# BRAINS MATTER CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1062884
- **Other names:** HEADWAY IN WEST KENT, HEADWAY TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND DISTRICT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 17, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1062884


## Contact

- **Address:** 3 CULVERDEN PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS
- **Postcode:** TN4 9QT
- **Phone:** 01892619001
- **Email:** info@brainsmatter.org.uk
- **Website:** www.brainsmatter.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** [A] TO ADVANCE , PROMOTE, AND ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WHO SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES RESULTING IN BRAIN DAMAGE AND WHO RESIDE  IN THE AREA AT WHICH THE COMPANY'S ACTIVITIES ARE TARGETED (AS DETERMINED BY THE COMPANY FROM TIME TO TIME) BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY IT. [B] TO SUPPORT  INFORM AND GUIDE CARERS AND FAMILIES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES. [C] TO MAINTAIN , DEVELOP AND MANAGE A CENTRE TO ASSIST WITH THE REHABILITATION OF HEAD - INJURED PERSONS AND CO-OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER BODIES IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR  THE CARRYING ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BR PROMOTED BY THE COMPANY

**Activities:** Brains Matter works throughout West Kent. It supports people who have sustained an acquired brain injury and their families and carers. It offers a day service and community support providing social rehabilitation and respite for people aged 18 years and over, who have moderate to severe brain injury.

**Area of benefit:** KENT




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex
- Kent



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £144962 | £250328 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £215956 | £242029 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £107562 | £203050 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £89902 | £204196 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £109962 | £170320 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **John Kennedy** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 15, 2021
- Edward Fardell — appointed June 12, 2020
- Ian Goldsworthy — appointed Nov. 10, 2025
- Jacqueline Leeann Barker — appointed Aug. 12, 2019
- Joanna Mary Clark-Wilson — appointed March 21, 2019
- Paul Francis Lester — appointed March 7, 2024
- Susan Pearce — appointed April 2, 2019