MAYDAY ROOMS (A Company Ilmlted by guarantee, not havlng a share eapltal) REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for Ihe year ended 30 September 2023 England and Wale8 Charlty H￿ 1146510 Company Roll. No. 0rn0658 MAYDAY ROOMS la comp&ny Ilrnktgj by 9uarnnl80, n¢t ha￿r¢ a Shar¢ o¥lall Index Aeport ol the Dlr¢¢tor8 Roport ol ihe I￿leper￿jeftt Ex4mln 10 Statsm¢nl of Finan¢ial ActIV￿1&S Balance Shgot 12 Sigtsment ol Cash Fbws 13 ' Notes lo Ihe Flnanclal Statements 14-19 MAYDAY ROOMS la company Ilmllod by guarantso, not ha￿ng o Btsro ¢Wtall REPORT OF THE DIAECTORS FOR TtrIE YEAR ENDED &) 8EPTEMBER 2023 The Dlr8¢torn ol MayDay Rocms have pl&88vre In pio8Bniirw annLtal rewrt and the urtaudltsd fin￿la1 statements lor ile year ended 30 Sèptember 2023. In prepailng this report th8 Dlroctors have aompllgd wth the Compani¢s Act 2006, the Accounllw and Reporfng by Charfiles: Sta￿rn9nt ol Recomm8TrJed Pra¢tl¢8 {SORP FAS1021 and a￿l¢able 8￿oUnung $tandard8. Roferenee and admlnlstratlve Inlormatlon Charity name: MayDay Rooms Charfty numlxT: Engla￿1 and Wales Gharty RegL8tratlon No. 1146510 Company ThJmber'. 07780658 R99￿tered Ottke: 88 Fleet StrogL London, EC4Y I DH Ind8peThJant ExaMI￿r. D￿kSOn MSddleton, 20 Barnton Street. Stirfirg, FKa INE Bankers: The CO.0￿rat￿e Bank p Dlrectors arKI Trustees The Directors ol the chartiable company.llhe charity} afe a159 ts Twslges lor Ihe PUfr)ose ol charity law. The folbwlng persons act￿* as Directors ol the thartty ijurtng the per￿d to 30 Seplember 2023.. AIBX Sainsbury Dr Patrizia Di B81 Dr Anna Davin John Barker Clara BTekke MAYDAY ROOMS la company Ilrnrtsd by ouarJnl•&, not havsry a ghar• ¢WtsII REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR8 FOR THE YEAR EHOED ao 8EPTEM3ER 2023 loontlnu•d) Struoturnfv gov•manu and manapmont Con8lltutlon MayDay Room8 was IncorF¢ratsd and r8gl819r8d as a ￿MpanY Ilmilgd by guaranteg, wlth no shar8 C8pltsl, on 20th Soplgmbtr 2011 Icompany r8giYtr8llon number 077806581 and wa¥ reglst8red wlih th8 Charlty Commls8Ion on 2Vd March 2012 Icharlty roglstratTon numb9r 11465101. It Is govgrned by 118 Art￿laS ol AsyoGlatlon. In the event Ihg G¢mpany is wouTrJ up, th8 liabillty ol eath mgmber k8 r?slticted to £10. Appolntment ol Dlrector• The management ol the charty Is the responsibllty ot the DlrectOTS who are 818Ctgd cowed under the terms of the Artbles ol AssoGiation. Organlsailonal Structure The charity is governed by the fwe Dlrectors. D4y-to-day manag9menl is de￿gated to 51afF mèmbers. Th Dlrectors meel lormalty as a Board regularly durlng th9 year. Th8 staff mombers update the Diretttors al these meellngs and cirrJJlat8 mlnute5. Rlsk management The Dlrectors aTe ￿rre￿tty laklng steps to lormali8e the risk reoistgr, coverlr¥J all asF*¢ts ol the rth b) Iho charity18 exposgd. Objectlvos and activities Ob￿¢18 The oblecis of MayDay Rt)oms are to advance edvcat*)n lor the beneNt ol humanty by makiro a￿OSsibl9 and dis5eminalirwJ archNes, ¢IX￿m&￿t$ and praciic8s relating lo social atxl economic history and emar￿1patorY movement& Actlvltles The aLy)ve obiects are mei in the folbjwiro ways: Klentifying 'home￿, archival mateTld and entering Into liai80n with their hohl8r8 and (bnors with a view to accommc*J*lng them ￿￿thIn the Prolecl Cf9ating the ckJur. Her work aL%o drew paral￿18 to ongoiTrJ ellorts advocatlng tor free heatth ac4XSS. Publl¢8rfons In May we puljished Aoii.Prop Noies as part ol Ihe MayDay Room Pamphlet Sede8. The took thLwmenls the radical print aJlture that erupted in the 1970$, whlch saw political S￿1 sociJ movement groups laking-up n8wly a￿esSIble armj affofdable small off-set Ittho, screen printing arKI dUpl￿allen technologies lo produca leaflets, newspapers, flyeTS, comk8 Ixjllelin. kxjsitioning papers all in the ol struggle. It looks at how typos ol (Y1￿￿1ve projuctlon and design gave materlal lorm lo types ol organisation, èxporimeftta1￿n, orientatbn arKI authority. With original contribution Irom Social Commentating. Esther Mcmanus arKI GuglBlmo Flossi, archival reproduction ol docL¢ments Irom Big Frame, WapplThJ Dlspute. R#sIsta￿ GJmi¢s, Union Place.. Comniunty Resource Centre and Ra&￿al Bookseller. MAYDAY ROOMS la ￿MpanY Iln*t¥J by guar4nts#, nal ha￿r4 A 8hor• eatltdl REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Iconllml Ardthl Ev•nts In September 2022, w8 organlswj a dT8UJ88k*n wlth Romanlan ar¢hlvl8ts about the Paglnl Llb8r8 autonomous aFvJ non-higrarchically organk4od 9ditoAal co119Ctive . Arwhiv&, a plailorm that alms to (hxument th8 lessèr known hlslory ol anarchl8t movements arKI kteas In Roman1&. 8tartirwJ from the 19th Century up to the ygseni day. We also Programmed a live concert vAth Bengafi protest slng8r.songwrker Moushuml Bhowmk. B88ed In K0￿￿(8, Motsshuml fives and Works bètween easlem India, Bangladesh. and part¥ of LoTrJon', collabjratgs with artL%ls and scholars Irom mulllpl8 d18C1p￿neS. The IxJnc8rt was lollow8d by a ￿nVersa￿on betrfftfi Mtsushumi, MDR. and Df. Prryanka Basu about Mou5humi's Practice and approach lo archivin9, particularty In budding her sonic ar¢hive'The Trav•lllng Arch￿&,. October 2022. ￿ organiqfjd a Poll.Tax 'Scan¥thon' an ev8nlng ol collgctNe scanniro, dyitisirwJ and ¢atabgulrvJ ¢JJring whkh we ves, tha program aims lo olfer young peOe the tools to confidenty eXp￿re. Inlerrogats, and create the stories they want to tg11 or wish were told Ihrough engaoing actNibes that ￿￿tre creative play, conversation. aNI makIr￿. By inlrothcing young people to places, digltal 8pa(8$, and peoF4e that are made Iof and representaiNe ol them, we hope lo emwjwer their claim to history and what important to them. Many part￿1panIS in these initial lour sessions werè lir81-tlme users of tho archive aTwJ had rK)l known about Mayoay Room5 prK)i to learning about the progiam. Tho first event in Ociober started wth an Inlrothjctbn lo InNa and MayDay Ro0￿S archivès as well as a tcrtjr of Stuart Hall Library. This was followed by a creative wri￿ng and thIn￿ng workshop lacilitsted by Lola Oluf8mi fOl￿S]ng on imaginative uses ol the archNe. In March, nattJr8 practi1￿)nerS from BLLK¢M ¢olle¢tyve facilitated a workshop eworing the elements, senses, and our rgLq1￿nshlps lo the rtatural world. Through grounding pract￿88, creallve crafting. slorytelling, and Ile¢tW8 rellection, they look inspralion 1￿M MDR and SHL arohives to w)courage part￿1pant$ lo re¥)oTr lo the question . how can the land he￿) us create a sense ol belorvJing7 In Aprll, zlne makers Juno Bell¢bono and Tam Hart led a Bess￿n on Focket zings usiTrJ materlal Irom MayDay Rooms and SHL archives, ranging from a Saibr Moon.themgJ notebook to comnwn181 new¥)apers. Sp&aklng to the expgriencos ol our queer ancestors, their zln88 touched on hiddgn radical histories and forms ol peef support through storyiellinG. As zine.makers, they became lelkjw caretakor8: exchanging tPS, tools, tears, pain, t￿lk￿1n0 80ft w8apon8 lor social act¢oTh. MAYDAY ROOMS la Eompanyllrnll•J by quaTantee, not havlry a ghar• ot￿) REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 8EPTEIIBEA 2023 (Mnllnugd) In lh$ flnal event b81ore summgr ck)gure In Juty, w8 ￿llabOrated wlth The Wesl Aslan and North Atilcan Womfjn's Art Llbrary to presènt an èvenlng of fllrns gnd tslk 85 part ol thè 'Uneoverlng thg Arch￿8. youth program. We scr8en&d 3 films by arllsls Zin9b Sgdira, Ma￿a Arwanlo8, and Rolda Yavuz, as well 88 a talk b￿￿e¢n Kaltlen8 KorantervJ, Lamya Sadiq, and Ev&r Hussayni, along wllh a dl8play ol archlval mai8rfal Irom all Ihr891Sbrartg8 that v15ilors all in relatlon to reslstanc£ mcvgmgnts and art practk88 orlglnabng from th9 West Asian and North Alrkan rgg#)n. W9 discussed what archlv88 are and who ￿ usualty four￿ wlthln them. We asked we5dons s¥Jch as.. Can alternaJve forms ol archfvlng, ¥pe¢ille8lly vla fllm, unfokl and 8rKouragg a rè-lmaglnatlon or a rtrmemory? And how can archive8lllbrarle8 and waclity)ngrs Greate now modes ol rgsp8ct ai¥J ¢ar8 in the cirrjjlation ef d0￿mentatiOn and political, historKal. arKI ￿lSonal inloimalion. Activtst AlJdl• Profvet