WAVE Trust Annual Report and Accounts to 31st October 2022
WAVE Trust
Company Limited by Guarantee
Annual Report
for the year ended 31 October 2022
Registered Charity Number: 1080189 & SC044168
Registered Company Number: 03863110
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| Contents | page |
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| Key activities in 2021/22 | 3 |
| Goals and Approach | 4 |
| Letter from our Chairman | 5 |
| Letter from our CEO | 6 |
| Our People and Information | 7 |
| Report of the Trustees | 8 |
| Governance | 13 |
| Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities | 15 |
| Structure, Governance and Management | 16 |
| Independent Auditor’s Report | 17 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 21 |
| Balance Sheet | 22 |
| Statement of Cash Flows | 23 |
| Accounting policies |
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| Notes to the Financial Statements | 26 |
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Key activities in 2021/22
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Scottish Commission of Inquiry: Having secured support for our 70/30 Campaign from 99% of the Scottish Parliament, 100% of Scottish MPs, the Scottish Government itself - and with the support of the Cross-Party Group for the Prevention and Healing of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in the Scottish Parliament - this year we embarked on an exciting project to plot a route towards Scotland achieving a 70% reduction in child maltreatment by 2030 (70/30), through the creation of a Commission of Inquiry into the delivery of 70/30. The Commission is led by Professor Sir Harry Burns, former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, and former President of the British Medical Association. Sir Harry leads a group of Scottish experts in this endeavour, including retired Directors of Public Health of large NHS Boards, the former Director for Children and Families in the Scottish Government, and a wide spread of academics, and representatives of local authorities, third sector and lived experience.
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Camden PCPS: We continued our work to embed one of the most promising programmes we have ever encountered, Parent-Child Psychological Support (PCPS), into the London Borough of Camden. This universal programme involves providing thorough support to the physical and emotional development of each child during 6 visits between 3 to 18-monthsold, while also supporting parents with their well-being and parenting know-how. Successful implementation in Valencia and Dublin saw significant increases in levels of secure attachment and decreases in disorganised attachment, among other benefits.
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APPG and CPG: We have for some five years been the Secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Prevention of Childhood Trauma in the UK Parliament, and also of the Cross-Party Group for the Prevention and Healing of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) in the Scottish Parliament. In the 2021-22 UK Parliament, we secured the highest support of well over 600 EDMs (Early Day Motions) put forward by MPs, for one put forward by our APPG. Whereas only about 25 EDMs received the support of at least 60 MPs, our motion received the support of 151 MPs, outstripping all others. The EDM text is below:
‘ This House notes the work of WAVE Trust and its 70/30 campaign to reduce levels of child abuse, neglect and domestic abuse by 70 per cent by 2030; further notes that over two-thirds of this House have endorsed that campaign, including a majority from all parties; recognises the role that Adverse Childhood Experiences play in the entrenchment of intergenerational health and income inequalities and the loss of over £20 billion per year to the UK economy; welcomes the publication of the Early Years Review; and calls on the Government to adopt a comprehensive early years’ strategy to prevent harm to children before it happens, ensuring that all parents are supported to give children the best possible start in life.’
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Despite the great successes noted above from our work with both APPG and CPG, we finally decided to step back from our unfunded Secretariat roles at both. We wish both groups all the best with their efforts to further these important causes into the future.
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70/30 Campaign: We were delighted to have secured over 560 supporting MPs (more than 86% of UK MPs) by the end of October 2022, together with 128 out of 129 Scottish MSPs, a further demonstration of the widespread support for our 70/30 objective.
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New projects: During the year we embarked on many new projects, some quite extensive. These included collaboration with Bradford Trident and Better Start Bradford to spread trauma-informed training, materials and restorative services throughout the city from 2022 to 2025; support to the commitment to transform HMP Bedford into a trauma-informed prison; an in-depth, thorough audit of trauma-informed practice throughout Devon and Cornwall Police,
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which we are building on in 2022-23 with further work to advance their commitment to become trauma-informed; similar organisational assessments in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight, covering 18 statutory organisations, and followed by further work in 2022-23 to embed prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences and traumainformed practice in those four areas; and a wide range of smaller training contracts which reflect recognition of our national expertise as trauma-informed specialists.
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Project continuations: In addition, we have continued our work on a number of projects, including our work on PCPS in Camden (see above); our other long-running effort in Camden to spread an awareness of trauma, resilience and trauma-informed practices via a network of Trauma-informed Community Volunteers; the ongoing work of our CEO, George Hosking, as an expert advisor on trauma-informed practice with Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland; and our continuing trauma-informed support to schools in and around London via projects funded by the British Humane Foundation and Tom ap Rhys Pryce Foundation.
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Large scale training projects: We successfully completed major contracts in Hampshire and Tower Hamlets. Both projects involved training many hundreds of practitioners, with scores of training sessions. Participants included drug, alcohol, domestic violence and homelessness specialists; GPs, health visitors, hospital staff, local authorities, mental health staff, midwives, nurses, police, probation, public health, schoolteachers and head teachers, social services, therapists, third sector, youth support and youth offending teams. Evaluations on both projects demonstrated significant improvements in trainees’ understanding of trauma and key topics; increased confidence in using trauma-informed approaches; and greater application of these learnings into their day-to-day work.
Finally, we would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family of our Patron, General the Lord Ramsbotham (GCB, CBE), who sadly passed away in December 2022. Lord Ramsbotham, as the Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales for six years, was a fierce champion of a compassionate approach to prisons, and a great inspiration to us. He was a strong advocate of WAVE’s therapeutic work in the prison system. He is greatly missed.
Goals
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To alleviate suffering and make the world safer by reducing the root causes of violence, including child abuse, neglect and witnessing domestic violence.
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To enable a 70% reduction in child maltreatment in the UK by 2030 (70/30 Campaign).
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● To increase the life potential of children, reduce health and income inequality, and improve the economic capability of the United Kingdom by making preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and other childhood disadvantages a prime objective of communities, elected bodies and policymakers.
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To promote Trauma-informed Care, across all services and communities, to deliver effective care to those whose lives have already been blighted by trauma.
Approach to achieving our goals
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Continuously researching to identify current global solutions to stop root causes of child maltreatment and other Adverse Childhood Experiences.
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Producing detailed reports, blueprints and action plans to create preventive solutions; working with policymakers, practitioners and others to put these solutions into practice.
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● Delivering training programmes, workshops and consultancy to assist organisations and communities to prevent ACEs adopt trauma-informed practice.
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Designing, and promoting the implementation of, programmes to validate the effectiveness of primary prevention (i.e. preventing harm before it happens).
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Continuing to grow our base of volunteer Ambassadors, MPs and politicians in the UK’s devolved Parliaments as a key step to creating support for 70/30.
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Letter from our Chairman
It has been a busy year for WAVE as we continue to share the importance of a thorough understanding of the impact of early life trauma on the lives of young people and the adults that they become. The challenges that all organisations faced as a result of the Global Pandemic similarly impacted WAVE. In particular, our finances came under strain, and we had to work hard to diversify our income with a good deal of success with our programme of business development. And, at the same time, we have broadened the scope of what we do.
What we've done:
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Expanded our CPD-accredited Trauma-informed Training, auditing and evaluation support into more ambitious and large-scale projects, and provided direct support to organisations to create long-term, sustainable change.
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Built on substantial political support in Scotland to launch a Commission into how we can make 70/30 a reality there.
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Worked closely with the UK Government in their efforts to increase early years and family spending via the nationwide The Best Start for Life programme.
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Built a base of associate trainers to broaden and strengthen our offer, especially with frontline expertise in a range of public sectors.
What we're aiming to do:
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Turn the Scottish Commission's results into meaningful, ambitious Government policy and service practice.
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Continue working with all UK political parties wherever opportunities arise to achieve steps forward en route to a trauma-informed, trauma-preventing nation or nations.
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Strengthen our income streams with more exciting, impactful projects.
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Strengthen our internal team, both core staff and a growing base of associate trainers so that we can scale our operation in line with our finances and pipeline of work.
Our Founder, George, has made it clear to the Board that during 2023 he wants to begin to wind down his involvement with WAVE - whilst decidedly not exiting altogether. The Board decided to recruit a replacement CEO to allow for a smooth transfer. A CEO was appointed in June 2022. Unfortunately the appointment did not work out and it will be a priority in the coming year to move to a settled management team. George has kindly agreed to act as CEO whilst the Board works through options.
So, after a difficult year caused by the Pandemic, we have begun to re-model how we work whilst maintaining our overall ambition. This has put us in a strong position to build for the future. With careful management of our finances, I look forward to a strong performance in the next twelve months.
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Peter Watt, Chair of Trustees
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Letter from our CEO
2021-22 has been a highly successful year for WAVE Trust. We have built up cross-party support for 70/30, in all parts of the United Kingdom, to levels which would have seemed unattainable a few years ago. As I write this letter, in early 2023, we have now exceeded 90% support in the UK Parliament, (100% from MPs in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), and many parties across the UK have committed to 70/30 in election manifestos. The Scottish Government has given us written assurance of their support. This is a milestone in our 27 year history, and in the 14 years since the 70/30 goal was set.
Of course, words do not protect children from abuse, neglect and the pernicious effects of domestic violence. Only appropriate actions will do that. And while that milestone lies some distance ahead of us, we have set out for that goal with the creation in the Scottish Parliament of a Commission of Inquiry into how 70/30 may be delivered in Scotland. The evidence we have been gathering in written and oral submissions has been full of optimism that this goal can be achieved, if and when the political will is there. It is our challenge, along with our impressive array of Commissioners, to amass and present that evidence – including the strong economic evidence that this is not only the right thing to do morally, but also the right thing in terms of pure economics. All our grandmothers knew that prevention is better than cure – we just have to prove that to the policymakers who control the purse strings.
At the same time as we have made great advances on the prevention side of our mission, we have also multiplied dramatically the number of traumatised people benefitting from our work. During the year we trained thousands of staff in addiction, domestic violence and homelessness services, in hospitals, surgeries and GP practices, in early years’ settings, in police, prisons, probation and youth offending teams, in local authorities and social services, schools and universities, to understand trauma, its origins and its impact on the lives of those affected by it, and how to engage with those of their service users affected by trauma. Counting those carrying trauma who will receive more sensitive, compassionate and effective support through our work, the numbers run to tens of thousands.
This has been backed up by our consultancy work, aiding organisations and multi-agency partnerships to move more effectively towards the goal of relationship-based, empathic, traumainformed care. Along with our training, this work to spread trauma-informed practice has been delivered in more than twenty UK local authority areas.
The one disappointment in the year, for me, is that my wish to reduce my time spent on WAVE from six to three days a week did not come to pass. I did, as planned, step down as CEO in mid-2022, and a replacement CEO with impressive credentials took my place. Though he had enormous optimism about his ability to raise significant funds for WAVE, and to grow the charity significantly, the transition from raising new funds as International Director for the Red Cross, and doing the same for a small, strategic, preventive charity, did not prove as feasible as my replacement hoped, and here I am again as CEO. In 2023 we are trying a different approach.
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George Hosking, OBE, Chief Executive Officer
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Our People and Information
Patrons
Baroness Hilary Armstrong The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP Lord Chris Fox Baroness Joan Walmsley General The Lord Ramsbotham GCB, CBE
Board of Trustees
Peter Watt, (Chair) Derrick Anderson CBE Dr Caroline Clark Sue Clifford MBE Nick Essex Colin Sarre Jay Haston
Management
Geoffrey Dennis, CEO (June 2022 to Feb 2023) George Hosking OBE, CEO and Scotland Director (Nov 2021 to May 2022; and from Feb 2023) Anthoulla Koutsoudi, Director of External Relations/Company Secretary Aidan Phillips, Project Manager, Trauma-informed Communities Isobel Dawson, Consultant Project Manager, Police and Criminal Justice
Registered office 60 Park Lane, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1JE. Tel: 020-8688-3773
Scotland office Windyhill Farm, Windyhill Road, Newmilns, East Ayrshire, KA16 9LR. Tel: 01560 322805
Website www.wavetrust.org Email office@wavetrust.org
Registered charity number 1080189 (England and Wales) Registered Scottish charity SC044168 Registered company number 03863110
Independent Auditor Geoffrey Frost BSc (Hons), Blue Spire Limited, Cawley Priory, South Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1SY
Bankers
Barclays Bank PLC, 1 North End, Croydon CR9 1SX
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Report of the Trustees
Objectives and Activities
The objects for which the charity is established are for the advancement of public education, in particular by undertaking activities intended (I) to reduce all forms of interpersonal violence, (II) to reduce non-accidental harm to children, (III) to promote the social and emotional development of children and the doing of such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of those objectives.
The main activities undertaken by the charity in the year under review in furtherance of its objectives to achieve its aims and for the public benefit are set out below. In selecting and planning these activities, the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
Highlights of 2021/ 2022
As in the past, we have maintained our two main priorities of 1) seeking to improve outcomes for children at risk, promoting and supporting prevention of harm before it happens, and 2) reduction of disadvantage after harm has taken place.
Prevention of harm before it happens
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We continued to work with Camden Council to embed the brilliant universal ‘PCPS’ programme. In studies in Ireland and Spain, this programme has seen levels of insecure and disorganised attachment drop by half. This has huge positive implications for future life outcomes of children.
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Our support base for the 70/30 Campaign among politicians throughout the UK, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland continued to grow.
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We launched a Commission of Inquiry into how the 70/30 goal can be achieved in Scotland.
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We made the case for Early Years prevention in multiple settings, including as advisers to Dame Andrea Leadsom and her ‘Best Start in Life’ work for the UK Government; through the APPG and CPG in the UK and Scottish Parliaments; and though engagement with multiple local authorities.
Reduction of harm after it has taken place
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We delivered trauma-informed training to thousands of practitioners and numerous agencies in multiple areas, including via large-scale contracts spanning entire boroughs, cities and counties.
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We provided consultancy support to help build adoption of trauma-informed approaches in individual services and across multi-agency bodies.
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PREVENTION OF HARM BEFORE IT HAPPENS
All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Prevention of Childhood Trauma
Between May 2021 and April 2022, we secured 151 signatures from cross-party MPs to make an Early Day Motion submitted by the APPG’s chair, Wera Hobhouse MP, the most popular motion for that Parliamentary session. The EDM (see wording in the ‘Key Activities’ section above) praises support levels for the 70/30 Campaign and calls for a comprehensive Government early years strategy to prevent childhood adversity. Significant credit is due to our 70/30 Campaign Manager Alex Williamson for his crucial efforts in building up this remarkable level of support.
We also secured our best ever attendance, 102 people at a virtual Q&A with Andrea Leadsom MP about her early years review and its next steps, and very good attendance for our event on how to reduce CAMHS waiting lists. After our June 2022 AGM, facing considerable pressure from our fee-earning work, we agreed with the APPG Chair that WAVE would step back from our ‘pro bono’ role as Secretariat and leave the APPG’s future in other hands.
Having set up the group in its first iteration as the APPG for the Prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) in 2018, we’re proud to have engaged dozens of politicians over time, held many meetings on important topics that have reached hundreds of people, sparked many actions that have helped support campaigns and causes that further our aims, and reinforced WAVE’s reputation as a source of sound research in UK politics.
We wish the APPG well moving forwards. We thank the group’s current chair, Wera Hobhouse MP (Liberal Democrat), as well as previous chairs Alex Burghart MP (Conservative) and former MP Paul Williams (Labour), for their leadership and support for the cause over these years.
Camden: Parent-Child Psychological Support (PCPS)
Since late 2019, we have worked closely with the London Borough of Camden to strengthen their already very good early years’ prevention work. We recommended two new programmes which support improved attunement between parents and babies in the first 18 months of babies’ lives. This in turn leads to much higher levels of secure attachment – associated with good relationship skills through life, successful engagement in school and learning, and development of pro-social citizens who contribute to a nation’s wealth and well-being. It also leads to much lower levels of insecure or disorganised attachment, associated with poor lifelong relationship skills, disruptive behaviour in pre-school and school, educational under-performance, higher levels of mental illness, aggression, violence, anti-social behaviour and entry to the criminal justice system.
The two programmes introduced, on our recommendation, were Brazelton, a universal programme to teach new mothers how to recognise and respond to the communications of their babies in the first few weeks after birth, and PCPS.
Parent-Child Psychological Support (PCPS)
PCPS is a universal programme delivered to mother, (and ideally father), and baby between first contact 6 weeks after birth and when the baby is 18 months of age. During this time the mother visits a Health Centre, Children’s Centre or Family Hub when the baby is 6 weeks, and then, together with the baby, at 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 months of age.
At each visit, child and mother are seen by three professionals (e.g. nurse, health visitor, psychologist, speech and language therapist) who assess the child’s physical, social and emotional development, the infant-caregiver interaction, and the mother’s wellbeing and any need for support. The key element is a video film taken during most visits which captures the mother and child interacting at play. This is then coded to provide specific guidelines to the parent for good quality attunement with their infant. This information is part of a multidimensional assessment that allows very personalised support during each visit, always reflecting the parent’s strengths and what she or he does well, guiding them towards interaction
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beneficial both to their relationship and the child’s development.
In studies in Ireland and Spain, where the programme has been delivered for over 20 years, children show much better physical, social and emotional development, parents experience less stress and the child’s relationship capability at age 15 months shows improvement over the norm. Insecure and disorganised attachment have been half the levels found in most populations. If we can replicate these results in the UK the impact would be stunning, potentially saving thousands of children from lives of disadvantage.
While PCPS has been very popular with local families receiving it, and staff in Camden responsible for its direct delivery have spoken very highly of its benefits to families, echoing the powerful positive feedback from Irish and Spanish PCPS practitioners, there have been some issues arising as some line managers in Camden have struggled with the requirement to integrate fidelity to the way the programme produced its exceptional results in both Spain and Ireland, with some of Camden’s habitual and embedded ways of line management control.
Cross Party Group (CPG) for Prevention and Healing of Adverse Childhood Experiences In three meetings in 2021-22 the CPG was reconstituted; then met to discuss possible topics for future meetings, including trauma-informed prisons and criminal justice, a trauma-informed approach to drugs, looked after children, and prevention; and finally met to endorse the creation of a Commission of Inquiry into how to deliver the 70/30 objective in Scotland. Well-known academics, experts and practitioners were proposed as Commission Members, some of whom appeared and spoke at the meeting, and WAVE was tasked with approaching others to see if they would be happy to take up the baton. Since taking on the role of pro bono support as Secretariat for the Commission, WAVE has stepped down as Secretariat of the CPG.
Scottish Commission of Inquiry into the delivery of 70/30
WAVE Trust created the 70/30 strategy in 2009, with the objective of achieving, at least, a 70% reduction in child physical and emotional abuse, neglect and children witnessing domestic violence, by the year 2030 – ‘70/30’. Experts we consulted at the time believed this was an achievable goal in that timeframe, provided political decision-makers implemented the solutions which would work. The focus of the 70/30 strategy is primary prevention, preventing abuse, neglect and children witnessing domestic violence before it ever happens.
As of 2022, 70/30 had received the support of 128 out of 129 MSPs and of every single MP in Scotland, with the Scottish Government also confirming its support. The question for WAVE was ‘How can we translate this incredible support into actions to ensure that 70/30 becomes a reality in Scotland and inspires other UK nations to follow suit?’. A Scottish Commission of Inquiry was therefore set up in May 2022 to investigate the specific actions which would be necessary to deliver 70/30 in Scotland. WAVE Trust is Secretariat of the Commission, and our CEO and Scotland Director George Hosking is one of the Commissioners.
The Commission’s Chair is Professor Sir Harry Burns, former Chief Medical Officer and British Medical Association President. In 2014, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon presented Sir Harry with a lifetime achievement award for Public Service from the Scottish Government and Parliament.
Sir Harry leads a group of renowned Scottish experts in this endeavour, including retired Directors of Public Health of large NHS Boards, a former Director for Children and Families in the Scottish Government, and well-known academics. Evidence gathering is underway and the Commission’s ideas for moving the 70/30 Initiative forward will be available by the end of 2023.
70/30 Campaign
Our efforts to secure support for a 70% reduction in child maltreatment by 2030 continued to progress. By October 2022, we had secured endorsements from 560 MPs, including all those from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as Scottish MSPs, Welsh AMs and Northern Irish MLAs, plus the support of 7 political parties (Alliance Party in Northern Ireland, Liberal
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Democrats across the UK, Plaid Cymru, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour, UK Labour, Welsh Conservatives). We’ve also pursued action at a local level, e.g. working with local councillors in Southampton to see a motion passed in support of 70/30.
We also actively engaged with people through social media. We conducted 15 livestreams on topics including trauma-informed schools and universities, ACEs (physical abuse, emotional neglect, parental separation/divorce, sexual abuse), individual Hearts of ACE member’s stories and more. These livestreams increased ambassador engagement, created awareness of WAVE and the 70/30 Campaign in new groups, and generated useful content for future use. We also expanded our social media presence across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
REDUCTION OF HARM AFTER IT HAS TAKEN PLACE
Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)
Following our 2020 project for ADPH, conducting research and producing four briefings on good UK trauma-informed practice in Education, Health, Housing and Police, we continued our support with in-depth case studies alongside the jointly badged WAVE Trust/ADPH report. These documents were launched at a virtual event in December 2021.
Bedford Prison Trauma Training
In January 2022, we were commissioned to deliver 3 sessions of trauma-informed training to prison officers and other staff at Bedford Prison. In May 2022, following the success of this initial training, WAVE was asked to train all staff at the prison on the trauma-informed approach. This larger project has proceeded slowly as staff shortages across the prison service have meant only a limited number of officers could be released for training at any one time.
British Humane Foundation (BHA) and Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust (TaRP)
These projects support implementation of Trauma-informed Practice in 2 schools each, BHA in Croydon and TaRP in Ealing and Sutton. Whole-school Trauma-informed training was provided and a series of steering group meetings held with each to identify areas of Trauma-informed Practice where change would be beneficial, using WAVE’s Trauma-informed Schools audit tool. We collaboratively identified tailored solutions and planned implementation. Plans are in place for a third TaRP school, through additional funding raised by WAVE on a matched funding basis.
Bradford Trident-WAVE Resilience (TWR) Project
Following a successful joint bid with Bradford Trident and Better Start Bradford to co-lead this project to spread Trauma-informed training, materials and restorative services across Bradford between 2022 and 2025, the project began in March 2022. Work until October included consultations to establish a baseline measurement for evaluation and understanding of the current training climate; training development informed by this; producing an evaluation framework; staff recruitment; and other preparatory activities. The initial training pilot produced very positive results and we have a capable Project Lead in place to move the project forwards.
Camden Trauma-informed Communities (TiC) Project
This project was set up in 2020 to spread awareness of trauma, resilience and Trauma-informed Practice across Camden, to and via its residents. The model developed into one primarily driven by a network of Trauma-informed Community (TiC) Volunteers. We provided consultancy support to enable creation of resources for volunteers; streamlined the training programme; and established an evaluation process and progress tracking. This came on top of 5 full-day and a series of 2-hour trauma-informed training sessions for Camden’s Integrated Early Years Service.
