% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.8% | 18.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 2.01x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BK Plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on a high level of secured contractual and grant income and free reserves of £1,024,368, the Trustees are confident that Halifax Opportunities Trust can continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- HALIFAX OPPORTUNITIES TRUST · parent
- HOT Enterprises Ltd 100%
- Hanson Lane Enterprise Centre Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024-25, the Enterprise team demonstrated resilience through a period of senior management restructuring.”
- “We were successful in securing funding for the 'Make it Work' project, delivered through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and managed by Groundwork.”
- “Between April 2024 and March 2025, 30 learners successfully completed their apprenticeship programmes, with an impressive 67% Qualification Achievement Rate (QAR).”
- “In Spring 2024, HOT launched the Boothtown, Akroydon, and Haley Hill Heritage Trail (funded by UKSPF)”
- “In 2024 we launched the Calderdale Cancer Aware Project, a project funded by Macmillan Cancer for 3 years”
- “On 1st October 2024, a new mandatory duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace came into effect.”
- “In 2024, Calderdale council took the decision to recommission the Family Hubs and nursery provision via two Calderdale-wide tenders. ... We were unsuccessful. This meant the end of 23 years of continual delivery in the borough, the loss of over 100 staff and other invaluable assets...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HASKINS, Alison Sarah | Secretary | 2017-06-07 | — | — |
| ALI, Zohaib Ahmed | Director | 2023-11-16 | Jun 1992 | British |
| BOWERS, Jenny | Director | 2024-11-14 | Feb 1975 | British |
| BURROWS, Leigh, Dr | Director | 2021-08-12 | Jun 1957 | British |
| CRAVEN, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2017-12-21 | Jun 1965 | British |
| FOX, Simon Geoffrey | Director | 2026-02-12 | Nov 1968 | British |
| HAMID, Aqib | Director | 2021-08-12 | Jun 1993 | British |
| HUNTER, Helen Laura | Director | 2017-12-21 | Aug 1987 | British |
| HUSSAIN, Sabir | Director | 2021-08-12 | Nov 1966 | British |
| MALE, Tim | Director | 2018-06-21 | May 1967 | British |
| RHODES, Gill | Director | 2021-08-12 | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDER, Elkan Kenneth | Secretary | 2001-12-14 | 2002-03-28 |
| HUSSAIN, Shabir | Secretary | 2015-10-22 | 2016-12-15 |
| LYNN, Jennifer M | Secretary | 2002-06-13 | 2015-10-22 |
| MCCARDIE, Lee Aron | Secretary | 2000-11-28 | 2001-09-14 |
| PRESCOTT, Robin | Secretary | 2000-10-12 | 2000-11-28 |
| WHITEHEAD, Gemma Anne | Secretary | 2016-12-15 | 2017-06-07 |
| ALI, Asmat | Director | 2016-10-27 | 2020-10-15 |
| ALI, Ferman, Councillor | Director | 2010-05-27 | 2011-06-16 |
| AQEEL, Arshad Naseem | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2008-04-24 |
| ASLAM, Hamza | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2016-06-23 |
| ASLAM, Mohamed | Director | 2004-08-19 | 2015-10-22 |
| ASLAM, Neelam | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2012-03-15 |
| BAINES, Stephen | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2017-05-24 |
| BARBER, Hilary John, The Revd Canon | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2025-11-20 |
| BLACKMAN, Paul William | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2022-01-01 |
| BOSTAN, Ruksana Kauser | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2020-09-02 |
| BOSTAN, Ruksana Kauser | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2007-09-06 |
| BOSTAN, Tanveer | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2015-10-22 |
| BRAMALL, Yvonne Susan | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2011-03-17 |
| BURTON, Martin | Director | 2013-06-20 | 2015-05-28 |
| CHOUDRY, Amjid | Director | 2004-09-30 | 2008-10-07 |
| EARNSHAW, Russell Patrick | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2017-09-21 |
| EARNSHAW, Russell Patrick | Director | 2001-01-09 | 2016-01-09 |
| FAROOQ, Fiaz, Dr | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2017-11-09 |
| FARRINGTON, Jill Louise, Dr | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2015-01-05 |
| FOSTER, Dorothy Susan | Director | 2017-05-24 | 2018-07-09 |
| GAFFANEY, Michelle Anne | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2017-09-20 |
| HARKNESS, Jeanette | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2020-06-11 |
| HEMBLYS, Richard | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2022-11-10 |
| HORSFALL, Grenville, Councillor | Director | 2005-02-15 | 2007-06-07 |
| HUSSAIN, Shabir | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2019-09-15 |
| ISHTIAQ, Mohammed | Director | 2005-09-02 | 2009-11-12 |
| JONES, Christopher | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2014-03-31 |
| KHAN, Rahat | Director | 2004-09-30 | 2015-10-22 |
| LYNN, Jennifer M | Director | 2000-10-12 | 2015-10-22 |
| MAHMOOD, Arshad, Councillor | Director | 2007-06-07 | 2010-05-27 |
| MARSHALL, Andrew Hanson | Director | 2000-10-12 | 2009-11-12 |
| MCMULLEN, John, Dr | Director | 2022-02-10 | 2022-04-22 |
| MORRELL, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2023-11-27 |
| NASH, Margaret Pauline Elizabeth | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2019-04-09 |
| NASH, Margaret Pauline Elizabeth | Director | 2005-03-29 | 2013-03-14 |
| PAYNE, Michael Jon | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2018-04-05 |
| PINDER, Christopher James | Director | 2020-08-06 | 2024-07-09 |
| QURESHI, Ambreen Kanwal | Director | 2021-08-12 | 2024-05-09 |
| RAHOOF, Mohammed | Director | 2005-02-15 | 2009-12-10 |
| REHMAN, Rizwana | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2020-06-11 |
| SADIQ, Shebana | Director | 2022-11-17 | 2024-07-12 |
| SAEED, Khalid Rauf | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2020-02-27 |
| SHOUKAT, Faisal | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2020-11-12 |
| SHOUKAT, Faisal | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2016-05-25 |
| SHOUKAT, Faisal | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2013-06-20 |
| STEAD, Melanie Elizabeth | Director | 2020-08-06 | 2022-04-24 |
| SWEENEY, Roseanne Marie | Director | 2021-09-21 | 2025-09-23 |
| SWIFT, Timothy | Director | 2004-09-30 | 2005-02-27 |
| WALKER-LYNCH, Holly Jamie | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2017-09-20 |
| WILBY, Wendy Ann, Rev Canon | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2006-09-07 |
| WILLIAMS, Sheila Winifred | Director | 2004-09-30 | 2005-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.2%
£4,713,767 £4,959,252
-
Cash
+37%
£1,345,122 £1,842,518
-
Net assets
+96.7%
£2,377,922 £4,677,989
-
Employees
-9.2%
173 157
-
Profit before tax
+110.9%
£47,453 £100,066
-
Wages
+8.4%
£2,975,735 £3,225,371
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers