HEADWAY CAMBRIDGE AND PETERBOROUGH LTD

Registered charity 1210025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCP

Supporting adults with an acquired brain injury, their families and carers throughout the county of Cambridgeshire

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION, SUPPORT SERVICES, INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A BRAIN INJURY AND WHO ARE RESIDENT, OR WHO ARE RECEIVING OR HAVE HAD MEDICAL TREATMENT IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH AND ADJACENT AREAS. 2. TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY BRAIN INJURY BY PROVIDING SERVICES, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OF PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURY TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE, CARE AND PREVENTION.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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
£217k
Latest spending
£177k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £40,334 for the eight-month period, with total unrestricted reserves of £60,321. Per the trustees' report, this level of free reserves is above the stated policy target of three months' operating costs, and the trustees consider the financial outlook appropriate for a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £60k)
“The Trustees aim to keep free reserves equivalent to 3 months’ operating costs” — 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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway Cambridge and Peterborough (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£217k£177k

Common questions

Is HEADWAY CAMBRIDGE AND PETERBOROUGH LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £40,334 for the eight-month period, with total unrestricted reserves of £60,321. Per the trustees' report, this level of free reserves is above the stated policy target of three months' operating costs, and the trustees consider the financial outlook appropriate for a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEADWAY NORFOLK AND WAVENEY LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEADWAY CAMBRIDGE AND PETERBOROUGH LTD£217k—0above—no doubt
HEADWAY NORFOLK AND WAVENEY LTD FY2024£1.1m—0below—material uncertainty
HEADWAY PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST HAMPSHIRE FY2025£311k—0within—no doubt
HEADWAY SOUTHAMPTON FY2025£416k—0unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY CARDIFF AND SOUTH EAST WALES FY2025£542k—0above—no doubt
HEADWAY MILTON KEYNES LIMITED FY2024£138k—0unclear—no doubt

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