The year ol actlvibo5 lunded by JRcf havè been succe881ul arnl have broadty run lo plarn Actfvllle8 included lau￿h1ng the Brtxton G8ntrrfThllon Slwggles 1992-2021. a oollabjralion Jordl B￿￿￿har Dr MarKtn Hamm. Thls Imeline charts sixty evenis, campaigns and places in the Brlxton gentrificat￿n struggles In chronobgical order. It Starts wlh th8 1993 Brixton City Chaslenge to the merclle8s Implemenl?tlon of Lambeth's Future Brixton Masterptan In th8 20108. along with the enfoTC8mènt of auslglity measures lolk)wlng the 2008 f￿ancial crisis. It ends with the enlorcgd g8nlrilulKJn of the Pope's Fload area in 2021. wh￿h ￿ rw)w mthet8d a8 Brixton Rec Quarter. All entries link to artkles, Image8, vklB05 and some booksl thes8s Wh￿tt document activist pèr$￿tiVeS a8 ¢xmpf8henslvely as possible. We are just laU￿h1rWj an exhitMIK)n called Seize the Media. whKh pre5erts dtfferent aspects of lThYymedi?, k))king al how it was organwl arKJ mainlalned, as w911 as tho unique media it prixluced. 11 mainty featyres materials hakj wi the Actmst Mffjdia Project archve: the complete archNe ol VKleos upbaded to the UK lTrlymedk2 arxl LonLt¢r) In*media websites, an archive ol the Irytymedkq RadD London brotsasts, the entlre Lon(l)n lThJyffle(fia websile, variou8 ephemera and rellgCtK)ns from bro-tima u88w adNists and iklgrs. This year, MayDay Rth)m8 has remained aCtIve￿ involved In the Spatial Practices in Art ￿chiteC￿Jre for Empathth Exchange {SPACEXI inilkqlive. SPACEX is a transdi8cipfinary reseaich action that Fosters Colla￿rat1)n8 belween academ￿ insbluiions and Ihird-sector Organ￿￿nS through secor*lments. Within this pro1￿¢ we are focused on th8 archive stream whlch expk)res vark)us melhcKls for actNating and a￿eSS1r￿a dwJital grchives, as w811 as documenliro grassroots movements. To date, as well as SPACEX general assembly, have ￿rnpleted one-month bng seCond￿ents, one to the National Technral Unr¥ersty ol Athens a￿1 Universita Oegli Studi rfi thdena e Reggio Emilia. We have aLso atte￿Ied irainlng sessions in FtorerKe arKI Amsterdam. FuDdlng In May 2023. we were awaided a £21,600 donation from Lankelly Chase to use MayDay Rooms as the site to record a vKl80 podcast series on 'Movemenl Btryond Charlty, In collaboration with the School of So¢iql JustKe. The p￿st serves as a noxus lor diverse conversabons wlhin SOCI￿ movements aryj phrfanthropy. forging a crossroads in the mNJst ol h1stor￿al forces driving social changè amld cri9i8. Through in4epth inteTvrew8 featyring18aders in philanthropy and SLxial aCt￿l$M, the p(K*asl ¢hallen9es convenlK)nal thinking aThJ thi)catQs for a synibK)1￿ felatKsnshlp be￿89n thgory and pract￿8, empha858ing prax￿. Addre55ing crthcal issu8s Ike myralh)n. wverty, fausm, and climate justice, the po(kast transeend8 Indfvldual silog. examining the irbterconnect8d system of S￿la1 changg. It aimed io 108ter nwtval uThJerstandinG betsve8n movement activists phllanthropk enli11gs, reminding the latter ol their legitimacy roo19d in the struggles of past gènerations. The wdcast not only preserv98 rad￿al heritsge but also provide8 a theoretic framework acces81￿9 lo gra88rool8 movemenls, tsnbcklro Idea8 often ￿)nfInets to larger NGOS philanthropy. MAYDAY ROOMS la company Ilmlt•J by guarantse, not WrYJ a $h•r• carlt￿) REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR8 FOR TrIE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBRA 2029 IcMllnu•d) Also In May, wg wgro awarded £38,744 Irom Art8 Councll ErvJland lo run our pllot youth program 'Uncov•rfng the Ar¢hfve' for a fijll ￿lendar yèar. WEth support from 6chooL%, ¢ommunty and ytsuth cgnlrls, our alm Is to rgach oornmunltl88 that are normally Bxduded from mainstream hlslory.maklng prattYce$, name￿ Black aTbJ p90pl¢ of the otobal maiorlty, worklng ela88, m￿rant. LGBTQl+ and Di8abled peoples. We VAII provlde Irèa re80urc88, work8hops, and rèsld&ncles to gnabl8 groups ol young people lo confld8nlly bulkl a project around thg archNelarchlvlw thal Is f&sF*)ns￿e lo Ihelr unKwe parspec￿V88. hlglorles, ￿eas. The