Headway Birmingham & Solihull

Analysis

Headway Birmingham & Solihull is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02686647). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Headway Birmingham & Solihull reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.2m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £2.2m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Birmingham & Solihull sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edward Penley Abraham Research Fund (£2.2m), The Henry Lonsdale Trust (£2.2m) and Uptime Catalyst Facility (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, trading 11% and donations and legacies 8.7%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.9%. Reserves of £734k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 92 people.