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HEADWAY NORTH WEST LONDON

Registered charity 1110088 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADWAY HARROW

HNWL's principal activity is to provide relief to persons resident in North and North West London, and their spouses, relatives or carers, who have suffered from head injury through the provision of information, facilities and services.HNWL provides a social rehabilitation service known as The LINK and volunteer led support groups to affected persons in North and North West London.

Objects

THE RELIEF, CONTINUING REHABILITATION AND SUPPORT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURY OR BRAIN DAMAGE THROUGH ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT AND THEIR SPOUSES PARTNERS OR RELATIVES WHO HAVE UNPAID RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DAILY CARE AND TREATMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £13,791 in 2024, reducing unrestricted reserves to £22,725. The trustees note that regular income is not sufficient to sustain the charity and that costs have risen significantly, but they maintain that adequate reserves are available to continue activities in 2025. The charity is facing challenging times financially and is taking steps to address the shortfall.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of operational expenses (held: £23k)
“The charity's reserves policy is to maintain enough reserves to cover six months of operational expenses.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway North West London (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.

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent · Harrow · Hillingdon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£29k£43k
31/12/2023£32k£34k
31/12/2022£31k£30k
31/12/2021£34k£24k
31/12/2020£30k£22k

Common questions

Is HEADWAY NORTH WEST LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £13,791 in 2024, reducing unrestricted reserves to £22,725. The trustees note that regular income is not sufficient to sustain the charity and that costs have risen significantly, but they maintain that adequate reserves are available to continue activities in 2025. The charity is facing challenging times financially and is taking steps to address the shortfall. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.