wour&m Is c8nlrgd on ￿akIng archlval work more p8rt1sloatory and Indugivfy $0 our laro81 C0￿m￿nItia8 f991 F8pr¢sented and Involved in hlstory.. th8 maklrwJ and Iglling ol it. All outyjul Irom the program wlll hokl a perman9nl pla¢9 In ovr physkal and digital wchwe and IrKlependenl radio plattorms. Thg program will wn Irom thlebar 2023- October 2024. In July we were awarded £44,055 Irom the Joseph Rownlree Charltablg Trust for a trlo-year proj8ci that lJJlld8 on AciNi$l Media Pro5ect past initiatNes, ftLuslro on gxpanding and dvJllising our eo118clksn, parti￿larlY Sn the areas ol peace, demllllarisation. and antl-war c8mpalgns. Kgy actlons inclsjde dlgltisiThJ the Gr8¢nharn Common collectlon, aggregating audlo-vlsual materials from various campaigns. and partnering wlth organisatTons in England arKI Scotland lo dgvebp an extensNe online resource. (￿1 collaboratijrts wlll extend to the Pgaco Musaum in Bradford and tha Women's Library Sn Glasgow. The prolèct will also invo￿6 enhancing AMP'S inlerface tor broader aGcgsthility arKI cr88llng Iravelling exhibStlons and workshops. Central lo our Project is our Greenham Common Womens P8ace Camp IGCWPCI col*lK)n, *vJhlightlng the opposibon to American Crube mi&8iles in Berkshire. By inteorating the GCWPC collectK)n wtth AMPS exBting resources, we aim to t#Jild a rich, colla￿rat￿8 publi¢ r&8ouic8. Thls plallorm will not Ivsl archwe historical movements bul aLg0 bolst9r Gurrent campaigns through citizen archiving and dèmocr￿￿¢ inte￿WetaI￿n ol history. In thjly wg received a £3,OCA) donation from the Lynan Mlband TrusL towards a prO1￿t that aims to estabf18h a sound re￿rrf1ng sturfio wlthin Ihg MayDay RooTllS archNe, dosioned to suy¥)ort activk%ts and researchers by proVid￿g free lacilths lor pothast and radio Show production. AknngsNJ8 this. sound editing training will be ollered to promote seK-organi8ed audio ￿nIent creatk)n. The spaco will also be to Pfoduce a regular MayDay Magazine￿Y10 podcast, show¢asiThJ materials from the archNe, highlyJhling (￿rrent campaigns of build1r￿ residents, and featuring selected recordings from wbllc events. MAYDAY ROOMS lo Gernpany Ilmltwj by guaranteg, nDt a gharo ¢Otdl REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 {Mnllnu•d) Dlrectors, responslbllities In relatlon to the flnanclal statoments The Dirgclor8 (who arè also Trustses ol MayDay Rooms for the purp0888 ol charity lawl a￿ r8spon8ble lor preparfng thè Report ol the Dlreclor8 and the finar￿le1 Sta￿Ments In accoTdanc8 wlth applica1￿& law and Unll8d iangdom Accounting Standards Iunlted Kingdom G8nefally Acc9Ptgd k¢tyJnting Pradcgl. Company law requires the Directors to prapare Ilnanclal stalomonts lor gach financlal y8ar. whbh glve a Irug and falr vlew of the stale of affalrs ol Ihg charitabl8 eompany and of the Incofflirg resources 8r¥J app11cal￿n ol resouTC88, Includino the income and 8XPgTrYtture, ol the charltable company IOT that perfthy. In preparlrrfJ these linan¢ial statements. the Dlrector8 ar8 re¢wlreiS lo.. select 5uf(able aG(x)unting poI￿leS arKI then appty them consi8lenlty', observ¢ thè mothcds and prlncipl88 In the Charities SORP,. make judggmenls and g¥1imates that are reasonab18 and prudgnl- Skle whether applica￿0 UK Ac¢ounhng Standards have been folbwwj. $ubje¢t tts any materlal deparlures dÉsclosed and explained In th8 financial stalgments; PTepare the linancial statements on the golng 0)n￿rn batsis Un￿88 rf( is ￿n￿ProprIatr lo presume that Ihe charity will ￿n￿nue In operation. The Di[￿tOrS we feskY)nsible lor kogping athquate accounting records that disch7se wth reasonab a￿racY at any time the f￿r￿la1 p)sitlon ol th8 charitable company and enable them lo ensure that the final￿￿91 statements comply.wilh. the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible lor saleguardfftg the assgts of the charitable company.8￿# her￿ k)r l*tng reasonable ste￿$ lor the prevention and detecbon ol fraud and other iriegularibes. This rew)rt has been prepared in accoftlanc8 wlth the special provK8ions