Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

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:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 17 years

www.wavesseaford.org.uk

info@wavesseaford.org.uk

01323873797

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£49	£57	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/12/21	£39	£61	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/12/20	£52	£51	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/19	£59	£43	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/12/18	£33	£38	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	24
31/12/17	£36	£26	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£33	£35	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£43	£32	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£25	£43	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£40	£50	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£45	£46	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£70	£48	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£64	£62	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£35	£58	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£43	£47	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£120	£42	£78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
11 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Sussex Community Foundation	£28,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
Co-Operative Group	£7,409

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 ....more 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 resilience confidence and wellbeing.
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 ....more 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 creating marketing and publicity materials to inform and expand the centre's base of supporters.
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.
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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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-73

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

Complaints handling
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 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.

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