Care Waves Radio

Analysis

Care Waves Radio is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grimsby. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Care Waves Radio reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £835 to £15k (+1696%), an average of +106% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 647%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Care Waves Radio sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darul Uloom Kubajpur (£15k), Shepshed Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£15k) and League of Friends of Aberystwyth Hospitals and Welfare Homes (£15k).