for 8mall companie8 under part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. By order of the Board Alex Saln8bury Trustee Potrlzla 01 Bello Tru$tee SO kloy 2Q24 MAYDAY ROOMS la company 11rn1t￿ by guaranto•, nol ha￿r0 a 8harn carl￿> INDEPENDENT EXAMINER8 REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS OF MAYDAY ROOAIS I rgrArt lo the ¢harSty dlroGtor$ on my examination ol the ao>)unt8 ol ihe company lor the yèar eNled S￿h Septsmber 2023 whtch aro 891 out on page$ 11 io 19. Ro$ponJlbl1ltl￿ Ind bAslJ ol report As the directors ol the company (who are also r(5 Iw$t99s loi the purp0888 01 charlty lawl you a responslble for th8 Pfeparatk*n ol th& accounts In accordance with the requlremer)ts ol the Companles Act 2008 I'lhe 2C4)8 Act). Havir¥J satisfied mysew Ih8t the actounts ol the company ar8 not required to be audlted ￿t￿r Part 16 01 the 2006 Act and are 81￿1b18 lor l*ndenl gxamination, I report In respect ol my examination of your company's accounts a5 carrlod out under $*¢tion 145 of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 A¢t'l. lfi ¢arrying out Triy examlnathjn I have lolbwed the Dlrecllons gwen by the Gharity Gommi¥slon Ur￿er s￿n 14515llb} ol the 2011 Act. Independent eMmln*g glaleffrtnl I have completed my examination. l GX)nfirm that mattors have wme to my attenfjoh In COn￿ct￿)n wf(h the examination gwing me cause to b6lleve that in any material resp￿1.. accovntlng f8cords wwe rvjt kept In r88P8Ct ol the company as rawired by section 386 of the 2006 Act- or the accounts di(J not a(￿rd with those records,. or (he accounts do not 00m￿Y Mih Ihe acGounling requirements ol section 396 01 the 2006 A than any rèquiromont that thè accounts gwe a Irue and fair vi*v/ whK* is not a matter consid&red as part ol an iNlependent examination.. OT the accounts have rw)i bgen prepared in a¢xordance with the methods and prlncipl8s of the Statement of RexommeTK18d P1act￿e lor accounting and reporting by charIt￿S applicable to Char￿0S preparing their accounts in ar￿0rda￿e with the Financial Reportir¥J Standard appli¢able in the UK ar¥J Repubfic of IfelaTrl IFRS 1021. I have no concerns and have come ac￿85 olher matters in conngcik?n wth the examination trj whth attention shoukd be drawn in this report in order to enable a proFer understanding ol the awounts lo be Teached. Wllllam J Rusgell C.A. Dl¢k8on Mlddlgton Charlered Ac¢ountsnts 20 Bamlon Street FK8 1NE Dal8." 31 IAay 2024 10 MAYDAY ROOMS la eompany11rnlt8d by guarant•a, not h&￿r@ a shar• cwtall STATEMENT ol FINANCIAL ACTIVlnES INCORPORATING INCOME AMD EXPENDITURE Accouirr FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Noto 2022 Unreslrktod ReJlrkt•d Tot•1 Funds Fund8 Funds Tot41 Funds INCOME Grants ReCe￿able so.000 29,831 79,831 70.271 Inv8*ment Irwm 805 305 DonatkJn8 30.093 10,OCQ 40.093 27.496 Charitable a¢livilies Total Income 109,727 45,592 1S5,319 118.405 EXPENDrruAE Charita￿9 actlvllies 82.719 33,722 11&441 116,215 Govemance costs 5.196 Tol•l Exp6fidlture 88.280 33,722 122.002 121,411 N81 Income l (¢xpendiiur¢) 21.447 11,870 3&317 (3,006} Trnnsfers between l￿d$ Mel movement8 In Fund8 21.447 11,870 33117 (3.0061 Total fvnds brought lorw•rd 114,876 10,867 125.683 128,689 Tolal ftmds ¢attled forwatd 12 136,263 22,737 159,000 12S,663 The figur95 shown above ielale to continuing #cdviti88. The note8 on pag88 14 10 19 form part ol these financlal slatemgnts, 11 MAYDAY ROOMS la company Ilmttad by ouwonte•, not ha￿llg 8 shaw ¢apltsll BALANCE SHEET 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Nota 2023 2022 TANGIBLE RXED ASSETS 4,481 5.362 CUAREKf ASSErs Debtors Cash al bank aThJ in hand 3,808 4,912 124373 162177 CiIRAEHT LIABILITIES. CT¢dilors: amounts du8 wkhln one year NEf CURRENT ASSETS 10 154,519 120,321 NET ASSETS 159,000 125.683 Thg funds ol ihe ¢lwlly: Restricted lunds UNestr￿ted Funds 12 12 22,737 136.263 10,867 114,816 Total ehartty lunds 159.000 125,683 Audtt Exwnpllon Siatement For the year eFKlirvJ W September 2023 the company w&s enbuwj to exemption Irom