Wavelength Charity Limited

Analysis

Wavelength Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00606888). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wavelength Charity Limited reported income of £406k and spending of £601k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £388k to £406k (+4.7%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wavelength Charity Limited sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingston Centre for Independent Living (£406k), Living It Up (£406k) and The Kisharon Charitable Trust (£406k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.