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.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS IN TYNESIDE, BY THE PROVISION OF CARE, SUPPORT AND ADVICE SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE ASSOCIATION SHALL SEEK TO:(1) TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL ASPECTS OF BRAIN INJURY;(2) TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURY, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS AND RELEVANT PROFESSIONALS;(3) TO PROMOTE A CO-ORDINATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO BRAIN INJURY SCREENING, ACUTE CARE, ASSESSMENTS, REHABILITATION AND RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY;(4) TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN INJURY;(5) TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF BRAIN INJURY.

Area of benefit: TYNESIDE, COMPRISING THE FOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY DISTRICTS OF GATESHEAD, SOUTH TYNESIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, AND NORTH TYNESIDE.

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

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

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• 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

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

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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 Mackenzie Donaldson
• Dr David Robert Lee
• Elizabeth Ann Alam
• Ellen Anne Heather Marriott
• Linda Coulson
• Matthew Paul Nakonseky
• Rachel Lees · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Miller
• Sophie Louise Moore
• Zoe Fisher

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

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

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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