MAYDAY TRUST

Registered charity 1035524 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mayday Trust provides The PTS Response, person-led, transitional and strengths-based coaching. Returning control to people to shape their own futures. We developed strengths-based, person-led coaching to people experiencing tough times like homelessness or leaving care. We use the learning and values of this approach to help organisations and local area implement practical strengths-based working

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(1) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED OR SUFFERING HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY (INCLUDING MENTAL AND LEARNING OR ASSOCIATED DISABILITIES), VULNERABILITY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY (INCLUDING ALCOHOL, DRUG OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE), HOMELESSNESS, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, HAVING SUFFERED A RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE AND COUNSELLING.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.(3) TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING HOUSES, HOSTELS, SUPPORTED HOUSING OR ANY OTHER HOUSING AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS AND OTHERS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN NEED OR SUFFERING HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY, ON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS.(4) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE DISADVANTAGES AT 1.1(1)

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant deficit of £1,444,043 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily driven by a £1.2 million donation to its parent company. Despite this loss, the charity holds free reserves of £208,660, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £170,000. The trustees and auditors confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, noting that the parent charity has committed to support Mayday through its formal closure process.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02911222 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GREEN, Deborah — director, appointed 20/10/2023on trustee list
• HILTON, Ewan, Me — director, appointed 20/10/2023on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Mayday Trust — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 16/05/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Green
• Ewan Hilton

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of London · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAYFIELD TRUST.

• THE MAYFIELD TRUST income £5.1m
• THE MAYTREE RESPITE CENTRE income £249k
• MARTHA TRUST income £8.3m
• EDWARD MAYES TRUST income £472k
• THE JESSIE MAY TRUST income £1.9m
• TRANSOM TRUST income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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