Headway Salisbury and South Wiltshire Ltd

Analysis

Headway Salisbury and South Wiltshire Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 07295941). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Headway Salisbury and South Wiltshire Ltd reported income of £12k and spending of £17k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £34k to £12k (-66%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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 Salisbury and South Wiltshire Ltd sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zellweger UK (£12k), Society for Research Into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida (£12k) and Winslow Big Society Group (£12k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.