HEADWAY BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL
Registered charity 1008798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADWAY(WEST MIDLANDS)LIMITED
Supporting adults with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) through the provision of person-centred activities at its three brain injury hubs across Birmingham and one-to-one support through its Community Outreach programme to help brain injured people access social, leisure & vocational opportunities in the community. Also supporting the wider family through its Family & Carer Services via a helpline, hos
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The document acknowledges that the charity's core services have no means of generating income and relies on support from commissioners, partners, and funders. It does not provide specific financial figures, reserves, or audit opinions to assess overall financial health.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“We really appreciate all the support we get, as this helps us immensely to maintain and develop our core services that have no means of generating income.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway Birmingham and Solihull (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
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.
- WHEELER, Nicola Louise, Dr — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
- GREEN, Hayley Naomi — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
- ARMSTRONG, Ceri Jane — director, appointed 07/11/2024on trustee list
- JONES, Colin — director, appointed 21/03/2024on trustee list
- MORRIS, Sandra Jayne — director, appointed 06/09/2023on trustee list
- CAMPBELL, Jayne Elizabeth — director, appointed 15/07/2019on trustee list
- CASSIDY-GOFF, Jonathan — director, appointed 01/11/2018on trustee list
- LANGTON, Richard Crispian — director, appointed 12/02/2001on trustee list
- DURHAM, Peter Edward — director, appointed 16/03/1998on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
CQC provider record: Headway Birmingham & Solihull — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 19/03/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£153k
Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- RICHARD CRISPIAN LANGTONchair
- Ceri Jane Armstrong
- Colin Jones
- Dr Nicola Louise Wheeler
- Hayley Green
- Jayne Elizabeth Campbell
- Jonathan Cassidy-Goff
- PETER EDWARD DURHAM
- Sandra Jayne Morris
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HEADWAY BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The document acknowledges that the charity's core services have no means of generating income and relies on support from commissioners, partners, and funders. It does not provide specific financial figures, reserves, or audit opinions to assess overall financial health.
Who funds HEADWAY BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HEADWAY BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL as a grant recipient include THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION, WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED, THE W E DUNN TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Funders of similar charities
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Side by side with its peers
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