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Registered charity · Colchester

Headway Essex

Headway Essex is a registered charity (number 1008807) based in Colchester, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £1.3m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.3m (2026)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Essex
Website
www.headwayessex.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Headway Essex
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£1.3m£952k
  • 2025£776k£902k
  • 2024£718k£820k
Earlier years
  • 2023£649k£762k
  • 2022£924k£684k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 38% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE REHABILITATION AND CARE OF PERSONS, PRINCIPALLY IN ESSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO HAVE SUFFERED ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURIES OR OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND THE SUPPORT OF SUCH PERSONS' CARERS, RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND THOSE PROFESSIONAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THEIR TREATMENT.

Grants received

37 grants · £1,590,998 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

1.6y median 0.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Education 1Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£776k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.4 in 2021

24 from 19 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1008807
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31ST DECEMBER 1991 AS AMENDED 18 MAY 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 OCT 2021AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 OCT 2021
Companies House
Company number 02674755 · Active
Contact on the register
01206845945 · Accounts-Team@headwayessex.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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