The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Wave Project

Registered charity 1163421 Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

2.1y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

3
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 3Education 3Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

40 from 27 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.waveproject.co.uk
Emailinfo@waveproject.co.uk
Phone01637820830
Address6 Fore Street, Newquay, CORNWALL, TR7 1LN

Finances

£1,589,299 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,257,223£1,073,667
2022£1,478,478£1,664,041
2023£1,736,877£1,321,908
2024£1,616,777£1,609,089
2025£1,589,299£1,651,953

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAmateur SportRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THOSE AFFECTED BY DISABILITY, ILLNESS, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, LOW SELF-ESTEEM OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE OR DIFFICULTY INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY; (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SKILLS, CAPABILITIES AND CONFIDENCE;IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION IN AND FACILITIES FOR SURFING AND OTHER RELATED SPORTS; AND2. TO ADVANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/08/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 FEB 2016

Trustees (7)

7trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Wave Project · 07489189 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/01/2011

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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