HEADWAY BLACK COUNTRY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 1 November 2001
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04001321
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £541,209
Latest expenditure: £567,420
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: MARTIN HILL STREET, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY2 8RT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.headwayblackcountry.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To promote understanding of all aspects of acquired brain injury and provide information, support and rehabilitation services for people with acquired brain injuries, their families and carers who live in the Black Country (the Metropolitan Boroughs of Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley and the City of Wolverhampton).

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 12 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £541,209
Total Gross Expenditure: £567,420

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 21 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 21 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £666,776
Total Gross Expenditure: £516,112

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 21 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 21 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £508,066
Total Gross Expenditure: £537,713

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 16 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £543,699
Total Gross Expenditure: £485,036

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 22 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 22 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £505,803
Total Gross Expenditure: £447,830

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £541,209
Total Gross Expenditure: £567,420
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 22

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £666,776
Total Gross Expenditure: £516,112
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £508,066
Total Gross Expenditure: £537,713
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £543,699
Total Gross Expenditure: £485,036
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £86,059
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 29

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 22 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £505,803
Total Gross Expenditure: £447,830
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £15,334
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 32

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 7557
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 521180
Income Investments: 12472
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 541209
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £567,420
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 567420
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 110365
Expenditure Depreciation: 8305
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £601,258
Assets Total Fixed: 253415
Assets Own Use: 253415
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £530,021
Assets Total Liabilities: £26,808
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £756,628
Creditors One Year Total Current: 26808
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £457,834
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 601258
Funds Restricted: 155370
Funds Total: 756628
Count Employees: 25
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 179419
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 487357
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 666776
Income Legacies: 147866
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £516,112
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 516112
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4175
Expenditure Support Costs: 100854
Expenditure Depreciation: 8328
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £162,780
Assets Total Fixed: 211044
Assets Own Use: 211044
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £588,512
Assets Total Liabilities: £16,717
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £782,839
Creditors One Year Total Current: 16717
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £534,118
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 620059
Funds Restricted: 162780
Funds Total: 782839
Count Employees: 26
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 11839
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 455239
Income Investments: 3571
Income Other: 37417
Income Total Income And Endowments: 508066
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £537,713
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 537713
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4319
Expenditure Support Costs: 104946
Expenditure Depreciation: 8769
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £632,175
Assets Total Fixed: 216722
Assets Own Use: 216722
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £479,611
Assets Total Liabilities: £64,158
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £632,175
Creditors One Year Total Current: 25754
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 38404
Assets Cash: £436,856
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 603291
Funds Restricted: 28884
Funds Total: 632175
Count Employees: 30
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 14424
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 418391
Income Investments: 771
Income Other: 110113
Income Total Income And Endowments: 543699
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £485,036
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 485036
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 3114
Expenditure Support Costs: 93758
Expenditure Depreciation: 8824
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £661,822
Assets Total Fixed: 224641
Assets Own Use: 224641
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £503,032
Assets Total Liabilities: £65,851
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £661,822
Creditors One Year Total Current: 24281
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 41570
Assets Cash: £459,838
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 612536
Funds Restricted: 49286
Funds Total: 661822
Count Employees: 32
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 22 December 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 8201
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 380229
Income Investments: 1856
Income Other: 115517
Income Total Income And Endowments: 505803
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £447,830
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 447830
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 3198
Expenditure Support Costs: 91623
Expenditure Depreciation: 7537
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £581,515
Assets Total Fixed: 230749
Assets Own Use: 230749
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £436,211
Assets Total Liabilities: £63,801
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £603,159
Creditors One Year Total Current: 17686
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 46115
Assets Cash: £410,979
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 581515
Funds Restricted: 21644
Funds Total: 603159
Count Employees: 29
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Walsall
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Dudley
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Sandwell
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Wolverhampton
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HEADWAY BLACK COUNTRY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2001-11-01T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/05/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 23 JULY 2001, 21 SEPTEMBER 2007 & 11/12/2012
Charitable Objects: 1) TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REHABILITATE AND RELIEVE FROM THEIR DISABILITIES PERSONS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY AND WHO RESIDE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND RECEIVING OR HAVE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT THERE.2) TO RELIEVE THE FAMILIES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY.3) TO ENCOURAGE, PROVIDE AND SET UP SELF HELP GROUPS TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.4) TO PROVIDE OR ARRANGE AFTER-CARE/COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES (FOLLOWING HOSPITAL DISCHARGE) FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY.5) TO PROVIDE AND FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF PERMANENT HOMES OR SHORT STAY HOSTELS FOR SUCH PERSONS AND/OR THEIR RELATIVES.
Area Of Benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures