Headlines Craniofacial Support

Registered charity 1058461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADLINES - THE CRANIOFACIAL SUPPORT GROUP, Headlines, Headlines - The Craniofacial Support Group, THE CRANIOFACIAL SUPPORT GROUP · also registered in Scotland as SC050262 (OSCR)

PROVIDING SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS & THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE AFFECTED BY CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS AND RARE CRANIOFACIAL CONDITIONS; RAISING AWARENESS WITH THE PUBLIC AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND FACILITATING RESEARCH IN THESE CONDITIONS.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£125k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £10,984 and unrestricted reserves of £160,837, which are in excess of the stated policy target of covering 12 months of unrestricted expenses. Per the trustees' report, the charity has sufficient funds to continue operating over the next 12 months with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of unrestricted expenses (held: £161k)
“Our reserves policy is currently set to cover 12 months of unrestricted expenses.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headlines - Craniofacial Support (matched by registered charity number).

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£125k£114k
31/03/2024£98k£107k
31/03/2023£106k£124k
31/03/2022£113k£80k
31/03/2021£88k£55k

Common questions

Is Headlines Craniofacial Support financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £10,984 and unrestricted reserves of £160,837, which are in excess of the stated policy target of covering 12 months of unrestricted expenses. Per the trustees' report, the charity has sufficient funds to continue operating over the next 12 months with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Headlines Craniofacial Support?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Headlines Craniofacial Support as a grant recipient include THE VTCT FOUNDATION, THE KILROOT FOUNDATION, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VTCT FOUNDATIONFY2024£21kSmall grant
THE KILROOT FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE VTCT FOUNDATIONFY2022£3kSmall grant/New Ways of Working
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£200General Charitable Purposes

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2025£15kHeadlines Family Weekend

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLEFT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Headlines Craniofacial Support£125k—0above—no doubt
CLEFT FY2025£325k—0above—no doubt
CHANGING FACES FY2025£1.3m—2unclear—no doubt
BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT FY2025£575kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE CLEFT LIP AND PALATE ASSOCIATION FY2026£1.9m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
Harry's Hydrocephalus Awareness Trust FY2025£212k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.