Head for Change
What it does
Head for Change provides care and support to players and advice and community to the player's families. We work with scientists to understand more about head injuries caused by sport and with sports' governing bodies to advocate for a preventative approach to player safety. We seek to educate young people about head injury in sport. Head for Change exists to protect the players and the sports.
Its charitable purposes
TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:-(A) PROMOTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS AND RISKS OF CONCUSSION, POST-CONCUSSION, CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY (CTE) AND OTHER ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES IN SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN AND THE PREVENTION OF THEM THROUGH RESEARCH AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS ARISING FROM THE RESEARCH INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN; AND(B) PROVIDING PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM CONCUSSION, POST-CONCUSSION, CTE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Amateur sport
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £50,476 and spent £90,446.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £50,476 | £90,446 | Not reported | 100 |
| 31 March 2024 | £103,400 | £75,300 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 March 2023 | £89,800 | £74,300 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 March 2022 | £143,961 | £76,724 | Not reported | 2 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 65%, from £143,961 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £50,476 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 179% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 4 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2024, worth at least £21,000.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£20,000, 1 grant
- SHAREGIFT£1,000, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £20,000 |
| 12 Dec 2024 | SHAREGIFT | £1,000 |
Trustees
4 trustees run the charity.
- Dr Sally Tucker
- Keith Beech
- Melanie Bramwell-Popham
- Warwick Clews
Filing record
Of the last 4 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 28 January 2026, 3 days early | Received 28 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 5 February 2024, 5 days late | Received 5 February 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 16 January 2023, 15 days early | Received 16 January 2023 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1192801
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 15 December 2020
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Dec 2020
- Website
- www.headforchange.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Newport
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.