HEADWAY ROTHERHAM

Registered charity 1097470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Headway Rotherham exists to promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury and to provide information, support and services to people with brain injury, their families and carers.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN ROTHERHAM AND ADJOINING AREAS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A BRAIN INJURY, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONALS, BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH INFORMATION, SERVICE AND FACILITIES AS ARE REQUIRED FROM TIME TO TIME BY SUCH PERSONS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS RELATING TO BRAIN INJURY AND ITS PREVENTION.

Area of benefit: ROTHERHAM AND ADJOINING AREAS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE.

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 ended the year in a deficit of £18,963, attributed to the economic climate, increasing costs, and a decline in donations. Despite this financial shortfall, the trustees report that the organization continues to operate and plans to expand activities subject to securing satisfactory funding arrangements.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway Rotherham (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Cartwright
• JENNY WOODWARD
• Jennifer Whitehouse
• Karen Cawood
• LINDA MUNFORD
• Samantha Hind
• Susan Hodgson

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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