Waves Music Therapy

Analysis

Waves Music Therapy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Littlehampton. It was registered in June 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Waves Music Therapy reported income of £234k and spending of £211k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2025, income grew from £94k to £234k (+150%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Waves Music Therapy sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Noddfa Baptist Church (£234k), Croydon Accessible Transport (£234k) and Willenhall Community Health and Resource Training Charitable Trust Limited (£234k).