Devon and Cornwall Police
The purpose of the Devon and Cornwall project was to create a snapshot of the current levels of trauma-informed practice within the police force, followed by co-creating a roadmap to guide the force in becoming a trauma-informed organisation. The initial proposal was to combine top-
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down and bottom-up analyses, using WAVE’s assessment tools for trauma-informed practice. In the event, the force decided only to conduct the top-down analysis, and we then worked with 49 nominated middle managers across all departments and Basic Command Units to complete our in-house Organisational Self-Assessment Tool to measure levels of trauma-informed practice across 16 themes. Data collection ended in October and data analysis in November. WAVE is currently carrying this forward in 2022-23, supporting the force in creation of the roadmap.
Hampshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC): Trauma-informed Training
After partnering with Hampshire’s OPCC for this successful Home Office bid, we delivered 59 trauma-informed training sessions, mostly full-day courses split into 3.5-hour parts. Content varied according to participants: Mixed Health audiences; Early Years; GPs; Senior Leaders; Trauma-informed Champions; and all other groups, including Youth Offending Teams, Social Care and Probation. We reached 1,816 attendees, exceeding the target set by the OPCC.
Our quantitative evaluation focused on how well trainees understood the core topics and how confident they were with key Trauma-informed practices, with improvements secured across all areas and groups. Qualitative evaluation revealed 281 examples of improved practice, with scores of additional changes interviewees would like to implement in the future. Client feedback post-project commended our professionalism, problem-solving and high-quality service.
Hampshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC): Conference
Asked by the OPCC to help them in planning and finding high profile speakers for a major conference on Trauma-informed Practice, The Life Journey of Trauma and What Next? , held in Southampton in March, through our international contacts we secured three key speakers. These were Professor Bessel van der Kolk (the world’s leading expert on Trauma and author of ‘ The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma ’); Laura Porter, who led the implementation of many trauma-informed communities in Washington State over more than 15 years; and Professor Mark Bellis, who conducted the English and Welsh ACE studies. Asked to speak, CEO George Hosking delivered an impassioned address on how Brain Development in the Early Years can shape our world view. George’s presentation can be seen here: https://www.wavetrust.org/video-watch-wave-ceo-george-hosking-discuss-early-years-traumaat-the-hampshire-opcc-trauma-informed-conference-march-2022
Hampshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC): Delivery plans
The conference was a great success, and WAVE was subsequently commissioned by the OPCC to support 18 statutory agencies in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight to become trauma informed after each signed a Concordat committing to do so. Agencies included adult and children’s services, fire and rescue, OPCC, police, prison, probation and public health. The project involved assessing their current levels of trauma-informed practice, creating an overarching area strategy, and bespoke action plans for each agency. Data was collected to determine what percent of staff in each organisation had previously received training on ACEs or trauma-informed practice. We used WAVE's Organisational Self-Assessment Tool, adapted to different sectors to measure their current level of trauma-informed practice. In 2022-23 WAVE is working with the 18 agencies to support the creation of bespoke trauma-informed and ACEprevention delivery plans, together with an over-arching plan for the four local authority areas.
Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland
The statutory services of the local authority areas of Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland retained our CEO, George Hosking, in 2021 as their expert advisor on trauma-informed practice for the Strategic Partnership Board of these three areas, which they refer to as LLR. During the year, the pace of this work was delayed by staff departures and changes at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for LLR. As a result, we were diverted to delivering Trauma-informed Prison trainings at HMPs Leicester and Stocken, and consultancy support to the OPCC and East Midlands Probation Service, in addition to the originally planned role as part of the Leadership Group developing trauma-informed practice across LLR.
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Tower Hamlets Public Health Trauma-informed Training programme
In late 2021, we were retained by the London Borough of Tower Hamlet’s Public Health Team to deliver 60 Trauma-informed Training sessions, and Trauma-informed Champions training. Our evaluation found improvements across trainees in understanding of trauma, and traumainformed knowledge and skills. Qualitative evaluation found many examples of changes made as a result of the training. Overall we reached 1,467 attendees.
Client feedback on the project referred to our work as being organised, passionate, proactive and professional. All credit to Project Manager Aidan Phillips, who managed client relations, and to Anthoulla Koutsoudi and George Hosking, who delivered the training.
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE
Governance
Having appointed Peter Watt as a new trustee last year, we were happy when he agreed to take over as Chair for 2021-22, our previous Chair Derrick Anderson CBE remaining as a trustee.
Peter’s Chairmanship oversaw the introduction of a new CEO in Geoffrey Dennis. Geoffrey’s background involved senior roles in large third sector organisations, including as CEO of CARE International UK, Royal National Children’s Foundation and SPANA, and International Director for the British Red Cross, among other positions.
In February 2023, it was decided by the trustees not to continue Geoffrey’s contract, with him leaving post that month. The Trustees and WAVE wish him the best in his future endeavours.
We also added, as a trustee, Jay Haston, as a voice of lived experience. Jay is Chair of our sister organisation Hearts of ACE, and a passionate campaigner for ensuring the next generation of children do not go through the experiences he and others experienced in their childhoods.
WAVE fundraising
In our last annual report, we noted that we had successfully completed our shift from relying on applications to grant-making trusts to bidding for paid projects to deliver consultancy and training. This trend has continued, with some additions:
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During his tenure as the charity’s CEO, Geoffrey Dennis focused on targeting the fundraising wings of corporate bodies (e.g. Barclay’s, Société Générale, Lloyd’s) and charitable foundations. He was unfortunately not successful in these endeavours, with projects continuing to be our main source of income.
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In Summer 2021, WAVE’s team underwent training in LinkedIn marketing. This led to success in securing the Devon and Cornwall Police project, to presenting at the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s four nations conference, and to making many new connections, including in policing (848); education (640); prisons (113); and a mixture of public health and local authority managers (640).
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As we continue to prioritise paid projects and training/consultancy, opportunities open up for repeat business with prior clients, as was achieved following the ADPH and Hampshire OPCC projects detailed earlier in this report.
Paid projects continue to be our main focus for income generation. Trauma-informed Practice is increasingly sought after across the UK, leading to many more opportunities than were present years ago; but diversification of income streams continues to be a goal.
