HEADWAY DERBY

Registered charity 1107803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A small award winning charity led by and delivered for people affected by brain injury; offering wraparound support, education and rehabilitation to people primarily across the Derby, South Derbyshire and East Staffs area. Services are complementary by design and form a critical aspect of the non-clinical recovery pathway of hundreds of people through the delivery of 1:1 and community activities.

Objects

1. THE PROVISION OF REHABILITATION, SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUSTAINED BRAIN INJURIES AND WHO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF DERBY THE COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE OR EAST STAFFORDSHIRE AND ALSO PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURIES WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE THESE AREAS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHARITY ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"). 2. THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE CARERS AND FAMILIES OF BRAIN INJURED PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: DERBYSHIRE AND EAST STAFFORDSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £70,456 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling from £101,926 to £31,470. The trustees acknowledge a difficult year with unsuccessful grants and high relocation costs, noting that strategic plans are in place to manage the reserves position moving forward. The charity maintains a policy target of three months' operating costs, which the current unrestricted reserves of £31,470 are below.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04658919

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

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.

• DREW, Nathan David — director, appointed 19/05/2026on trustee list
• LAUGHTON, Lucy — director, appointed 25/03/2026on trustee list
• ORMAN, Katie Rose — director, appointed 29/01/2026on trustee list
• CROSSLEY-HOBSON, Tezney — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list
• WALSH, James Anthony — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Alison Claire — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list
• MORRIS, Emma Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 10/12/2025

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lucy Laughtonchair
• Alex Atkinson
• Alison Wright
• James Anthony Walsh
• Katie Orman
• Nathan Drew
• Tezney Crossley-Hobson

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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