WAVE MUSWELL HILL CIO

Registered charity 1171421 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wave Hub (previously Wave Cafe) was established to promote social inclusion and raise public awareness of the issues faced by people with learning disabilities. We aim to demonstrate what it means to value everyone equally. We run a creative arts cafe in Muswell Hill as a social enterprise where people of all abilities can work and socialise together.

Objects

IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BARNET, CAMDEN, ENFIELD, HARINGEY AND ISLINGTON TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL NEEDS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROMOTING THEIR SOCIAL INCLUSION, PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;B) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION OR TRAINING TO HELP DEVELOP THEIR SOCIAL AND PRACTICAL SKILLS AND RECEIVE SUPPORT;C) RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC OF THE ISSUES THAT FACE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL NEEDS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ‘SPECIAL NEEDS’ MEANS THE INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS OF A PERSON WITH A MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£117k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Wave Hub achieved an operating surplus of £14,528 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £117,140 against expenditure of £102,612. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £60,404, which is sufficient to cover over eight months of regular activities, exceeding the charity's policy target of three months' operating expenses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Most of this came from fundraising, personal donations and selling food and drinks in the café”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' operating expenses (held: £60k)
“It is our policy to maintain a balance of cash reserves of at least three months' operating expenses, which policy we have maintained successfully throughout the year.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£117k£103k
31/12/2024£93k£76k
31/12/2023£54k£66k
31/12/2022£80k£72k
31/12/2021£57k£49k

Common questions

Is WAVE MUSWELL HILL CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Wave Hub achieved an operating surplus of £14,528 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £117,140 against expenditure of £102,612. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £60,404, which is sufficient to cover over eight months of regular activities, exceeding the charity's policy target of three months' operating expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2022£10kWave Cafe Arts Programme (part of the larger Wave Cafe Programming)