aud￿ uTrJer SecDon 47T ol the Companie8 ￿ 2006 r81adng to 8mall companies. In approviThJ these linancial siatements as directors ol the company we hereby confirm: that the members have not required the ojmpany to obts%n an audit ol its accounts lor the yèar ending 301h September 2023 in a￿ordanl￿ with Section 476., and that we acknowledge our responsibilitBs for complyiNJ wth the rwuirements ol the Act with respect tt> accounting reo)rd8 and the prnparation ol accounts. These accounts are prepared in accordat￿9 wth the special provis￿n$ ol Part 15 01 the Companies Act relating to sman companies al￿1 con8titul8 th8 annual a(uunts required by the Cofflpanies kt 2006 arè lor drculallon lo mgmbgfs of the ojmparty. Approved by th& eoald of Director8 on kn May 2024 arKI ston￿1 on its t¢haJl by ireclof Dlreetoi Alex sainst￿ry Patrizta DI Belk) Company Regl$lr8tlon Number: 07780658 Thg nolos on pages 14 10 19 form part ol these finarKial Statements. 12 MAYDAY ROOMS la comwy Ilmlt* by guarantsg, noi haTAro a Jhve c•pitsll STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED ao SEPTEMBER 2ffd3 2023 2022 Not movom•nl ITh lunds 39,317 13,0061 Adluslmenis for: DepreGiatlon charges Inlgresl incom9 shown in invBsllng &thltles Ilncreasel I decrease In debtors In￿eas8 I (d￿￿a$8> in Graditors 1.1G3 13051 4,682 1,7C (805} 1,104 11,306} C)sh flow$ from oparatlng •ctlvltlos Cash flows fr(xn Investlng a¢tMtle$ Inierest incoFne 805 305 Net cagh u8ed kn kn¥èstkng actl¥ltle$ 805 305 {Dorns•) l In cash and ush gqulvalent$ In ye•r 33.996 4,485 Cash and cagh equlvalenls al beglnnlng ol Il* y¢ar 124.373 119,888 Cash #nd cash tqulvalents at end of thg ye•r 158369 Tha not88 on pages 14 to 19 loim part ol these final￿1￿ stalem8nts 13 MAYDAY ROOMS la company11￿1￿ by guarantso, not Iv￿rg i 8han ￿￿￿1&1> NOTES TO THE FINAMCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBEA 21JYJ Accauntlng Pollcl•J Ba818 olpreparatlon Thé financlal slatemgnts hav8 bèen prepaTed urder the histori¢ cost conventlon and In &c￿r￿a￿a with the FSnanclal Reportlng Sts￿lard 8ppliGable in the UK and Republ￿ ol Ireland IFRS1021. the ChadtbO5 SORP IFRS1021 ond thg Companies Act 2006. A summary ol th& more important accounilng polid95, whith have Ixen 8￿￿ed consi51entty,1s 8el out bebw. MayDay Rooms m*918 th8 detlnltion ol a Fxjblc be￿rit entity under FRS102. Preparation ol ffte 8ccounts on a going bas MayDay Roorns reportod a daficil for the year amounting to 23,006 bul has begn ablg to lully meet Its flnancial obligal￿n$ as ihey fall due. Tha principal source ol fundlng (onllnues tri be grants and rent free a¢commodatlon frorr* lh8 Glass-House Trust. The ron1-fr￿ lea58 has been exl8nd9d unbl August 2033 and il is antieipaied that grant hJTrJiro will continue at currenllgvets until th8n. On this ba8i8 the dlrectors are ol the view that Ihe charity is a ooing cone8m and the lina￿101 8tat8m8nls have t¢on prepared on basi8. Fu￿struCtUre Unrgstricted funds conyrlse acwmulated su￿U5e8 or deficts on gener21 frJTrds and they are available lor use at the difcretlon of th& Directors in lurtherance of th& general obj8CtNes ol the charty. Restricted lur¥J5 are creat￿1 when th)nat¢orts afe recewed for a portKvlaT purpose, the u88 01 wh L8 restrthd lo that area or wrFose. Inc<•ming resources All incoming iesourcès are recognised when Ihe charity has errtiuemenl to the resour¢es, it is probable that Ihg r¢source5 wll be receNed and the monetary value ol the ino)ming resource5 can be measured with suffiryent relithlity. Voluntary donations are aLxxxJnted for when recewable. Investmèni Income Is recognised on an accrua￿ basls. Resou￿¥ expended Liabilities are reco9nised a5 resour¢x8 oxpended as s¢)on as there Is a legal or constructNe obligation commitbng the tharity to the expenditure. Al expend￿re is recognlsed on an accrua]s basis and been classrfied under headings that aoorpgate all the costs related to the category. Overh8ad a￿1 support costs have been alk)cated tr*tsveen charitable acbvity and governance. The costs