HEADWAY CARDIFF AND SOUTH EAST WALES

Registered charity 1063221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADWAY CARDIFF

We provide support and services to people with an acquired brain injury, their families and carers in south east Wales.

Objects

TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND FACILITIES WITH A VIEW TO THE REHABILITATION AND RELIEF FROM THEIR DISABILITIES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES OR BRAIN DAMAGE AND WHO ARE RECEIVING OR HAVE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE INJURIES OR DAMAGE, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ND SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH PERSONS AND TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF HEAD INJURIES OR BRAIN DAMAGE AND THEIR AFFECTS.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE CARDIFF

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £45,073 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £541,861 against total expenditure of £496,788. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £637,884, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations, although this figure significantly exceeds their stated policy target of 9-12 months of expenditure due to a recent legacy. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £765,104 and restricted funds of £17,812, resulting in total net assets of £782,916.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway Cardiff & South East Wales (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~15.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Chris-Marie Niemela-Skidmore
• Cari Sowden-Taylor
• Clive Brown
• JEFF MAYLE
• Jason Lloyd
• Sarah Ann Jones
• Victoria Jayne Richards

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Bridgend · Caerphilly · Cardiff · Monmouthshire · Neath Port Talbot · Newport City · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Torfaen · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• HEREFORDSHIRE HEADWAY income £333k
• HEADWAY SOUTH BUCKS income £96k
• HEADWAY SOUTHAMPTON income £416k
• HEADWAY PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST HAMPSHIRE income £311k
• HEADWAY BATH AND DISTRICT income £183k
• HEADWAY SHROPSHIRE income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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