HEADWAY NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (HEAD INJURIES ASSOCIATION) LTD

Registered charity 1077770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Headway North Staffordshire provides rehabilitation & respite facilities for adults 18 plus with acquired, traumatic or stroke related head injuries. Headway House provides a meeting place with facilities for improving mobility social, domestic, educational and social skills. We provide support and daily respite for relatives.Activities include :Gym and Physiotherapy,Social Activities

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Latest income
£748k
Latest spending
£728k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £20k for the year, with total income of £774k and expenditure of £727k. The trustees report that the charity is in good financial health and that current free reserves of £273,776 meet the stated policy target of retaining £210,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £210,000 (held: £274k)
The charity will retain unrestricted (free) cash-at-bank reserves of £210,000 in order to cushion against fluctuations in income and to provide for the controlled winding up of the charity in a worst-case scenario. — page 10
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 — Headway North Staffordshire (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£748k
Total spending
£728k
Cost of raising funds
£15k
Reserves (reported)
£274k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£748k£728k
30/04/2024£637k£710k
30/04/2023£566k£609k
30/04/2022£483k£486k
30/04/2021£542k£423k

Common questions

Is HEADWAY NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (HEAD INJURIES ASSOCIATION) LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £20k for the year, with total income of £774k and expenditure of £727k. The trustees report that the charity is in good financial health and that current free reserves of £273,776 meet the stated policy target of retaining £210,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/06/2022£144kSpeech Therapy Programme for Headway North Staffordshire
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2021£10kQualified Counsellor for Headway North Staffordshire
UK government17/07/2020£75kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEADWAY NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (HEAD INJURIES ASSOCIATION) LTD£748k0aboveno doubt
HEADWAY SHROPSHIRE FY2024£1.3m0belowmaterial uncertainty
HEREFORDSHIRE HEADWAY FY2025£183k0unclearno doubt
HEADWAY WORCESTERSHIRE FY2025£977k0withinno doubt
HEADWAY BRISTOL BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024£497k0aboveno doubt
HEADWAY MILTON KEYNES LIMITED FY2024£134k0unclearno doubt

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