Head Safe Football
Analysis
Head Safe Football is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in May 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.
In the financial year ending July 2025, Head Safe Football reported income of £11k and spending of £17k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from July 2024 to July 2025, income fell from £18k to £11k (-39%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Head Safe Football sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The J C Robinson Trust 4 (£11k), Lancaster Diocesan Pilgrimage Trust (£11k) and Nailsea Playing Field Association (£11k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To preserve and protect good health for the public benefit by:- a) Promoting the understanding of the effects and risks of concussion, repetitive head impacts, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and other associated neurogenerative diseases in sportsmen and sportswomen and the prevention of them through research and to publish the useful results arising from the research and the pu
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The J C Robinson Trust 4 | Lewes | £11k |
| Lancaster Diocesan Pilgrimage Trust | Lancaster | £11k |
| Nailsea Playing Field Association | Bristol | £11k |
| Best Community Charity | Leicester | £11k |