Mayday Trust
What it does
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
Its charitable purposes
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)
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- City of London
- Northamptonshire
Area of benefit in its governing document: United Kingdom
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £145,612 and spent £1,589,655.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £145,612 | £1,589,655 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £848,928 | £1,042,861 | 14 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £780,837 | £1,208,102 | 20 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £942,365 | £1,180,714 | 17 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,748,396 | £3,175,237 | 31 | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 95%, from £2,748,396 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £145,612 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 1,092% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 5 of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 18% of its income in the year to 31 March 2024 came from government grants and contracts (£156,850).
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: £125,068 from 1 contract.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | £125,068 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2024 | £60,000 from 1 grant | £96,850 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2023 | None | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £11,999 from 1 grant | £14,734 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2021 | £45,061 from 8 grants | £406,244 from 4 contracts |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2024
- Donations and legacies£23,120
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£818,317
- Other£7,491
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 23 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £3,680,282.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£2,221,362, 5 grants
- Lankelly Chase Foundation£810,000, 5 grants
- The Tudor Trust£207,000, 5 grants
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation£175,000, 2 grants
- Comic Relief£140,000, 2 grants
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation£60,000, 1 grant
- Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000, 1 grant
- The Clothworkers' Foundation£20,000, 1 grant
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation£1,920, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2022 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £158,545 |
| 4 Jun 2021 | The Clothworkers' Foundation | £20,000 |
| 25 Mar 2021 | The Tudor Trust | £25,000 |
| 4 Feb 2021 | The Tudor Trust | £2,000 |
| 23 Jun 2020 | Comic Relief | £40,000 |
| 27 May 2020 | Lankelly Chase Foundation | £20,000 |
| 5 May 2020 | Esmée Fairbairn Foundation | £25,000 |
| 15 Apr 2020 | The Tudor Trust | £50,000 |
| 16 Dec 2019 | Lankelly Chase Foundation | £300,000 |
| 9 Dec 2019 | Paul Hamlyn Foundation | £60,000 |
All 23 grants
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2019 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £2,023,204 |
| 15 Oct 2018 | Lankelly Chase Foundation | £100,000 |
| 18 Dec 2017 | Esmée Fairbairn Foundation | £150,000 |
| 20 Jun 2017 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £45,000 |
| 30 Nov 2016 | Comic Relief | £100,000 |
| 23 Nov 2016 | The Tudor Trust | £75,000 |
| 14 Nov 2016 | Oxfordshire Community Foundation | £1,920 |
| 22 Jan 2016 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £30,000 |
| 25 Nov 2015 | Lankelly Chase Foundation | £200,000 |
| 9 Jul 2015 | The Tudor Trust | £55,000 |
| 6 May 2014 | Lankelly Chase Foundation | £190,000 |
| 16 Jun 2006 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,728 |
| 15 Oct 2004 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,885 |
Trustees
2 trustees run the charity.
- Deborah Green
- Ewan Hilton
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 20 January 2026, 11 days early | Received 20 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 28 January 2025, 3 days early | Received 28 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 22 January 2024, 9 days early | Received 22 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 26 January 2023, 5 days early | Received 6 February 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 28 January 2022, 3 days early | Received 28 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1035524
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 23 March 1994
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 MARCH 1994. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 3 NOVEMBER 1999. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 20 NOVEMBER 2003 AND 11 MARCH 2009.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 OCT 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 MAR 2021 as amended on 17 Oct 2023 as amended on 08 May 2024
- Company number
- 02911222This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.maydaytrust.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Swansea
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.