Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 12

HEADWAY NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (HEAD INJURIES ASSOCIATION) LTD

Headway North Staffordshire provides rehabilitation & respite facilities for adults 18 plus with acquired, traumatic or stroke related head injuries. Headway House provides a meeting place with facilities for improving mobility social, domestic, educational and social skills. We provide support and daily respite for relatives.Activities include :Gym and Physiotherapy,Social Activities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

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
30/04/23		£566	£609	£-43	£0	£347	£263	5.2	35	8
30/04/22		£483	£486	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/04/21		£542	£423	£118	£0	£393	£298	8.4	18	6
30/04/20		£456	£448	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
30/04/19		£414	£440	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
30/04/18		£341	£366	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£371	£373	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16		£309	£302	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15		£283	£277	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14		£215	£223	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13		£172	£225	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12		£162	£217	£-55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11		£143	£203	£-60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10		£148	£179	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09		£144	£165	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08		£314	£132	£183	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/07	*	£150	£114	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/06		£117	£111	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/05		£121	£115	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/04		£117	£105	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 5.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 56.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 25 years

www.headwaynorthstaffs.org

info@headwaynorthstaffs.org

01782280952

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

35 employees
8 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£153,700
DCMS	£75,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£10,800
Garfield Weston Foundation	£8,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Headway North Staffordshire (Head Injuries Association) Ltd
£10,800	24/10/2023	Purchase of a new fire alarm and installation of a disability ramp for a charity which works with adults with an acquired brain injury in Staffordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Speech Therapy Programme for Headway North Staffordshire
£143,700	30/06/2022	This funding will be used by Headway North Staffordshire (HNS) to add a Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) service to support its service users who suffer from communication and swallowing ....more This funding will be used by Headway North Staffordshire (HNS) to add a Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) service to support its service users who suffer from communication and swallowing difficulties (around a third of the charity's current beneficiaries). The project would enable a speech therapist to provide therapies for an estimated 45 new beneficiaries per year over three years. HNS defines this project primarily as a Relationships initiative since empowering people to communicate freely and more confidently for themselves better enables them by definition to cultivate or maintain equitable and strengthened relationships with friends family and with members of their wider community.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Headway North Staffordshire (Head Injuries Association) Ltd - 29/03/22
£1,500	07/04/2022	Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£8,000	12/03/2021	New Accessible Training Kitchen
National Lottery Community Fund - Qualified Counsellor for Headway North Staffordshire
£10,000	22/01/2021 12	The funding will be used to employ a counsellor who will provide support to people living with brain injuries. The project aims to enable service users to rebuild their lives and reduce the negative ....more The funding will be used to employ a counsellor who will provide support to people living with brain injuries. The project aims to enable service users to rebuild their lives and reduce the negative impact of COVID-19.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£75,000	17/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Headway - North Staffordshire (Head Injuries Association) Ltd
£30,800	25/10/2013	An established centre in Stoke on Trent seeking to establish Outreach support to adults recovering from Brain injuries. It will support in their re-training, engaging in social activities and ....more An established centre in Stoke on Trent seeking to establish Outreach support to adults recovering from Brain injuries. It will support in their re-training, engaging in social activities and re-building a range of skills in a peer support environment.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-71

GEMMA MERCER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist

SARA TUDOR-ANSELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Occupational Therapist

TRUDI MASSEY

IRENE ABBOTTS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Worker

JOANNE LANDERS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Community Rehabilitation Nurse

MICHELLE GUNNERY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Sales Advisor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/10/1999, number: 1077770
Registered at Companies House on 23/04/1999, number: 03758806

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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR07: 8 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF TUNSTALL CHARITABLE TRUST FUND on 24/03/2023

Main office

HEADWAY HOUSE
ELDER ROAD
COBRIDGE
STOKE ON TRENT
STAFFORDSHIRE
ST6 2JE

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REHABILITATE AND RELIEVE FROM THEIR DISABILITIES PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD-INJURY AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND FACILITIES CALCULATED IN CASES OF NEED TO ASSIST THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS PRINCIPALLY IN RESPECT OF SUCH PERSONS AS RESIDE IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE

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