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Financial Review
On a SORP basis, at £547,547, WAVE’s incoming resources were 39% higher than in the previous year; at £530,259 expenditure was 37% higher. The surplus of Income over Expenditure, boosted by a rise in the value of our Johnson & Johnson shares, was £23,509, more than double the figure of the previous year.
Reserves Policy
The charity’s Reserves Policy is to hold unrestricted reserves at 6 months of planned expenditure. At the financial year end, our total funds were £178,996. Unrestricted reserves were £142,718. This represented 22 weeks of planned unrestricted expenditure.
Looking ahead
The report above describes two crucial steps on the journey to our overarching medium-term goal, the reduction of child maltreatment by 70% by the year 2030. One was the strong build-up of cross-party political support in all four jurisdictions of the UK, the goal being backed by the Conservative Party in Scotland and Wales, The Labour Party in Scotland (and almost every UK Shadow Cabinet Minister), the Alliance Party in Northern Ireland, the Welsh Nationalist Party in Wales, the SNP/Green Government in Scotland, and the Liberal Democrat Party across the UK.
A second major step was taken when the Scottish Cross Party Group for the Prevention and Healing of Adverse Childhood Experiences set up a Commission of Inquiry into how to deliver 70/30 in Scotland. Though unfunded, which puts a strain on our finances and resources, this may be the most important work we ever undertake. If we can deliver a credible action plan and gain political follow through, at both local and national level, in Scotland, which is our principal goal for the next two years, we truly believe we can pioneer a breakthrough in policies which will not only reduce social problems such as addiction, anti-social behaviour, criminality, educational failure, homelessness, mental health problems, and all forms of violence including domestic violence, but also improve the nation’s long-term financial strength and stability. As the Christie Commission pointed out in 2011:
‘It is estimated that as much as 40 per cent of all spending on public services is accounted for by interventions that could have been avoided by prioritising a preventative approach.’
In the meantime, we will continue to support those who have already suffered childhood (and later) trauma and harm, through the continuing provision of our high quality, CPDaccredited trauma-informed consultancy and training.
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Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities
The Trustees (who are also directors of WAVE Trust for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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Observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
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Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In so far as the Trustees are aware:
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There is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company’s auditor is unaware; and
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The Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.
Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
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Structure, Governance and Management
WAVE Trust is a charity limited by guarantee (registered company number: 03863110), incorporated on 21 October 1999 under a memorandum and articles of association (as amended by special resolutions with the latest dated 15 July 2013). WAVE Trust registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (registered charity number: 1083059) on 31 March 2000, and with the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) (registered charity number: SC044168) on 24 July 2013.
New trustees are appointed to the Board by the existing Trustees when a skills or knowledge gap is identified. New trustees are provided with background to the charity and its activities together with guidance on their responsibilities and any further training considered beneficial to their duties.
The charity is controlled by the Trustees who provide overall stewardship and guidance on governance matters and future activities, while day to day management is delegated to the management team.
Human resources decisions, such as organisation structure and pay of key personnel are determined by the senior management team, and endorsed or amended by the Trustees. The Trustees and management have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those relating to the specific operational areas of the charity and its finances. The Trustees believe that by monitoring reserve levels, by ensuring controls exist over key financial systems and by examining the operational and business risks faced by the charity, they have established effective systems to mitigate those risks. Major risks are reviewed at quarterly meetings of Trustees and management.
This report has been prepared having taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in the Companies Act 2006.
Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on their behalf
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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees and Members of WAVE Trust
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of WAVE Trust (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 October 2022 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 October 2022, and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and regulation 8 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where:
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the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or
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the trustees have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the charitable company’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Other information
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Report of the Trustees, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance or conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material
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misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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the information given in the financial statements is inconsistent in any material respect with the Report of the Trustees; or
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the charitable company has not kept adequate accounting records; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
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the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies’ regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemptions in preparing the directors’ report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
We have been appointed as auditor under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and under section 44(1)(c) of the Charities Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and report in accordance with regulations made under those Acts.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken based on these financial statements.
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Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
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Enquiry of management, those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims;
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Enquiry of entity staff to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations;
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Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
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Performing audit work over the risk of management override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and revieing accounting estimates for bias;
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Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
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the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
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we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management;
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identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
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We assessed the susceptibility of the Trust’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
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making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
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considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
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to address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
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tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
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In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
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agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
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reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
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enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
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reviewing correspondence with HMRC
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Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
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Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company’s Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and Regulation 10 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY
Blue Spire Limited Statutory Auditor
17 April 2023
Blue Spire Limited is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.
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Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)
| Note INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM: Donations and legacies 1 Charitable activities 2 Other trading activities 3 Investments 4 Other income - CJRS claims Total EXPENDITURE ON: Raising funds 5 Charitable activities 6 Total Net gains/(losses) on investments Net Income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds 15 Net movement in funds RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 15 Total funds carried forward 15 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 253,510 275,472 10,046 487 - 539,515 108,909 402,912 511,821 6,221 33,915 - 33,915 108,803 142,718 |
Restricted Funds £ - 8,032 - - - 8,032 - 18,438 18,438 - (10,406) - (10,406) 46,684 36,278 |
2022 Total Funds £ 253,510 283,504 10,046 487 - 547,547 108,909 421,350 530,259 6,221 23,509 - 23,509 155,487 178,996 |
2021 Total Funds £ 234,628 118,818 1,112 373 39,169 |
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| 79,948 307,294 |
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| 387,242 | ||||
| 2,601 | ||||
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| 9,458 146,029 |
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| 155,487 |
The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than those dealt with in the Statement of Financial Activities.
None of the charity's activities were acquired or discontinued during the above financial years.
