HEADWAY ESSEX

Registered charity 1008807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLCHESTER AND NORTH EAST ESSEX HEADWAY

Headway Essex provides specialist day care services and community-based support, information and advice services to support survivors of acquired brain injury and their families and carers across the county of Essex. We are the only charitable organisation providing services to this client group in Essex.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £126,364 for the year ended 31 March 2025. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted free reserves of £365,998 remain, which are sufficient to sustain the charity and exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02674755

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway Essex (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• HOAD, Johanne Emma — director, appointed 25/06/2026on trustee list
• HEARNE-SIRMAN, Chris Paul — director, appointed 25/06/2026not on trustee list
• HICKMAN, Glen Jeffrey — director, appointed 12/03/2026on trustee list
• MCINTYRE, Tara Jennifer Lynne — director, appointed 12/03/2026on trustee list
• MERRELL, Susan Georgina — director, appointed 07/08/2025not on trustee list
• CORALLINI, Cristina Lucia Dolly — director, appointed 07/08/2025on trustee list
• CORBYN, Tomas — director, appointed 07/08/2025on trustee list
• KEMPSTER, Caroline Ann — director, appointed 29/05/2025on trustee list
• EMMS, Anthony John — director, appointed 06/10/2016on trustee list
• BACON, Alan John — director, appointed 04/10/2012on trustee list
• HAYDEN SARGEANT, Sue — secretary, appointed 23/02/2024

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £229k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 20.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan John Baconchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony Emms
• Caroline Kempster
• Cristina Corallini
• Glen Hickman
• Johanne Hoad
• Sue Merrell
• Tara McIntyre
• Tomas Corbyn

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).