Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

HEADWAY SUFFOLK LTD 

Promoting understanding and education of all aspects of brain injury and all Neuro Conditions and providing information, support and services to acquired brain injury survivors, their families and carers In Suffolk.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,501£1,434£66£0£1,020£9257.7657
31/03/22£1,459£1,447£12£0£953£8196.8617
31/03/21£1,809£1,533£276£0£942£8556.7621
31/03/20£1,549£1,529£20£0£666£6004.7735
31/03/19£1,577£1,563£14£0£658£5474.27812
31/03/18£1,667£1,654£13£16£657£4873.5840
31/03/17£1,657£1,645£12£8£644£4813.5820
31/03/16£1,408£1,414£-5£0£632£840.7770
31/03/15£1,444£1,236£208£13£638£5155690
31/03/14£843£828£15£8£430£3575.2460
31/03/13£729£748£-19£7£415£3325.3440
31/03/12£708£754£-46£7£434£3295.2300
31/03/11£591£556£35£7£480£3106.7320
31/03/10£445£428£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£428£384£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£523£385£138£26£386£953150
31/03/07£295£340£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£313£259£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£231£204£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£185£143£42£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 7.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 4.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 25 years

www.headwaysuffolk.org.uk

enquiries@headwaysuffolk.org.uk

01473712225

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 65 employees
  • 7 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£130,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Suffolk Community Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Headway Suffolk - 18/10/22
£2,500 11/11/2022
Core Funding
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Headway Suffolk
£50,000 08/06/2022
Installation of Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) heating and cooling system at the charity's main premises
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Headway Ipswich and East Suffolk
£25,000 01/02/2022
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilities in Suffolk
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital headway
£10,000 30/09/2021
The funding will be used to provide IT training and support for people that have a neurological condition. The project aims to support clients to use IT more effectively and safely for their ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 09/04/2021
neuro rehab
National Lottery Community Fund - covid 19 support
£10,000 22/05/2020
12
The group will use the funding to provide support and meals for people who have suffered a stroke as a result of contracting COVID-19.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Headway Suffolk
£80,000 05/12/2019
Construction of a day rehabilitation hub and living units for adults with a brain injury or a neurological condition
Suffolk Community Foundation - Headway Suffolk's counselling service
£20,000 20/09/2019
12
To support Headway's Counselling services.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Headway Suffolk
£2,500 03/04/2019
10
Grant to Headway Suffolk
National Lottery Community Fund - Professor Stephen Hawking Neuro Centre
£5,000 03/01/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to install a new sensory garden at the facility to help improve the service for people using the hub.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Maturing at Headway
£4,496 08/11/2018
12
Towards providing age related activities for older people at Headway who have a neurological condition, including those living with dementia
Suffolk Community Foundation - Accommodation expansion
£10,000 05/10/2018
12
Towards building accomodation for new clients.
National Lottery Community Fund - Brainy Dogs (continuation)
£350,000 06/08/2018
60
The project will support people who have brain injuries by giving them the motivation to get involved in the community and build their confidence. The project will also organise private visits with ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Headway Caring for carers
£20,000 06/06/2018
12
To employ a counsellor to give emotional support to unpaid family carers.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Heading to work
£25,000 15/06/2017
Funding to give clients with a neurological condition training in basic skills, IT and skills related to the career of their choice.
National Lottery Community Fund - Headway Suffolk
£383,238 29/07/2015
60
A project to extend across the whole of Suffolk to support adults with a traumatic brain injury and to further expand its service to support anyone suffering from any neurological condition, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Headway Suffolk
£10,000 08/07/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to purchase a new vehicle that will provide discreet transport and assistance to people with acquired brain injury or neurological conditions. This will enable ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Headway Suffolk
£34,000 27/09/2013
The charity provides rehabilitation support to adults with a neurological condition. IT and cookery skills are essential for independent living and IT skills will also improve opportunities for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Brainy dogs
£266,306 16/07/2013
60
This continuation project aims to improve the mental wellbeing of people with a neurological condition by working with companion dogs. Rescue dogs will be recruited from Felixstowe Blue Cross, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Headway Ipswich & East Suffolk
£30,000 13/06/2013
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Brainy Dogs Project' to support people with acquired neurological conditions in Suffolk
National Lottery Community Fund - Brainy Dogs
£60,000 28/06/2011
12
The project will train rescue dogs from Felixstowe Blue Cross to be rehabilitation/companion dogs for people with an acquired brain injury or neurological condition. It is hoped that the dogs will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - THERAPISTS
£498,366 10/02/2010
60
This is the continuation and expansion of an existing project that aims to give people with an acquired brain injury increased independence and improved well-being through the provision of specialist ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/05/1999, number: 1075338
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/03/1999, number: 03731392
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 62 days late,
Main office

HEADWAY
GROUND FLOOR
EPSILON HOUSE
WEST ROAD
RANSOMES EUROPARK
IPSWICH

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REHABILITATE AND RELIEVE FROM THEIR DISABILITIES PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES AND WHO RESIDE IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND RECEIVING OR HAVE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT THERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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