HEADWAY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 1122504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury.Provide information,support and services to adults with brain injury and their families with the initial intention of providing day care services in Stafford and Tamworth.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE

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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Latest income
£165k
Latest spending
£156k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves totalled £193,225, which exceeds the Trustees' policy target of six months' running expenses. The charity reported a net income surplus of £9,172 for the year, allowing it to maintain operations and reinvest in services without drawing down on reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running expenses (held: £193k)
“the Trustees aim to maintain free services at a level sufficient to cover six months running expenses.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£165k£156k
30/11/2024£162k£151k
30/11/2023£154k£123k
30/11/2022£131k£96k
30/11/2021£79k£104k

Common questions

Is HEADWAY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves totalled £193,225, which exceeds the Trustees' policy target of six months' running expenses. The charity reported a net income surplus of £9,172 for the year, allowing it to maintain operations and reinvest in services without drawing down on reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEADWAY NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (HEAD INJURIES ASSOCIATION) LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEADWAY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE£165k——above—no doubt
HEADWAY NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (HEAD INJURIES ASSOCIATION) LTD FY2025£748k—0above—no doubt
HEADWAY SHROPSHIRE FY2024£1.3m—0below—material uncertainty
HEADWAY WORCESTERSHIRE FY2025£977k—0within—no doubt
HEADWAY CARDIFF AND SOUTH EAST WALES FY2025£542k—0above—no doubt
HEADWAY - THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION FY2025£6.0m——within—no doubt

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