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wave trust

The charity supports children and young people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies, other defined groups, and the general public. Wave Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing human resources. The charity is based in Scotland and operates in England And Wales and Scotland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The Objects of the charity are for the advancement of public education, in particular by undertaking activities intended (i) to reduce all forms of inter-personal violence, (ii) to reduce non accidental harm to children, (iii) to promote the social and emotional development of children, and the doing of all such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of those objects.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£457,263
Latest Expenditure
£474,780

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 83.3%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 78.7%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 22.8%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £364,763
Charitable Activities £186,817
Other Trading £11,000
Investments £1,369
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £469,553
Raising Funds £127,390
Governance £8,715
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£457,263£474,7800 / 20
2023£563,949£596,943£469,553£140,446£121,3755 / 100
2022£547,547£530,259£421,350£178,996£178,9965 / 138
2021£394,099£387,2420 / 170
2020£399,728£390,3880 / 70

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers