HEADWAY TYNESIDE

Registered charity 1132713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADWAY GATESHEAD & SOUTH TYNESIDE

Provides, support, activities and signposting for people with brain injuries, and their families who reside in the Tyneside area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£68k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource deficit of £338 for the year ended 31st August 2025, compared to a deficit of £24,869 in the prior year. Total funds increased slightly to £26,756, with unrestricted funds remaining low at £1,047. The trustees noted that the current economic climate makes fundraising difficult but affirmed the charity's ability to continue its mission.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Donaldson
Dr David Robert Lee
Elizabeth Ann Alam
Ellie Marriott
Matthew Nakonseky
Rachel Lees · trustee of 1 other charity
Samantha Miller
Sophie Moore
Zoe Fisher

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£68k	£68k
31/08/2024	£47k	£71k
31/08/2023	£54k	£79k
31/08/2022	£97k	£56k
31/08/2021	£33k	£35k

Common questions

Is HEADWAY TYNESIDE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource deficit of £338 for the year ended 31st August 2025, compared to a deficit of £24,869 in the prior year. Total funds increased slightly to £26,756, with unrestricted funds remaining low at £1,047. The trustees noted that the current economic climate makes fundraising difficult but affirmed the charity's ability to continue its mission. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HEADWAY TYNESIDE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEADWAY TYNESIDE as a grant recipient include THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Disability

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/04/2023	£10k	Supporting People Affected by Brain Injury
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/03/2019	£10k	Improving Lives