Wave Active Limited

Analysis

Wave Active Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05621359). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wave Active Limited reported income of £8.1m and spending of £6.9m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.8m to £8.1m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wave Active Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Health Exchange (£8.1m), The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (£8.1m) and Radha Soami Satsang Beas British Isles (£8.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 2.0% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £143k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 327 people.