Leicestershire Leicester and Rutland Headway

Analysis

Leicestershire Leicester and Rutland Headway is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03672087). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leicestershire Leicester and Rutland Headway reported income of £271k and spending of £291k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £258k to £271k (+5.0%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Leicestershire Leicester and Rutland Headway sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrogate Spa Tennis Centre Ltd (£271k), Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance (£271k) and The Guardiola Sala Foundation (£271k).

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.