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Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
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    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    WAVE ADVENTURE

    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£136£155£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/22£162£144£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/21£204£141£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/20£141£106£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/19£89£85£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/18£72£67£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/17?£29£17£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    01/01/16£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    01/01/15£14£10£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    01/01/14£4£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 11 years
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    UN SDGs
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    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bolton, Bury, Lancashire, Manchester City, Salford City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities

    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
    Bolton CVS£58,470
    National Lottery Community Fund£24,820
    The Clothworkers Foundation£15,000
    Sport England£7,200
    Forever Manchester£5,000
    Cheshire Community Foundation£5,000
    BBC Children in Need£3,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Forever Manchester - Outdoor Leadership Training
    £5,000 11/03/2024
    Outdoor leadership training for young people aged 17-30 including Health and Safety and First Aid.
    Sport England - all ride
    £7,200 26/05/2023
    This project will deliver a weekly cycling/mountain bike programme, predominantly aimed at women, girls and families from ethnically diverse backgrounds. These will be a 2-3 hour sessions each week over 40 weeks. In addition, as those taking part ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Outdoor diversity
    £10,000 21/04/2023
    The organisation will use the funding to work with a range of ethnically diverse under represented communities running a weekly programme of outdoor activities leadership training and community events to build relationships leadership skills and ....more
    Bolton CVS - Grant to WAVE
    £19,070 01/12/2021
    To develop a bike hub in Breightmet .
    Bolton CVS - Grant to WAVE
    £4,500 04/11/2021
    To promote use of bicycles as means of transport & to access local green spaces.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Bestbloke
    £9,920 30/09/2021
    The organisation will deliver a programme of adventurous activities for men in the local area who are experiencing issues including poor mental health unemployment and recovery from addiction. The project aims to improve wellbeing physical health ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Hub
    £4,900 08/09/2021
    The funding is being used to develop a hub in the heart of the Breightmet ward which focuses on environmentally friendly travel appreciation and use of local green spaces and provision of a safe friendly place to meet for all community members.
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to WAVE Adventure
    £15,000 25/05/2021
    purchase a vehicle for a charity supporting disadvantaged young peolpe in Greater Manchester
    Bolton CVS - Grant to WAVE
    £25,000 16/02/2021
    Young Mentor Project
    Bolton CVS - Grant to WAVE Adventure
    £4,900 10/01/2021
    Teach adults to learn to ride bikes 1:1,or small groups to prepare them to join community bike programmes
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Peak Connections
    £5,000 04/11/2020
    WAVE Adventure offer those experiencing significant disadvantage the chance to take part in healthy adventurous activities. The Peak Connections project will get those experiencing long term mental health issues involved in activities which will ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to WAVE Adventure
    £3,000 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing costs, training and the purchase of equipment for activities to support 25 children and young people in a deprived area who are currently isolated due to Covid-19. It will reduce their isolation.
    CAF - Grant to WAVE Adventure
    £1,258 21/04/2020
    Grant to WAVE Adventure to support the organisation through COVID19
    Bolton CVS - Grant to Wave Adventure
    £5,000 01/12/2019
    We will run a number of taster community events and a programme to enable children to take part regularly in activities.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Communities
    £225,756 29/08/2019
    60
    Connecting Communities
    National Lottery Community Fund - Bike2gether
    £9,700 07/06/2018
    12
    The funding will be used to run cycling sessions for young people with physical disabilities and mental health issues. The project aims to bring people with different abilities together to plan cycling projects whilst improving physical and mental ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to WAVE Adventure
    £74,100 17/10/2017
    36
    This project will provide outdoor activity sessions, such as Kayaking, climbing and cycling, for children with multiple disadvantages from deprived areas. This will improve confidence, health and relationship skills.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/06/2013, number: 1152259
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • 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
    Filing Record
    10 returns made; all on time
    Main office


    Objectives

    THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR CANOEING, ROCK CLIMBING AND OTHER OUTDOOR SPORTS AND RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR SUCH PERSONS FROM LANCASHIRE AND GREATER MANCHESTER WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, ILLNESS OR DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LANCASHIRE AND GREATER MANCHESTER

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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