ol charitable actAiilies indude an apport￿nment of overhgad and support costs. Governancg costs compr￿8 costs invofvtng Ihg Wb1￿ accountabllity ol the charity and it3 complla wlth regulabon a￿1 goryl pract￿, these cogt8 include costs related io the ITYY8pe￿Jenl examinat￿)n together with an apportbnm8nl ol ovgihead arKI support costs. rang￿e r￿ed￿$sel8 The cost ol tangible tSx8d assets 1$ their purthase cost. DwrecialK)n is provided on tangible fixed assets to write off the cost, less the estimated resldual vakje, of each asset over its expected uselul life as bebw. Co￿pUter equipment Fumibjre and lixtrj lQtchen equlpment 25% reduclng balar￿e 10% reducing balance 20Yo reducirvJ b￿a￿e 14 MAYDAY ROOMS la ¢¢mpan¥ by guarant•e, not ha¥Ang a ghor• ¢8rAlall NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOA THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 l¢onllnu•d) AceouTrllng Poll¢tos (¢onllnu•d) Op&rating18as85 Commliments under operadrw lea598 are charged to th8 8lal8ment of Ilnandal aclfvf(188 In ihe period In whlch the rentals are payable. The charity opBral88 from premises ownod by the Glass-Hous& Trust lor whkh no monetary rent15 payabb. In accordar￿e wth ihe Charlties SORP IFRS1021 th8 dlrector8 havg 9slaNished th& lalr value ol the renl thal would be payable lor 8lrnllar prgmisos in the ￿%a￿On and dgtaiL4 provkjed at note 13. As th8re Is a lormal lease in place confirming that no rent Is payabl8 tho Trustees Co￿￿1er that no di5doSu￿ In the Stat8m8nl ol Flnanoial Acdvltles are requlred. Taxatlon The charliy18 r8cogni8ed as & charity lof taxaUon purposes. As such, the charty Is exemN from tax on iroome and galn5 to the exienl that these are appliod lo charitable objgclives. No tax charg8S have ari59n in the charity. The tharity is rK)t registered for Vabje Added Tax (VAn. Expe￿151￿re includés any attriEwtable VAT. Debtors Debtors are recogntsed at ihe Sett￿ment amount thje. Prepayments arè va*Jed at the amount prepakl net of any di$Gx)unts (*J8. Caslj atbank arKI in hand Cash at bank and in hand Includes cash aTrJ $hort term hwJhty IKiuld invgshFWts with a maturity ol twelve Months or less from the date ol ac4JUi8fÉion or opgning ol the dew8f( or similar wjunt Cr8dilors Creditors aro recognised where the charty has a present obligalpJn resijltiro from a past event that will Probably result in the tra￿sIer ol funds to a third party and the arrM)unt due io 8etU8 the obligatv)n can be measured or estimai8d rellthy. Cfgdilors arg TrJrrnal￿ recognised al thgir setdemanl amount after allowrKJ for any dwounts due. FinaR￿alIn$trUrn8nts The charty has fInar￿la1 ir￿truments ol a kind that qualfy as baslc fina￿la[ i￿tru1r£nts. Baslc rmaI￿la1 instsuments are initially iecogni88d at Iransacuon value and 8ubswwenlty ie.measuraJ at their settkment value. Incomln9 Res¢)urces Irom Generatod Funds Incom8 includes grants that were recewed and applied during the year, gVt4'ei* lo Ihe a￿oU￿til¥j policies detsiled In Nots 1 ab)ve. GRANTS RECEIVABLE Glas8.House Trust Joseph Rownlree Charitable Trust Other Grarrts 50.000 7.253 22,578 50,000 11.608 8,663 INVESTMENT INCOME. Bank Inl8ros1 305 DONATIONS 40,093 27,496 CHARrrABLE ACTivmES Roon hir8 8t¢ SubscriptKins Irom Frier¥J5 01 MayDay RooTris Ern￿oymert AllOwa￿e Contr1t￿l￿n lo Repairs from Laryllo Othgr Income. 11.959 6.115 4.697 5,761 13,951 826 4,532 1.024 155319 118405 15 MAYDAY ROOMS la c¢rnpany Ilmlt8d by quaranteg, not ha￿tYj a 8har¥ ¢apknll NOTE8 TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOA THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 l¢onllnuDd) 8urplu8 for th• yo¥ The surplus lor the ygaT18 Stated altsr ChargIr￿ . 