Our purpose
Our purpose drives every business decision we make and ensures everyone who works with us is focused on doing those things that make it happen.
Read MoreHalma is a global group of life-saving technology companies. Named as one of Britain's Most Admired Companies, our group of nearly 50 companies provide innovative products and services that help solve many of the key problems facing the world today.
Halma employs over 8,000 people in more than 20 countries, with major operations in the UK, Mainland Europe, the USA and Asia Pacific. Halma is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100.
Our purpose
Our purpose is to grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.
Our purpose drives every business decision we make and ensures everyone who works with us is focused on achieving it.
It defines the three broad market areas where we operate:
- Safety: Safety’s technologies protect people and the places they work, enabling safe movement and enhancing efficiency across public and commercial spaces, and industrial and logistics operations.
- Environment: Environmental & Analysis provides technologies that monitor and protect the environment and ensure the quality and availability of life-critical resources.
- Health: Healthcare's technologies enhance the quality of life for patients and improve the quality of care delivered by healthcare providers.
Our Sustainable Growth Model
Our Sustainable Growth Model works by finding and acquiring great companies that are aligned with our purpose. We look for companies that deliver strong growth, high returns and positive impact in global niche markets powered by one of our long-term growth drivers. Each company is managed by its own board which make decisions about how to grow its business in a way that is right for them, balancing short-term profitability with long-term growth.
We support our nearly 50 companies to accelerate their growth, offering our Growth Enablers and the Group's capital resources to help them get to the next level. This model delivers sustainable growth, consistently high returns and positive impact, and the combination of all these elements enables us to deliver long-term value for all our stakeholders.
Halma’s DNA
The combination of our organisational model and culture is a fundamental part of what makes Halma a successful, sustainable business. We call this Halma’s DNA, and it runs through our business at all levels.
Read MoreOur growth strategy
Our strategy is powered by our purpose. It is focused on acquiring and growing businesses in niche markets, in our chosen areas of safety, the environment and health.
Read MoreOur markets and their long term growth drivers
We chose our markets because they have resilient, long-term growth drivers: global efforts to address climate change, waste and pollution; increasing regulation; increasing demand for healthcare; and increasing demand on life-critical resources.
Read MoreOur business model
Our business model is simple. It is driven by our strategy and supported by our DNA. It is focused on sustaining our companies’ growth and returns over the long term, while delivering strong performance in the short term.
Read MoreOur investment proposition
We seek to deliver superior and sustainable value for our investors, while delivering positive impact for all our stakeholders.
Read MoreOur organisational structure
We have a lean and highly decentralised structure with only three layers – companies, sectors and Group. Our portfolio of life‑saving technology companies are locally managed and operate close to their customers. This gives them the agility to respond quickly to customers’ needs and to changes in their markets.
Our companies
Our companies are individual legal entities, managed by their own board of directors, with the freedom to set their own growth strategy within a governance framework. This drives an entrepreneurial approach, accountability for performance and good governance. Each company is focused on growing organically and inorganically in global niche markets underpinned by long-term growth drivers.
Our sectors
Divisional Chief Executives chair the boards of typically five to seven companies. They are responsible for driving organic and inorganic growth in their companies, and provide a pivotal link between the Group, sectors and companies.
Sector boards are chaired by a Sector Chief Executive, who is also a member of the Executive Board, and include Divisional Chief Executives and sector leads for M&A, Finance and Talent. Sector boards are responsible for setting the sector growth strategy, including targeting niche markets for both organic and inorganic growth, and talent strategy.
Group teams
The Group has a lean and simple structure providing effective governance, capital allocation and Growth Enabler support for the companies.
The Halma Board sets the Group’s strategic goals and has ultimate responsibility for the Group’s direction and performance. The Executive Board develops and drives strategy, monitors performance against our key performance indicators and ensures alignment with our DNA and culture.
Our leadership
Our Board of Directors and Executive Management Board bring a range of expertise and experience, from a range of industries, to support Halma’s Sustainable Growth Model.
Learn MoreOur history
Halma has been a publicly listed company in the UK for 50 years, although its origins as a private company stretch back even further.
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