HEADWAY COTSWOLD TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 299805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relief of persons who have suffered acquired brain injury through illness or accident, and their families and dependants

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£387k
Latest spending
£474k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of -78,302 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of 172,607. The filing notes that the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime and has not required an audit. The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying with accounting record requirements.

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 Gloucestershire (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£600k
Total spending
£314k
Cost of raising funds
£372
Reserves (reported)
£145k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£387k£474k
31/12/2024£420k£478k
31/12/2023£600k£314k
31/12/2022£257k£276k
31/12/2021£267k£248k

Common questions

Is HEADWAY COTSWOLD TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of -78,302 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of 172,607. The filing notes that the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime and has not required an audit. The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying with accounting record requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government02/10/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund

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.

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 COTSWOLD TRUST LIMITED£387k0unclearno doubt
HEADWAY NORFOLK AND WAVENEY LTD FY2024£1.1m0belowmaterial uncertainty
Headway London - Brain Injury Services FY2025£2.5munclearno doubt
HEADWAY SOMERSET FY2024£251k0aboveno doubt
HEADWAY PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST HAMPSHIRE FY2025£311k0withinno doubt
HEADWAY SHROPSHIRE FY2024£1.3m0belowmaterial uncertainty

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