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.

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

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.

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

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 4.8 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 (5.2%) (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

Common questions

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).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRAINWAVE CENTRE LIMITED.

• THE BRAINWAVE CENTRE LIMITED income £2.2m
• WAVES MUSIC THERAPY income £234k
• THE FRIENDSHIP PROJECT income £108k
• SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN UK income £342k
• SEA - CHANGE PROJECTS LTD income £204k
• WAVE ACTIVE LIMITED income £8.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.