The Headley Trust

Analysis

The Headley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Headley Trust reported income of £1.6m and spending of £9.1m, spending 568% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £1.6m (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 294% 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 Headley Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dollond Charitable Trust (£1.6m), Joyce Meyer Ministries (£1.6m) and Royal Entomological Society of London (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8.2m. Reserves of £251k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

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.