Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Latest return overdue -5
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

WAVES SEAFORD LIMITED

Drop-in centre for parents-coffee, baby changing. People ready to listen & help. Parenting courses. Schools listening service. Family workers available to support families. Practical help. Counselling Service
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£56£67£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£49£57£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£39£61£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£52£51£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£59£43£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£33£38£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£36£26£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£33£35£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£43£32£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£25£43£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£40£50£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£45£46£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£70£48£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£64£62£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£35£58£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£43£47£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£120£42£78n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.wavesseaford.org.uk

info@wavesseaford.org.uk

01323873797

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sussex Community Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Co-Operative Group£3,214
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Waves Seaford
£5,000 14/07/2023
Funding was provided towards core costs and organisational development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Making a difference
£10,000 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to continue to pay for a Centre Coordinator to help improve outreach work and the Centres services. The project aims to support vulnerable families affected by complex and difficult issues to reduce isolation improve ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Waves Seaford
£10,000 13/12/2022
Funding was provided to help them meet the increases in running costs and support the community with the cost-of-living crisis through additional mentoring/group talks and workshops.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Waves Seaford Ltd
£3,214 22/10/2022
We plan to provide large parent and toddler playgroup meetings for parents of pre-school children who have been socially isolated, to help them integrate back into society.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to WAVES Seaford Ltd
£5,000 16/07/2021
12
Funding was provided to pay the costs of their Family Support Worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - Waves post-covid
£10,000 27/05/2021
The funding will be used to employ a coordinator at the WAVES community centre. The project aims to improve the services available to local residents. Plans include increasing the number of volunteers by developing a recruitment programme and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to WAVES Family Support
£4,195 15/11/2019
We want to continue to offer anger-management courses to students in Years 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to WAVES Seaford Ltd
£8,000 05/07/2019
7
Funding was provided for the staff costs of a part-time Community Outreach Family Worker .
National Lottery Community Fund - Community outreach and support worker
£10,000 06/02/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to employ an outreach worker. The project aims to provide support to families with multiple and complex needs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to WAVES Seaford Ltd
£2,500 12/12/2018
12
towards one year's salary of a Community Outreach Family Worker at a drop-in centre in East Sussex that provides support to disadvantaged families
Co-Operative Group - Grant to WAVES Family Support
£2,668 29/11/2017
We need funds to make a real difference to families in Seaford and to provide practical ways to help families in crisis.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to WAVES Seaford Ltd.
£3,140 04/08/2017
With funding we can continue to support families and promote stability with low-cost counselling and guidance.
Sussex Community Foundation - WAVES Seaford Ltd
£1,000 05/07/2017
12
WAVES' aim is to make a real difference to families at risk of crisis and breakdown in Seaford. They also signpost families to other statutory agencies if more specialised help is required, whilst continuing to offer support and encouragement. ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to WAVES Seaford Ltd
£6,000 05/12/2013
towards one year's core costs of a family project providing support, advice and counselling to families affected by mental health issues, domestic abuse and relationship breakdown in East Sussex
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-74
  • GERARDINE MARY HOWITT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Communications And Fundraising
  • MARGARET LAW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • ROBERT JACKSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • SUSAN TOPP Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2007, number: 1118771
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/05/2006, number: 05819367
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

Finchdean
26 Old Nursery Close
Seaford
BN25 3JZ

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:-(A) TO ACT IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;(B) TO ACT IN THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS AND SUFFERING CAUSED BY POVERTY AND/OR THE DETERIORATION OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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