HEAD IN THE GAME

Registered charity 1204792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEAD IN THE GAME CIC

The preservation and protection of good physical and mental health for the public benefit in particular by providing sports based mental health programmes

Objects

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SPORTS BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES

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 · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£114k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,749, which the trustees describe as broadly in line with their policy target of maintaining several months of operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £13,652 for the year, placing it in a stable financial position to sustain its programmes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% of income)

“Donations and Unrestricted Grants 74,983”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £38k; policy: 5-6 months of operating costs, being a range of £42,000 £50,000)

“unrestricted reserves of £37,749, which is broadly in line with this policy” — page 8

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Head In The Game (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Woolnough
Hannah Barnett
Jeremy Lief
Jo Dawes
Jonathan Lloyd
KIMBERLEY JANE FOULKES
Wendy Hawk

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£114k	£101k
31/05/2024	£122k	£112k

Common questions

Is HEAD IN THE GAME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,749, which the trustees describe as broadly in line with their policy target of maintaining several months of operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £13,652 for the year, placing it in a stable financial position to sustain its programmes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HEAD IN THE GAME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEAD IN THE GAME as a grant recipient include THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2025	£7k

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	19/01/2024	£19k	Best Of Living

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
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	2	£9k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£151k
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATION	1	£96k
THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£52k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£43k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED	1	£31k
BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPORT IN MIND.

SPORT IN MIND income £1.7m
SPORTINSPIRED LTD income £1.4m
LEV CHAIM income £192k
THE NEW CROFT FOUNDATION income £300k
GAMESLEY COMMUNITY GROUP income £152k
BRAVE MIND income £103k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HEAD IN THE GAME	£114k	—	below	—	no doubt
SPORT IN MIND FY2025	£1.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SPORTINSPIRED LTD FY2025	£1.4m	unclear	above	—	no doubt
LEV CHAIM FY2025	£192k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NEW CROFT FOUNDATION FY2025	£300k	—	below	—	no doubt
GAMESLEY COMMUNITY GROUP FY2025	£152k	—	above	—	no doubt

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