The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Headway - the Brain Injury Association

Registered charity 1025852 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey

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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.

6 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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 10Property 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6.1m latest income
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.

7.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 9.0 in 2020

162 from 145 in 2020
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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.headway.org.uk
Emailenquiries@headway.org.uk
Phone01159240800
AddressBRADBURY HOUSE, 190 BAGNALL ROAD, OLD BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 8SF

Finances

£6,040,691 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,930,544£3,894,826
2022£5,497,388£4,540,634
2023£6,041,207£5,643,674
2024£6,107,565£6,233,537
2025£6,040,691£6,664,251

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REHABILITATE AND RELIEVE FROM THEIR DISABILITIES PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED BRAIN INJURIES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION INCORPORATED 13 FEBRUARY 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 2 OCTOBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 6 OCTOBER 2001 AND 11TH OCTOBER 2003 AND 6 JULY 2008 as amended on 28 Mar 2021

Trustees (6)

6trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Headway - the Brain Injury Association · 02346893 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/02/1989

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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