OSCR Scottish charity profile

Dr Gray's Hospital Broadcasting Service

Known as Wave Radio

ActiveCharity number SC024398
Registered15 January 1996
Main locationMoray
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC024398
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
IV30 1SN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Our purposes, as recorded in our constitution, shall be, through the provision of a regular and varied output of radio programmes, to inform, educate and entertain (1) patients in Dr Gray’s Hospital in order to aid their comfort and convalescence (2) the local community in order to promote health and wellbeing. Wherever possible, this service shall also be provided to other Hospitals, Hospices, Old Persons’ Homes and/or similar institutions, and to persons receiving care in the community, in the Moray geographical area.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of health
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objectives of the service shall be, through the provision of a regular and varied output of radio programmes, to inform, educate and entertain (1) patients in Dr Gray's Hospital in order to aid their comfort and convalescence (2) the local community in order to promote health and wellness. Wherever possible, this service shall also be provided to other Hospitals, Hospices, Old Persons' Homes and/or similar institutions, and to persons receiving care in the community, in the Moray geographical area.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£662£1,831014 August 2026
31 December 2024£1,552£2,396010 September 2025
31 December 2023£8,032£3,42702 September 2024
31 December 2022£1,233£5,528012 September 2023
31 December 2021£1,323£1,747019 September 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Wave Radio, Floor 2, Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin, Moray
Website supplied to OSCR
www.waveradio.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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