Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WAVE FOR CHANGE 

Wave for Change works to build genuinely inclusive communities around the country, where individuals with and without learning disabilities can mix across all aspects of life, becoming less socially segregated and more understanding and tolerant of differences. We are about encouraging and enabling mixed-ability friendships and doing things with and not for each other.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/06/23£32,471£45,131£-12,66025
30/06/22£29,010£48,648£-19,63890
30/06/21£80,542£29,078£51,46424
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.waveforchange.org.uk

admin@waveforchange.org.uk

07738048276

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Mixed-Ability Taster Events in 3 communities
£9,500 28/09/2023
The funding will be used to deliver three pilot taster events of mixed ability activities for children. The project aims to reduce social barriers combat negative stigmas and encourage the ....more
London Catalyst - Wave for Change - 1
£3,500 05/09/2023
Plan, organise and deliver 3 mixed-ability events in 3 London locations in partnership with collaborators in the local community
National Lottery Community Fund - Wave in a Box - Pilot
£9,920 04/06/2021
The funding will be used to create an online and printed guidance pack for groups supporting people with learning disabilities. The project aims to support the participants' essential needs and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/07/2020, number: 1190354
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

35 WINDERMERE ROAD
LONDON
N10 2RD

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO, WHICH IS TO BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, WORKING INCLUSIVELY WITH THOSE OF ALL FAITHS OR NONE, IS:TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES TO REDUCE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON ABILITIES AND FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH SOCIAL PLACES ARE GENUINELY INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 1) RAISING AWARENESS AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE NEED TO EQUALLY VALUE PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES; 2) PROMOTING INCLUSIVITY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MIXED-ABILITY WORSHIP AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS (WHICH WILL BUILD MIXED-ABILITY FRIENDSHIPS - WHETHER UNDERTAKEN DIGITALLY OR IN PERSON); 3) PROMOTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MIXED-ABILITY SOCIAL GROUPS THAT CO-CREATE COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES WHERE PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO DO THINGS WITH AND NOT FOR EACH OTHER; 4) PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT (BASED ON THE CHARITY'S OWN RESEARCH) TO ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO DEVELOP INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MIXED-ABILITY GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ‘MIXED-ABILITY’ MEANS THOSE WITH OR WITHOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES OR OTHER ADDITIONAL NEEDS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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