The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Headway Essex

Registered charity 1008807 Registered since 1992

Operates: Essex

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.7y median 1y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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 9Professional services 3Education 2

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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.headwayessex.org.uk
EmailAccounts-Team@headwayessex.org.uk
Phone01206845945
AddressHeadway Essex, The Headway Centre, Woodland Walk, COLCHESTER, CO4 6DH

Finances

£775,548 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£605,206£639,464
2022£923,671£683,728
2023£648,610£761,545
2024£718,484£820,052
2025£775,548£901,912

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Headway Essex · 02674755 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/12/1991

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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