THE FLYING SEAGULL PROJECT

Registered charity 1152433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We spread joy worldwide through music, art, circus and dance. Working with vulnerable, abandoned, outcast and poorly people, we run creative sessions to help build confidence, aid childhood development and strengthen communication.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total income of £664,306 and a net surplus of £101,308 for the period ended 31 December 2024. The trustees have determined a reserves policy target of holding £150,000 in unrestricted funds, while the actual unrestricted fund balance stood at £409,928. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08404014

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Flying Seagull Project (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• HENELL, Sofie — director, appointed 01/07/2024on trustee list
• ROBINSON, David Neil — director, appointed 08/11/2022on trustee list
• SULLIVAN, Catherine Margaret — director, appointed 08/11/2022on trustee list
• YAY, Donna — director, appointed 08/11/2022on trustee list
• WYNNE, Steven David — director, appointed 07/08/2019not on trustee list
• MCALINN, Balakrishna Luke Cloud — director, appointed 07/08/2019on trustee list
• BRIERCLIFFE, Naomi Frances — director, appointed 07/08/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/02/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Balakrishna McAlinn
• Catherine Sullivan · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Robinson
• Donna Yay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Naomi Frances Briercliffe
• Sofie Henell
• Steve Wynne

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

Operates in: Albania · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Cambodia · France · Germany · Ghana · Greece · Jordan · Lebanon · Poland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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