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WAVE Trust knual Report andAccounts to 3 Ist October 2022 Balance Sheet as at 31 October 2022 2022 2021 Tnvestments 30.W8 23,787 Dèbtors Cash at bank and iNh¥nd Total cukyent a••ets 12 82,723 IS2 180 214,883 18,012 1380L7 153,029 Ciedil01s'. amounts falling due within one year 13 65,89S 21,329 Net cuThnt assets/Qlabl]Itlesl 148,988 131,700 Net asietsJOlablJldeil 178,996 155,487 36,278 46,e84 FaiTvaLue reserve G•naral funds Is Is 16,919 12S,799 142,718 10,698 98,lOS L08,803 178,996 155.487 For the year ending 31 October 222 the cornpany vrns entitled to exernption trom audit under zection 477 of the Companies Act 2006 Dii•ctors' r•sponsibi]iti•s'. - The mernber3 have Thot required the con4)anyto cblain an audit of its a¢c¥unts foT the yearin question in accordance with section 476: - Th• dirctors thwl•dg• thèir règponsibitsti•s tor complying withtha r4wir0rtk•L ofth•Act vrith r•sp•cL to CoUnting recozds andthepZeati0nofaewvnts. The fin4n¢ial $tatements have been prep4red in a(rordance with the provi8ityns applicable io MpanIe0 ¥ubie¢¢ to the $nRU companiej regime under the Companies Act 2006. ac(>Jmpanyingnotes fonnpart of these financial st4Ltements. Approvodby th• trustoes and sigThod onthgir h3]f. Carc]ine Clark Dtreaor.. ¢ompanyNumbr 3863110 Date 27 mth 8023 22
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Statement of Cash Flows
| Statement of Cash Flows | |||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| Note | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Net cash flow from operating activities (see below) | 13,656 | 15,618 | |||
| Cash flow from investing activities | |||||
| Interest received | 487 | 373 | |||
| Net cash flow from investing activities | 487 | 373 | |||
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 14,143 | 15,991 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at 1 November 2021 | 138,017 | 122,026 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at 31 October 2022 | 152,160 | 138,017 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents consist of: | |||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 152,160 | 138,017 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at 31 October 2022 | 152,160 | 138,017 | |||
| Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating | activities | ||||
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Net income for the year | 23,509 | 9,458 | |||
| Adjusted for: | |||||
| Interest and dividends | (487) | (373) | |||
| (Gains)/losses on investments | (6,221) | (2,601) | |||
| Decrease/(increase) in debtors | (47,711) | 11,524 | |||
| Increase/(decrease) in creditors | 44,566 | (2,390) | |||
| (9,853) | 6,160 | ||||
| 13,656 | 15,618 |
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Accounting Policies
General information, scope and basis of the financial statements
WAVE Trust is an incorporated charity, limited by guarantee, incorporated in England with the company number 3863110. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The address of the registered office is given in the charity information page of these financial statements. The nature of the charity’s operations and principal activities are outlined in the trustees' report.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £.
The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the Charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received.
For donations to be recognised the Charity will have been notified of the amounts and the settlement date in writing. If there are conditions attached to the donation and this requires a level of performance before entitlement can be obtained then income is deferred until those conditions are fully met or the fulfilment of those conditions is within the control of the Charity and it is probable that they will be fulfilled.
Donated facilities and donated professional services are recognised in income at their fair value when their economic benefit is probable, it can be measured reliably and the charity has control over the item. Fair value is determined on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity. For example the amount the charity would be willing to pay in the open market for such facilities and services. A corresponding amount is recognised in expenditure.
Income from government and other grants are recognised at fair value when the Charity has entitlement after any performance conditions have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. If entitlement is not met then these amounts are deferred.
Investment income is earned through holding assets for investment purposes such as shares and cash deposits. It includes dividends and interest. Where it is not practicable to identify investment management costs incurred within a scheme with reasonable accuracy the investment income is reported net of these costs. It is included when the amount can be measured reliably. Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method and dividend income is recognised as the Charity’s right to receive payment is established.
Resources expended
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. It is categorised under the following headings:
● Expenditure on raising funds; which includes costs incurred to generate income to support the charity's activities
● Expenditure on charitable activities; which includes direct costs incurred in the furtherance of the charity's objects
Expenditure allocated to governance costs comprises the costs of production of statutory accounts and the accountants’ report, together with any costs associated with trustees’ meetings, legal advice for trustees and costs associated with constitutional and statutory requirements.
Employee benefits
When employees have rendered service to the Charity, short-term employee benefits to which the employees are entitled are recognised at the undiscounted amount expected to be paid in exchange for that service.
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VAT
The Charity registered for VAT with effect from 1 February 2021.
Taxation
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in sections 466 to 493 Corporation Tax Act 2010 (CTA 2010), as such no income tax is payable on the charity's activities.
Fixed asset investments
Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value with changes recognised in ‘net gains/(losses) on investments’ in the SoFA if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably.
Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
1. Donations and legacies
| 1. Donations and legacies | ||
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| Donations Donated services Grants receivable 2. Charitable activities* Funded charitable activities |
2022 Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ £ £ 7,899 - 7,899 35,557 - 245,611 - 245,611 182,771 - - - - - 16,300 253,510 - 253,510 218,328 16,300 2022 Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ £ £ 275,472 8,032 283,504 115,550 3,268 275,472 8,032 283,504 115,550 3,268 *Donated services represents the value of services provided to the charity in exces amounts paid. |
2021 Total Funds £ 35,557 182,771 16,300 |
| 234,628 2021 Total Funds £ 118,818 s of the |
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3. Other trading activities
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| Income from conferences and events 4. Income from investments Bank interest Dividend income |
Unrestricted Funds £ 10,046 10,046 Unrestricted Funds £ 129 358 487 |
Restricted Funds £ - - Restricted Funds £ - - - |
2022 Total Funds £ 10,046 10,046 2022 Total Funds £ 129 358 487 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 1,112 1,112 Unrestricted Funds £ 68 305 373 |
Restricted Funds £ - - Restricted Funds £ - - - |
2021 Total Funds £ 1,112 |
| 1,112 2021 Total Funds £ 68 305 |
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| 373 |
5. Raising funds
| Donated services - staff costs Salaries and wages Other costs of raising funds |
Unrestricted Funds £ 60,776 31,564 16,569 108,909 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - |
2022 Total Funds £ 60,776 31,564 16,569 108,909 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 47,938 23,240 8,770 79,948 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - |
2021 Total Funds £ 47,938 23,240 8,770 |
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| 79,948 |
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6. Charitable Activities
| 6. Charitable Activities | ||||||
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| Donated services - staff costs Salaries and wages Other costs of charitable activities Governance costs (see note 7) |
Unrestricted Funds £ 184,091 129,984 83,551 5,286 402,912 |
Restricted Funds £ - 18,313 125 - 18,438 |
2022 Total Funds £ 184,091 148,297 83,676 5,286 421,350 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 134,114 106,418 58,212 4,499 303,243 |
Restricted Funds £ - 2,443 1,608 - 4,051 |
2021 Total Funds £ 134,114 108,861 59,820 4,499 |
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7. Governance costs
| Donated services - staff costs Salaries and wages Other costs of governance |
Unrestricted Funds £ 744 2,292 2,250 5,286 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - |
2022 Total Funds £ 744 2,292 2,250 5,286 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 719 1,530 2,250 4,499 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - |
2021 Total Funds £ 719 1,530 2,250 |
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| 4,499 |
8. Auditors' remuneration
| 8. Auditors' remuneration | |||
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| 2022 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ Auditors' remuneration - Audit 2,250 - 2,250 Auditors' remuneration - Non audit 2,400 - 2,400 4,650 - 4,650 9. Wages and salary cost Gross wages Employer's national insurance costs (net of employer's allowance) Employer's pension contributions The average number of employees, calculated on an average headcount basis, was: |
Unrestricted Funds £ 2,250 1,850 4,100 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - 2022 Total Funds £ 165,078 16,940 868 182,886 2022 5 |
2021 Total Funds £ 2,250 1,850 |
| 4,100 2021 Total Funds £ 124,753 8,067 807 |
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| 133,627 2021 5 |
There are no employees who received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000
During the year under review the charity's three (2021:two) members of key management personnel received remuneration benefits totalling £126,004 (2021: £72,423) consisting of salaries, employer's national insurance and employer's pension contributions.
Defined contribution pension schemes
The charity contributes to a defined contribution pension scheme on behalf of its employees. The total shown in the note above was the total amount payable in the year under review.
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10. Related party transactions
There were no reimbursements of expenses to trustees in the year under review (2021: none) and no remuneration was paid to trustees in this or the preceding year.
11. Investments - listed investments
| 11. Investments - listed investments | ||
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| Market value brought forward Unrealised gains/(losses) |
2022 Total Funds £ 23,787 6,221 30,008 |
2021 Total Funds £ 21,186 2,601 |
| 23,787 |
The Trust holds 200 Johnson & Johnson common stock.
12. Debtors
| Trade debtors Accrued income Rent deposits |
2022 Total Funds £ 60,721 - 2,002 62,723 |
2021 Total Funds £ - 13,010 2,002 |
|---|---|---|
| 15,012 |
13. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
| Trade creditors Social security and other taxes Deferred income (see below) Other creditors |
2022 Total Funds £ 1,680 11,124 33,867 19,224 65,895 |
2021 Total Funds £ 1,654 4,534 3,950 11,191 |
|---|---|---|
| 21,329 |
13a. Analysis of movement in deferred income
| Training and visitor projects Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Devon & Cornwall Police Camden PC Bromley School |
Brought forward £ 3,950 - - - - 3,950 |
Released in year £ (3,950) - - - - (3,950) |
Deferred in year £ - 8,700 11,637 8,530 5,000 33,867 |
Carried forward £ - 8,700 11,637 8,530 5,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33,867 |
The above deferred income arises from the conditions of and the income recognition point not being met at the balance sheet date.
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16. Fair value reserve
| Fair value reserve brought forward Amount transferred to fair value reserve in year Fair value reserve carried forward 17. Financial instruments The carrying amounts of the charity's financial instruments are as follows: Financial assets Measured at fair value through net income/(expenditure): Fixed asset investments Financial liabilities Measured at amortised cost: Trade creditors Other creditors |
2022 Total Funds £ 13,299 6,221 19,520 2022 Total Funds £ 30,008 30,008 1,680 19,224 20,904 |
2021 Total Funds £ 10,698 2,601 |
|---|---|---|
| 13,299 2021 Total Funds £ 23,787 |
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| 21,186 1,654 11,191 |
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| 14,365 |
The income, expense, net gains and net losses attributable to the charity's financial instruments are summarised as follows:
| Income and expense Financial assets measured at fair value through net income/(expenditure) Dividend income Net gains and losses (including changes In fair value) Financial assets measured at fair value through net income/(expenditure) Unrealised gains/(losses) on investments |
2022 Total Funds £ 358 358 6,221 6,221 |
2021 Total Funds £ 305 |
|---|---|---|
| 305 2,601 |
||
| 2,601 |
Fixed asset investments are held at fair value with valuations obtained using closing mid-market price.
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18. Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)
| Note INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM: Donations and legacies 1 Charitable activities 2 Other trading activities 3 Investments 4 Other income - CJRS claims Total EXPENDITURE ON: Raising funds 5 Charitable activities 6 Total Net gains/(losses) on investments Net Income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds 15 Net movement in funds RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 15 Total funds carried forward 15 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 218,328 115,550 1,112 373 39,169 374,531 79,948 303,243 383,191 2,601 (6,059) - (6,059) 114,862 108,803 |
Restricted Funds £ 16,300 3,268 - - - 19,568 - 4,051 4,051 - 15,517 - 15,517 31,167 46,684 |
2021 Total Funds £ 234,628 118,818 1,112 373 39,169 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 394,099 | |||
| 79,948 307,294 |
|||
| 387,242 | |||
| 2,601 | |||
| 9,458 - |
|||
| 9,458 146,029 |
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| 155,487 |
The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than those dealt with in the Statement of Financial Activities.
None of the charity's activities were acquired or discontinued during the above financial years.
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