Headway Shropshire

Analysis

Headway Shropshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04884834). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Headway Shropshire reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.3m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £978k to £1.6m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Headway Shropshire sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Foundation (£1.6m), Birmingham Disability Resource Centre (£1.6m) and Cacdp (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £575k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.