Headway Derby

Analysis

Headway Derby is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04658919). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Headway Derby reported income of £198k and spending of £268k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £312k to £198k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Headway Derby sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bridge Plus+ Limited (£198k), The Pendragon Community Trust (£198k) and You Ask We Responded (Yawr) Services (£198k).