Headway Cardiff and South East Wales

Analysis

Headway Cardiff and South East Wales is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penarth. It was registered in July 1997, 29 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03331865). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Headway Cardiff and South East Wales reported income of £542k and spending of £497k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £359k to £542k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Cardiff and South East Wales sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carer Support Eden (£542k), Freedom Network International (£543k) and The Stonebridge City Farm (£542k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 24%, trading 5.4% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £43k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Reserves of £638k would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.