THE WAVE PROJECT

Registered charity 1163421 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC046500 (OSCR)

The Wave Project runs award-winning surf therapy programmes for children aged 8-24 in the UK. Using a combination of qualified staff and trained volunteers, we run an evidence-based programme of peer-led surfing lessons that helps children and young adults to improve their emotional wellbeing. We also run a Beach School project for children at risk of exclusion from school.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THOSE AFFECTED BY DISABILITY, ILLNESS, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, LOW SELF-ESTEEM OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE OR DIFFICULTY INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY; (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SKILLS, CAPABILITIES AND CONFIDENCE;IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION IN AND FACILITIES FOR SURFING AND OTHER RELATED SPORTS; AND2. TO ADVANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £35,822 for the year ended 31 January 2026, following a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £56,709, though the trustees note that these reserves remain below the charity's longer-term ambitions and policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07489189
• Trading subsidiary: THE WAVE PROJECT RETAIL LIMITED Companies House 12801588

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wave Project (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JONES, Richard Alun Lloyd — director, appointed 22/04/2025on trustee list
• KEYLOCK, Caroline Louise — director, appointed 22/04/2025on trustee list
• MURPHY, John Graham — director, appointed 22/04/2025on trustee list
• PARKER, Rachael — director, appointed 22/04/2025on trustee list
• MUNDAY, Sally Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/07/2022on trustee list
• ROBERTSON, William James — director, appointed 30/08/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/04/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Robertsonchair
• Caroline Louise Keylock
• John Graham Murphy
• Rachael Parker
• Richard Alun LLoyd Jones
• Sally Munday

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAVE FORWARD.

• WAVE FORWARD income £45k
• WAVE TRUST income £640k
• WAVE ADVENTURE income £129k
• THE BRAINWAVE CENTRE LIMITED income £2.2m
• WAVES ADDITIONAL NEEDS SUPPORT GROUP income £79k
• WAVE FOR CHANGE income £44k

Side by side with its peers

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