Headley Court Charity

Analysis

Headley Court Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Headley Court Charity reported income of £172k and spending of £778k, spending 453% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £140k to £172k (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 1985% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Headley Court Charity sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Burundi (£172k), British Society for Genetic Medicine (£172k) and Staffordshire Network for Mental Health (£172k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.