THE GET A HEAD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1118326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote relief of all aspects of pain, physical and emotional, relating to or connected with any disease, trauma or any condition adversely affecting the head or neck. To advance education into the causes and treatment of any disease, trauma or condition adversely affecting the head or neck through the promotion of research or such other means as the Trustees shall think fit.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£351k

Latest spending

£380k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £144,350 for the year ended 30 June 2024, driven by a significant £172,859 gain on investments. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,168,958, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet operating costs and strategic commitments. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to meet operating costs including forecast deficit for the next 12 months and to ensure we can meet our long term strategic plan commitments (held: £4.2m)

“Our policy is to ensure we hold sufficient reserves to meet operating costs including forecast deficit for the next 12 months and to ensure we can meet our long term strategic plan commitments.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payroll services

“Fees of £374 (2023 £334) were paid during the year to CKCA Limited for payroll services. Wendy Davies, a trustee of the charity is a director of CKCA Limited.” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bache Brown & Co Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Get A-Head Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

CEF (City Electrical Factors) — “We are grateful to have a brilliant range of organisations who currently support, including: CEF (City Electrical Factors), The Wigley Group…” (source page)
The Wigley Group — “We are grateful to have a brilliant range of organisations who currently support, including: CEF (City Electrical Factors), The Wigley Group…” (source page)
Bromwich Hardy — “We are grateful to have a brilliant range of organisations who currently support, including: CEF (City Electrical Factors), The Wigley Group…” (source page)
EhB Residential — “We are grateful to have a brilliant range of organisations who currently support, including: CEF (City Electrical Factors), The Wigley Group…” (source page)
Adlington Ltd — “We are grateful to have a brilliant range of organisations who currently support, including: CEF (City Electrical Factors), The Wigley Group…” (source page)
Clements & Church — “We are grateful to have a brilliant range of organisations who currently support, including: CEF (City Electrical Factors), The Wigley Group…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2022)

Total income

£3.6m

Total spending

£110k

Cost of raising funds

£12k

Reserves (reported)

£3.7m

Employees

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

WALTER THOMAS BROMWICHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
David Spooner
John Carmel Watkinson
PAUL JAMES MOURTON · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Spittle
SHAHZADA AHMED
Simon John Fisher
Wendy Jane Davies

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2024	£351k	£380k
30/06/2023	£486k	£144k
30/06/2022	£3.6m	£110k
31/03/2021	£205k	£177k
31/03/2020	£204k	£218k

Common questions

Is THE GET A HEAD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £144,350 for the year ended 30 June 2024, driven by a significant £172,859 gain on investments. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,168,958, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet operating costs and strategic commitments. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Bache Brown & Co Limited.

Who funds THE GET A HEAD CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GET A HEAD CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£50k
THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£50k	To institutions
THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£50k	Medical
THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£50k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£124k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£35k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£18k
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£6k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	2	£4k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION	1	£43k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Oracle Head and Neck Cancer UK Limited.

Oracle Head and Neck Cancer UK Limited income £648k
THE MIGRAINE TRUST income £1.0m
THE NEUROKINEX CHARITABLE TRUST income £310k
NATIONAL MIGRAINE CENTRE income £826k
HEADWAY NORFOLK AND WAVENEY LTD income £1.1m
HEADS ON income £586k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GET A HEAD CHARITABLE TRUST	£351k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Oracle Head and Neck Cancer UK Limited FY2025	£648k	—	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty
THE MIGRAINE TRUST FY2025	£1.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NEUROKINEX CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£310k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL MIGRAINE CENTRE FY2025	£826k	in excess of £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
HEADWAY NORFOLK AND WAVENEY LTD FY2024	£1.1m	—	0	below	—	material uncertainty

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