2022 Board of Dlrectors and Mgmbors ¢0sts Operating Le88e Renta18 Indepond•nl Examln&rfs foes 575 Charltablg A¢llvEtI88 2023 Total 2022 Total Staff Costs Adminlslratton Costs Travel c￿1$ Ralos Hgal & LwJhl Repairs & Malntenance Ir￿Urance Consultary lees I publications Other Cosi8 Depr￿latiOn 85,405 5.734 2,867 5,495 4,840 18,558 677 7,042 4,944 881 116441 73,629 3,042 335 5,422 11,180 613 5.104 10,334 116215 Govemance Cost8 2022 Total Tola Independent Exarrinèrfs F•• Book-keeping SerV￿e5 1,690 3,871 3,636 Employees 2023 Total 2022 Total Salafjes wages So¢ial security COSt8 Pension costs Other Costs 59,484 4,697 1,224 67.853 4,532 1.244 AI 30 Seplemb8r 2023 thore wore 5 empk)yee5 {2022 - 51. No employee raceived gmoluments of more than £60,000. A defined contritr￿t￿In penslon 8cheme is avallabte to all staff. 16 MAYDAY ROOMS la ¢ompany IlmM*Y by ouarantse, a sharo NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL 8TATEMENTS FOA THE YEAA ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 {Mnlknu•dl Dlre¢tor8 •nd Related Party Transa¢tlons Nons of th¢ dlr8¢tors r8¢fjivgd any r9mun9ralion or rglmlwrsemgnl ol gxpgrths dvTlrq Ihg pori¢xl. Durlng lh& year the ¢haTIty re¢elved an oFeratlro grant ol £S0,00012022 . £50,000) ITOM Ihg Glass- House Trust, of which Alex Sainstyjry is aLso a Irus19Q. Furtherm￿8, the chartty oci#Jples pfem188s al 88 Fb81 Sireel, LoThJon providgd by Ihg Ghss-Hwsa Twsl undor a 10 ygar19aso fof a pepp8rcom rent. Se& note 13 for *Jrther Inlormalbn. Flxed Ag¥0ts Computw Flxlures & Kllehen Equlpment Fllllng8 Equlpm•nl Tot•[ At 1 ¢ictobei 2022 Addibons duriThJ the year DBposals thrirvJ year At 30 se02m￿r 2023 21,901 8,076 2,286 32,263 32 63 cumulated depre¢lallon: At I C)ctotr*i 2022 Provkded during the year Disposals d¥JTifVJ year At 30 September 2023 19,811 523 5,116 296 1,974 26,901 881 Ikt book ¥alug 30 September 2023 30 September 2022 2.090 312 5.362 Dgbtorn: Amounts lalllng dug wllhln ong y￿r 2022 Tradg debtors Prepayments 900 1,057 10. Cr8dltor8: Amount8 falllno dye wllhln on8 year 2022 Trade cr&litor8 Accru￿8 and deferred inwme 2,449 3,490 17 MAYDAY ROOMS la crmpany 11mll￿ by guaranbg, n¢t ha%lro a 8horo ¢apNall MOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATeMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED ao SEPTEMBER 21Yaa (witInu￿} 11. Funds Anal￿1# ol MayDay R¢)om8 al ao 8¢ptemb•r 2023 2023 Fund• R•slrl¢tod Unl￿trIOt Funds Flxed 188ets 4,481 4,481 5,362 Cuttont assal$ Debtors Cash at bank in haThJ 3,808 3,808 4,912 124373 129,285 22,737 139,440 162,177 Current IHbifilies N8t current •¥sel¥ 22.737 131,782 154,519 120,321 N8t A$5elslFuTrd8 22,737 136.2&3 159,000 125,683 12. Movomonts In fund8 At1 A130 October tr￿QMe Expendliuie Tran8lor8 SepteM￿r 2022 2023 Rgslrlclgd fund$ LarKllord repair ¢x)sts UrKovering the Archfve Payroll c081 support Sound recording 8ttJdio IUTKI Joseph Rownlree Chariiable Trust Spacex woj¢¢t Projector luThY 5,761 19.372 10,000 15,7611 (3.4761 110.0001 15,896 3,000 1,713 8,663 491 10,867 18.9661 15,5191 206 3,350 491 33.722 Landbrd costs- bviljing repair Costs mgt on behaw ol landlord and Teimbursed in full. Uncoverfng the Archfve - a partlc*tk*n kYOjèC* foi young people lor acces8lThJ and croalirvJ archwe materials. Payroll cost suppJrt- donated funds to he￿ hjrhj staff costs lor M2yDay Rooms aclivr(ie8. Swnd r9cording studio lund - to gstabfk8h a sound recording $tudh) to SUPF¥Jrt archivists aT¥J r88earch8r8. Joseph Rowrtroe Charllable Trtssl to the (x)Ilation aThJ rfigf(al sloragg ol prolesl vKfeo aterlal. Spacex project- lo fund 8￿￿1m9nts lo map European spatlal praCt￿eS. Pfokctor fund- tUr￿lnU sought to re￿a¢e a stolen projector and 888cLia18d equlK¥n8nt. UnreslTlcled funds Ali At30 Oclob8r Incomg ExporKlSturo Transfgrs Sgptémbor 2022 2ff23 General fvnd8 114,816 109,727 188,2801 136,263 The ge￿ra1 funds r¢pro5onl thg Iroe resources avaiLabte to the charity. 18 MAYDAY ROOMS 18 company by guarants•, not h&￿r¢ o $har• ¢aWI NOTE8 TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YeAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 l¢ontlnu•d> 1& Obllgatlon• Ur￿•r ow•tlng h•s•s On 27 August 2013 thè charlty enler9d Into a 20 ygar19a59 al a pepparcorn rental lo ocwpy rooms wlthln propety at 88 Flo91 Stregt, Lendorn. No monetary Settlement appllgs lo ihls 18888. The e¥ll￿ated rent lor slmllar proFety In the area L8 £259,00012Q22- £259,000}. 19