Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
Headway Wearside
- 9 trustees
- Income £102k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Sunderland
- Website
- www.headwaywearside.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Headway Wearside
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£102k£110k
- 2025£98k£111k
- 2024£97k£95k
Earlier years
- 2023£138k£95k
- 2022£72k£62k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 83% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN WEARSIDE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A BRAIN INJURY, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONALS BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH INFORMATION, SERVICE AND FACILITIES. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS RELATING TO BRAIN INJURY AND ITS PREVENTION.
Grants received
8 grants · £83,678 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
- People's Health Trust · £49,884 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £18,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,970
- Community Foundation North East · £7,824 (4 grants)
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Paul Martin Brown Chair
- Andrew Patterson since 2017
- Anne Eagan since 2023
- Anthony Lambelle since 2015
- Derek Nicholson since 2023
- Gloria Louise Finnigan since 2020
- Ian Robert Brown since 2020
- James Dowell since 2019
- John Pope since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Patterson since 2017
- Anthony Lambelle since 2015
- Gloria Louise Finnigan since 2020
- Ian Robert Brown since 2020
- James Dowell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Paul Martin Brown Chair
- Andrew Patterson since 2017
- Anne Eagan since 2023
- Anthony Lambelle since 2015
- Derek Nicholson since 2023
- Gloria Louise Finnigan since 2020
- Ian Robert Brown since 2020
- James Dowell since 2019
- John Pope since 2024
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1140910
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- Memorandum
- Companies House
- Company number 07504702 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01915227113 · KIM.HUNTER@HEADWAYWEARSIDE.ORG.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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