WAVE TRUST

Registered charity 1080189 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WORLDWIDE ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE · also registered in Scotland as SC044168 (OSCR)

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £35,844 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees report that the charity relied on guaranteed funding from its founding sponsor, Cameron Consultants, to underpin ongoing work after unsuccessful funding bids, and that remaining staff agreed to work without pay to reduce operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHOULLA KOUTSOUDI
• Coleen Eileen Pearse
• DAVID EDWIN MEAD
• HUGH COLIN ALEXANDER SARRE
• SERGIO SEKHON
• SIR HARRY BURNS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).