Headway Wirral

Analysis

Headway Wirral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in September 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Headway Wirral reported income of £33k and spending of £38k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £36k to £33k (-7.4%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Headway Wirral sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromley and Orpington Samaritans (£33k), Criffel Charitable Trust (£33k) and HiVitality (£33k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.