Headway Sussex Ltd

Analysis

Headway Sussex Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in January 2001, 25 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 04027768). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Headway Sussex Ltd reported income of £368k and spending of £469k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £516k to £368k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Sussex Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Cotswolds Foodbank (£368k), Middleton Park Equestrian Centre Riding for the Disabled Association (£368k) and South Central Ambulance Charity (£368k).

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.