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MAYDAY ROOMS

Registered charity 1146510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of Mayday Rooms are to advance education for the public benefit by making accessible and disseminating archives, documents and practices relating to social and cultural history and emancipatory movements.

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Latest income
£128k
Latest spending
£136k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £7,358 for the year ended 30 September 2025. However, the filing notes that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by a rent-free lease from the Glass-House Trust until August 2033 and continued grant funding. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £140,684, providing a significant buffer against the reported deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants Receivable (39% of income)
“Grants Receivable 50,000 34,988 84,988 95,602” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£128k£136k
30/09/2024£130k£135k
30/09/2023£155k£122k
30/09/2022£118k£121k
30/09/2021£99k£110k

Common questions

Is MAYDAY ROOMS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £7,358 for the year ended 30 September 2025. However, the filing notes that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by a rent-free lease from the Glass-House Trust until August 2033 and continued grant funding. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £140,684, providing a significant buffer against the reported deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MAYDAY ROOMS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAYDAY ROOMS as a grant recipient include THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUST, THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUSTFY2022£50kTowards the charity’s running costs.
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£44kActivist Media Project
THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUSTFY2023£38kTowards the charity’s running costs

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/10/2025£100k"Global Ecology not Global Economy: Archives of Environmental Resistance"
City Bridge Foundation03/08/2022£3kGrant to MayDay Rooms
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/03/2017£9k"The MayDay Rooms Housing Campaign Heritage Archive"