HEADWAY THAMES VALLEY LIMITED

Registered charity 900591 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADWAY BERKSHIRE LIMITED

Headway Thames Valley aims to increase understanding of brain injury and its consequences using individual programmes to enhance cognitive, physical and personal development and encouraging the return to as normal a life as possible. Holidays, meet ups, support groups. courses & trips improve social and community re-integration and provide support, advice and respite to the families and carers.

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Latest income
£369k
Latest spending
£296k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an operating surplus of £73,250 for the year ended 31 March 2025, maintaining a strong unrestricted cash reserve position of £272,285. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £115,178, after designated reserves, are deemed sufficient to support the charity's future plans. The general manager's report confirms the organisation ended the year in a robust financial position with increased income and careful financial management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £272k)
“The Salary and Services Fund of £96,650 is earmarked to cover costs of client services and staff salaries for approximately 6 months” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Headway Thames Valley (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)

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£369k£296k
31/03/2024£195k£195k
31/03/2023£215k£202k
31/03/2022£198k£173k
31/03/2021£148k£150k

Common questions

Is HEADWAY THAMES VALLEY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made an operating surplus of £73,250 for the year ended 31 March 2025, maintaining a strong unrestricted cash reserve position of £272,285. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £115,178, after designated reserves, are deemed sufficient to support the charity's future plans. The general manager's report confirms the organisation ended the year in a robust financial position with increased income and careful financial management. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HEADWAY THAMES VALLEY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEADWAY THAMES VALLEY LIMITED as a grant recipient include DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE REED FOUNDATION, WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO), THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION, Wokingham United Charities.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£17k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2022£6kChristmas Challenge
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO)FY2025£3k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
Wokingham United CharitiesFY2024£2k
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
Wokingham United CharitiesFY2025£0Relief in Need
JOHN HODGES' TRUST FOR HARPSDEN HALLFY2024—brain injury charity

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England14/05/2025£4kExercise Time at Brunner Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund13/08/2024£18kMusic Time at Brunner Hall
Postcode Lottery31/07/2024£60kMillionaire Street 2024 06w3
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2009£10kClient Accommodation Improvements to Rehabilitation Centre

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 PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST HAMPSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEADWAY THAMES VALLEY LIMITED£369k—0unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST HAMPSHIRE FY2025£311k—0within—no doubt
HEADWAY - THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION FY2025£6.0m——within—no doubt
Headway London - Brain Injury Services FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY BRISTOL BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024£497k—0above—no doubt
HEADWAY MILTON KEYNES LIMITED FY2024£134k—0unclear—no doubt

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