Headway Worcestershire

Analysis

Headway Worcestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in January 1990, 36 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02443464). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Headway Worcestershire reported income of £977k and spending of £1.0m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £964k to £977k (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Worcestershire sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midland International Aid Trust (UK) (£977k), Stockton Churches Mission to the Single Homeless Limited (£978k) and The James Tudor Foundation (£977k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 11% and trading 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £24k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £802k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.