HEADWAY SWINDON AND DISTRICT

Registered charity 1021036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides advice and support to the adult survivors of acquired and traumatic brain injury, their families and carers. The charity runs a headway house which as well as providing a safe meeting place also provides facilities for improving social and educational skills. Through cognitive exercises, games, projects, discussion, art and music, headway helps clients rediscover skills they e

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT IN SWINDON WILTSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURY OR BRAIN DAMAGE THROUGH ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT 2) AND TO ASSIST THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING CO-HABITEES AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AS IS CHARITABE IN LAW

Area of benefit: SWINDON AND SURROUNDING AREA

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 achieved a surplus of £34,666 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income rising to £393,709 against expenditure of £359,043. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £379,794 meet the stated policy target of maintaining eight months of operational costs. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention.

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 5 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 risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway Swindon And District (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony John Cook
• DANIEL GREEN
• IAN JOHN MICHAEL REYNOLDS
• NEIL SHARLAND
• STUART BRAZINGTON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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