OSCR Scottish charity profile

Headway - The Brain Injury Association

ActiveCharity number SC039992
Registered28 October 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC039992
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
162
Postcode
NG6 8SF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

3. The Charity's objects ('the Objects') are: (a) to provide services and facilities calculated to rehabilitate and relieve from their disabilities persons who have suffered brain injuries and who reside in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and are receiving or have received medical treatment there. (b) to relieve the families of persons who have suffered brain injuries. (c) to encourage, provide and set up self-help groups to promote the Objects of the Association. (d) to provide or arrange after-care services for persons who have suffered brain injuries. (e) to provide and facilitate the provision of permanent homes or short stay hostels for such persons or their relatives.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£6,040,691£6,664,2511624 August 2026
31 December 2024£6,107,565£6,233,53716210 September 2025
31 December 2023£6,041,207£5,643,67416221 August 2024
31 December 2022£5,497,388£4,540,63416229 September 2023
31 December 2021£4,517,695£3,536,08516210 January 2023

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Bradbury House , 190 Bagnall Road, Old Basford, Nottingham
Website supplied to OSCR
www.headway.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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