Registered charity · London
Headway London - Brain Injury Services
The relief, continuing rehabilitation and support of people who have suffered head injury or brain injury through illness or accident and their spouses, partners or relatives who have an unpaid responsibility for their daily care and treatment.
- 7 trustees
- Income £2.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.headwayeastlondon.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Headway London - Brain Injury Services
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.5m£2.4m
- 2024£2.2m£2.3m
- 2023£2.0m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.9m£1.8m
- 2021£1.8m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 71%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The relief, continuing rehabilitation and support of people who have suffered head injury or brain injury through illness or accident and their spouses, partners or relatives who have an unpaid responsibility for their daily care and treatment.
Grants received
37 grants · £2,026,473 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £881,340 (7 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £553,530 (5 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £239,700 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £193,300
- The Leathersellers' Foundation · £65,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Sir Timothy Melville-Ross Chair since 2026
- Alice Kershberg since 2022
- Mairead Samwell since 2024
- Sonita Hayward since 2024
- Stephanie Edwards since 2023
- Timothy Richard Sneath since 2023
- Toby Gregory Russell since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Sir Timothy Melville-Ross Chair since 2026
- Alice Kershberg since 2022
- Mairead Samwell since 2024
- Sonita Hayward since 2024
- Stephanie Edwards since 2023
- Timothy Richard Sneath since 2023
- Toby Gregory Russell since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1083910
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17TH MAY 2000 as amended on 13 Jun 2024 as amended on 14 May 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 03998925 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7749 7790 · sarah.lantsbury@headwayeastlondon.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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