HF TRUST LIMITED

Company number 00734984 ·

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Executive summary

HF Trust Limited is a long-established, mission-driven provider operating within the UK's complex learning disabilities and mental health care sector. Structured as a group limited by guarantee, it leverages its charitable status and deep governance to act as a trusted partner for local authority commissioners, distinguishing it from private equity-backed competitors. However, it faces the same systemic sector challenges as its peers—namely, severe workforce shortages, local authority funding constraints, and the operational necessity of transitioning from traditional residential care to community-based supported living models.

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
1962-09-10
Registered office
5-6 Brook Office Park Folly Brook Road, Emersons Green, Bristol, BS16 7FL
Postcode
BS16 7FL
Accounts category
Group
Charges
8 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-03-30
Next due by
2027-04-13
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 87200 Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse
  • 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified

Officers 17 current · 100 resigned

Appointed 2026-05-27
Paul Benson WOOD Director
Appointed 2026-05-27
Appointed 2026-05-27
Appointed 2026-04-30
Appointed 2026-04-30

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Group structure 4 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 11

£1,365,000,000 total awarded value where published.

Showing the 5 most recent of 11.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Registered charity

HF TRUST LIMITED — charity number 313069

Registered 1971-09-08 Income £84,965,000 Spending £89,241,000 FY to 2025-03-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Care Quality Commission 48 locations

Regulated by CQC — 2 rated Outstanding, 34 rated Good, 3 rated Requires improvement, 9 not yet rated.

All locations and inspection reports are on this provider's CQC page.

Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2025-03-31) — 5 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

1.33%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
HOME FARM TRUST LIMITED(THE)2009-10-09

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
MERCHANTS HOUSE, WAPPING ROAD, BRISTOL, BS1 4RW2008-11-12
MERCHANTS HOUSE NORTH, WAPPING ROAD, BRISTOL, BS1 4RW1992-04-28
FIRST FLOOR, NORTH BLOCK, MERCHANTS HOUSE WAPPING ROAD, BRISTOL BS1 4RH1986-05-06

Among its peers

2nd oldest

of 137 similar companies in BS, trading since 1962

51 companies are registered at this postcode →

Property in England & Wales 117 titles

Freehold
103
Leasehold
14
Most recent registration
2025-03-28
Price paid, where recorded
£19,436,671
Where
Cheshire West And Chester (13), Cornwall (12), Gloucestershire (11)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
SL290945 Wrekin Freehold 2025-03-28
SL290948 Wrekin Freehold 2025-03-28
BL166393 City Of Bristol Leasehold 2024-02-14
CL367617 Cornwall Freehold 2021-12-02
ON355585 Oxfordshire Leasehold 2020-01-23
GR414799 Gloucestershire Leasehold 2017-06-06
HD560287 Hertfordshire Leasehold 2017-01-06
NGL121753 Greater London Freehold 2017-01-05 £224,468
NGL214946 Greater London Freehold 2017-01-05
NGL357233 Greater London Freehold 2017-01-05
GR406255 Gloucestershire Freehold 2016-08-09
GR105436 Gloucestershire Freehold 2016-04-14
GR397338 Gloucestershire Freehold 2016-04-14
CB322789 Cambridgeshire Freehold 2015-10-30 £465,000
LAN92802 Lancashire Freehold 2015-10-20 £1,124,777
GR125281 Gloucestershire Freehold 2015-10-01 £450,000
ND172923 Northumberland Freehold 2015-08-20
DN373277 Devon Freehold 2015-07-23 £394,800
DN498922 Devon Freehold 2015-07-23 £287,702
DN515239 Devon Freehold 2015-07-23 £758,227

Showing 20 of 117.

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