Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

HEADWAY SOMERSET 

The rehabilitation of persons who have suffered brain injuries and who reside in the area covered by the Somerset Health Authority
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 21 years

www.headwaysomerset.org.uk

liz@headwaysomerset.org.uk

01823618519

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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
31/12/22£271£302£-31n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/12/21£271£302£-31n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/12/20£359£357£2n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/19*£359£357£2n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/18£307£332£-24£0£0£0n/a012
31/12/17£322£333£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£281£321£-41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£292£241£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£293£250£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13*£293£274£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£286£264£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£264£252£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£271£255£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£243£253£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£236£203£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£250£209£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£179£198£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£176£162£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£147£132£15£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 11 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£227,334
Henry Smith Charity£168,900
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Somerset Community Foundation£25,665
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Headway Somerset
£168,900 18/08/2023
36
towards three years' salary cost and on costs for a project providing a rehabilitation service for people who have acquired brain injuries in Somerset.
Somerset Community Foundation - Contribution towards the overheads of a charity supporting people with acquired brain injury
£9,000 06/02/2023
Grant to Headway Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation - Strategic planning exercise to help the charity meet the needs of people with acquired brain injury in the county
£13,165 24/05/2022
Strategic planning exercise to help the charity meet the needs of people with acquired brain injury in the county
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 11/03/2022
Strengthening Headway Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to Headway Somerset
£2,500 26/11/2021
Introducing money management and budgeting skills via small group sessions across our 5 rehab centres Highlighting awareness of financial abuse and budgeting and producing worksheets as a memory aid
Somerset Community Foundation - Core costs of delivering support services for people with acquired brain injury
£1,000 13/09/2021
Core costs of delivering support services for people with acquired brain injury
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 26/03/2021
Strengthening Headway Somerset
National Lottery Community Fund - Making Headway
£227,334 19/09/2019
59
Making Headway
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Headway Somerset
£107,100 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' salaries of two Rehabilitation Assistants to work with people in Somerset with acquired brain injuries both in day centres and through outreach in the community
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Headway - Somerset
£50,000 24/07/2017
24
Salaries for four rehabilitation assistants. They will work with brain injured people from across Somerset. The aim will be to support their recovery, providing training and development, help with ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/06/2017
The Journey from Acquired Brain Injury to Home
National Lottery Community Fund - Shaping Our Lives - Brain Injury Survivors Journey
£10,000 23/11/2016
12
This project will carry out research and produce a brain injury guide to enable survivors to gain the right skills, understanding of their needs, and have support which will be tailored to them. This ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Headway - Somerset
£75,000 10/09/2014
Salaries for four rehabilitation assistants. They will work with brain injured people from across Somerset. The aim will be to support their recovery, providing training and development, help with ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-75
  • ALYSON NORMAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lecturer In Psychology/Counsellor
  • IAN TOPPING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chairman Relyon Beds Limited
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/05/2003, number: 1097407
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/03/2003, number: 04699611
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 2 days late, AR13: 13 days late, AR08: 166 days late, AR06: 71 days late,
Main office

First Floor
Victoria House
Victoria Street
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 3FA

Objectives

THE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED BRAIN INJURIES AND WHO RESIDE IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS ARE REQUIRED FROM TIME TO TIME BY SUCH PERSONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMERSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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