Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -3

HEADWAY SWINDON AND DISTRICT

The charity provides advice and support to the adult survivors of acquired and traumatic brain injury, their families and carers. The charity runs a headway house which as well as providing a safe meeting place also provides facilities for improving social and educational skills. Through cognitive exercises, games, projects, discussion, art and music, headway helps clients rediscover skills they e

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?
Why is the Board completely male?
Why is the Board composition very static?

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£333	£360	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	*	£383	£389	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£367	£368	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	*	£411	£395	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£418	£381	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£405	£384	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£405	£387	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£324	£322	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£294	£277	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£285	£251	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£236	£216	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£221	£197	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£194	£191	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£217	£185	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£206	£180	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£166	£164	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07		£108	£101	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06		£96	£81	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£98	£71	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£79	£52	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 32 years

www.headwayswindon.org.uk

admin@headwayswindon.org.uk

01793674820

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Swindon, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Wiltshire Community Foundation	£9,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£7,270
CAF	£5,623
Co-Operative Group	£1,379

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Headway Swindon & District
£1,379	22/10/2022	We aim to work with our clients and the community to promote wellbeing so they can cope with the normal stresses of life, function productively and fruitfully, and make a contribution to their life.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Headway Swindon & District
£5,000	25/08/2021	Headway provides a building based day service for adults living with a brain injury in Swindon. Funding is towards an IT system for more efficient client record keeping and monitoring.
CAF - Grant to Headway Swindon & District
£5,623	13/05/2020 3	Grant to Headway Swindon & District to support the organisation through COVID19
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Headway Swindon & District
£4,000	22/04/2020	To provide online and telephone support to people affected by head injury, whose mental health is likely to be impacted by social isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Headway Swindon Social Inclusion
£7,270	22/04/2020 12	The organisation will provide equipment and services to support adults who have sustained a brain injury which makes them vulnerable in the current environment with Covid 19; the organisation will be setting up communication groups fine motor skills ....more The organisation will provide equipment and services to support adults who have sustained a brain injury which makes them vulnerable in the current environment with Covid 19; the organisation will be setting up communication groups fine motor skills groups speech sessions and general support as well as delivery of food and medication and cognitive work and art packs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Headway Swindon Brain Injury Cookbook
£6,309	05/04/2019 12	The funding will be used to create a cookbook that is bespoke to survivors of a brain injury, helping to support independent living.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-66

DANIEL GREEN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Solicitor

IAN JOHN MICHAEL REYNOLDS Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Retired

NEIL SHARLAND Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Quantity Surveyor

STUART BRAZINGTON Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/05/1993, number: 1021036
Registered at Companies House on 22/11/1991, number: 02665296

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 139 days late, AR20: 2 days late,

Main office

Ground Floor
Avocet House
The Dorcan Complex
Faraday Road
Swindon
SN3 5HQ

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT IN SWINDON WILTSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURY OR BRAIN DAMAGE THROUGH ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT 2) AND TO ASSIST THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING CO-HABITEES AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AS IS CHARITABE IN LAW

Defined Area of Benefit:

SWINDON AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

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