HEADWAY BLACK COUNTRY

Registered charity 1089171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote understanding of all aspects of acquired brain injury and provide information, support and rehabilitation services for people with acquired brain injuries, their families and carers who live in the Black Country (the Metropolitan Boroughs of Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley and the City of Wolverhampton).

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Latest income
£541k
Latest spending
£567k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £26,211 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £782,839 to £756,628. The trustees' report notes that the key risk continues to be funding to ensure stability, with the charity actively exploring new services to provide sustainable income sources. Per the reserves policy, the charity aims to hold assets sufficient to cover operational costs for at least six months, a target which appears met given the unrestricted cash levels and total fund position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least six months (held: £601k)
Headway Black Country and its Trustees consider that the assets within the Charity should be at a level to cover the Charity's operational costs for at least six months. — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025. — page 23
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 Black Country (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.

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

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

Total income
£541k
Total spending
£567k
Reserves (reported)
£601k
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~12.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£541k£567k
31/03/2024£667k£516k
31/03/2023£508k£538k
31/03/2022£544k£485k
31/03/2021£506k£448k

Common questions

Is HEADWAY BLACK COUNTRY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £26,211 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £782,839 to £756,628. The trustees' report notes that the key risk continues to be funding to ensure stability, with the charity actively exploring new services to provide sustainable income sources. Per the reserves policy, the charity aims to hold assets sufficient to cover operational costs for at least six months, a target which appears met given the unrestricted cash levels and total fund position. 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 Heritage Fund31/03/2022£7k"25th Anniversary Celebrations"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£450Community Concert and Spring Fayre 2020
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2019£271kABI Community Action
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£266kHeadway Black Country: Reaching Out to Make a Difference

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEADWAY BLACK COUNTRY£541k0aboveno doubt
HEADWAY WORCESTERSHIRE FY2025£977k0withinno doubt
BLACK COUNTRY CIRCUIT FY2024£235k0unclearno doubt
HEADWAY SHROPSHIRE FY2024£1.3m0belowmaterial uncertainty
HEADWAY CARDIFF AND SOUTH EAST WALES FY2025£542k0aboveno doubt
THE SANDWELL CROSSROADS CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME LIMITED FY2025£1.8m0aboveno doubt

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