Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD
Registered charity 1075338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADWAY IPSWICH AND EAST SUFFOLK, HEADWAY SUFFOLK LTD, IPSWICH AND EAST SUFFOLK HEADWAY
Promoting understanding and education of all aspects of brain injury and all Neuro Conditions and providing information, support and services to acquired brain injury survivors, their families and carers In Suffolk.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £79,259 for the year, marking the first time in its history it headed towards a significant deficit. However, the trustees confirm that the overall financial situation remains at a sustainable level, with net assets of £934,072 held in accessible cash form to safeguard long-term viability.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: at least 3 months operational reserves (held: £854k)
“they consider that at least 3 months operational reserves should be held and available at all times for this purpose”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by SCC Chartered Accountants Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- MOBINI, Sirous, Dr — director, appointed 27/03/2026on trustee list
- FOGG-ELLIOT, Gayle Joan — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
- EVERITT-BARDEN, Robert Scott — director, appointed 08/09/2025on trustee list
- DAY, Richard Ernest — director, appointed 08/09/2025on trustee list
- GIBBS, Marcus Richard — director, appointed 09/09/2024on trustee list
- LOCKINGTON, Timothy John, Dr — director, appointed 22/03/2022on trustee list
- FOYSTER, Richard Michael — director, appointed 21/04/2021on trustee list
- SMITH, Susan — director, appointed 07/09/2020on trustee list
- ALMOND, Carole Deanna — director, appointed 07/09/2020on trustee list
- THURTLE, Owen Anthony, Dr — director, appointed 03/09/2010on trustee list
- EVERITT-BARDEN, Robert Scott — secretary, appointed 16/03/2026
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD — Registered, 4 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 09/08/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- Headway Suffolk and Norfolk ltd: Outstanding (24/09/2022) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Carol Deanna Almond
- Dr Humphry Michael Adair
- Dr OWEN ANTHONY THURTLE
- Dr Sirous Mobini
- Dr Timothy John Lockington · trustee of 2 other charities
- Gayle Joan Fogg-Elliot · trustee of 1 other charity
- Marcus Richard Gibbs
- Richard Michael Foyster
- Richard Ernest Day
- Robert Scott Everitt-Barden
- Susan Smith
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £79,259 for the year, marking the first time in its history it headed towards a significant deficit. However, the trustees confirm that the overall financial situation remains at a sustainable level, with net assets of £934,072 held in accessible cash form to safeguard long-term viability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SCC Chartered Accountants Ltd.
Who funds Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, ST EDMUNDS TRUST, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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