The Get a Head Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Get a Head Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, The Get a Head Charitable Trust reported income of £476k and spending of £1.1m, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £205k to £476k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 1656%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Get a Head Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Head Injury Services (£475k), The Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (£476k) and Coventry and Warwickshire Award Trust (£475k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
To promote relief of all aspects of pain, physical and emotional, relating to or connected with any disease, trauma or any condition adversely affecting the head or neck. To advance education into the causes and treatment of any disease, trauma or condition adversely affecting the head or neck through the promotion of research or such other means as the Trustees shall think fit.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Oxford Head Injury Services | Oxford | £475k |
| The Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust | Northampton | £476k |
| Coventry and Warwickshire Award Trust | Coventry | £475k |
| The Jain Network | London | £476k |