Headway Southampton

Analysis

Headway Southampton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03263597). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Headway Southampton reported income of £416k and spending of £408k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £230k to £416k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Southampton sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Imam Hussein Foundation (£416k), League of Friends of the Nuneaton Hospitals (£416k) and Washington Millennium Centre Trust Ltd (£416k).