HEADWAY BRISTOL BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1007207 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADWAY - BRISTOL

To promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury and to provide information, support and services to people with brain injury, their families and carers.Provide social and cognitive rehabilitation services at the centre(s) and through one-to-one outreach. All programmes are individually tailored and designed to maximise quality of life, independence and self-esteem.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REHABILITATE AND RELIEVE FROM THEIR DISABILITIES PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL(OR SUCH NEIGHBOURING OR IN SPECIAL CASES OTHER AREAS THE COMPANY SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE) WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES AND/OR RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE OR SIMILAR TRAUMA AND TO COUNSEL AND OTHERWISE ASSIST THE RELATIVES DEPENDANTS AND FRIENDS.

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF BRISTOL AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £111,699 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves of £864,897. The trustees confirm that these free reserves of £818,845 are above the stated policy target of £400,000, providing financial resilience despite the charity running on a deficit budget for its core activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02659120

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway Bristol Brain Injury Association Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Great Western Chapter — “Thanks to the Great Western Chapter for all their support” (source page)
• Bird and Blend, Bristol — “Thanks to our kind donors Bird and Blend, Bristol .” (source page)
• LUSH — “Thanks to LUSH for their kind donation .” (source page)
• John James Bristol Foundation — “Thanks to our generous supporters the John James Bristol Foundation.” (source page)
• We The Curious — “Thanks to kind donors We The Curious .” (source page)
• Marmalade Trust — “Thanks to the Marmalade Trust , for their kindness to our service users at Christmas.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FINN, Mark — director, appointed 03/09/2023on trustee list
• BALL, David — director, appointed 08/09/2020on trustee list
• NORGEN, Priscilla Marie, Dr — director, appointed 03/03/2020not on trustee list
• BENNETT, John Denis — director, appointed 11/06/2018on trustee list
• DAVIES, James Peter — director, appointed 11/06/2018on trustee list
• PONTING, Huw William Richard — director, appointed 07/06/1999on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~24.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Ball
• Dr Priscilla Marie Norgren
• HUW WILLIAM RICHARD PONTING
• James Peter Davies
• John Denis Bennett
• Mark Finn
• Willum Jan Long

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEADWAY - THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION.

• HEADWAY - THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION income £6.0m
• HEADWAY PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST HAMPSHIRE income £311k
• Headway London - Brain Injury Services income £2.5m
• HEADWAY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE income £165k
• HEADWAY THAMES VALLEY LIMITED income £369k
• HEADWAY MILTON KEYNES LIMITED income £138k

Side by side with its peers

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