MAYDAY ROOMS IA Company limlt¢d by guarantso. not having a share Capital) REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 30 September 2025 England and Wales Charlty No. 1146510 Company Re9. No. 07780658 MAYDAY ROOMS la COMp￿Y limited by guarantee, not h8¥ing 8 sha￿ ra￿la1) Index Pa Report ol the Directors 3- 11 Report ol the Independent Examiner 12 Statement of Financial A¢bvi1￿$ 13 Balan￿ Sheet 14 Statement ofcash Flows 15 Notes to the Finanaal Statèments 16-21 MAYDAY ROOMS la COMp￿Y limited by guarantee, not having 8 shale capilall REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2026 The Diredois of MayDay Rooms have pleasure in presenting their 8nnu31 report and the unaudited financial statements lor the year ended 30 Soptember 2025. In preparing this report Ihe Directors have cornplied wth the Companies Act 2006, the Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Pr8¢ti¢e ISORP FRS1021 and 8pplic8ble accounti￿ standards. Relerence and admlnlstrative infonnation Charity namè". M3yDay Rooms Chanty numbèr. England and Wales Charity R￿l$tratIOn No. 1146510 Company number". 07780658 R￿Istered Office. 88 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1DH Indèpèndent EKaminer'. BK Plus, 20 Barnton Street, Slirfing. FK8 1NE Bankers". The Co-operative Bank plc Dlrn¢torn and TN$tees The Directors of the charitable company (the charity) are 81$0 its Trustees lor the purpose ol chanty law. The lollovAng persons acted as Directors of the charty during the period to 30 S•ptèm￿r 2Q25.' Ajex Sainsbury Dr Patrttia Di Bello Dr Anna Davin (resigned on 30101120251 Mthew Ktoran Dunne MAYDAY ROOMS ia ¢oTnpany liffjited by guarantse, not havirrfJ a share raptsll REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Icontlnuedl Structure, governance and management Constitutlon MayDay Rooms was incorporated and ragister￿ a5 8 cornpany limited by guarantee, wth no shar• capital. on 20th Septembèr 2011 Icornpany registration number 077806581 and was ￿gIStered with the Charty Commission on 22fid March 2012 Icharty registration nurnber 11465101. It is governed by Its Articfes ol Assoa8lion. In the event the company is wound up, the liabilty of ea¢h mernber is restricted to £10. Appolntment of Directors The management of the chafity is the responsibility of th& Directot8 who are elected and C￿opted under the terms of the Arbcles of Assockqtion. Organisational Structure Thg ¢hJrty 18 governed by the five Directors. Day-to-day rnanagernent is delegated lo staff members. The Directors meèt formally 85 a Board regularty during the year. The stsff member5 update the Directors at these rneetings and circulate minuies. Rlsk managemènt The Directors are currentty taking steps to formalise the ri8k register, covering al aspects of the risk5 to which th& charity 15 exposed. Objectlves and a¢tlvltles Objects The object5 01 MayDay Rooms arg to advance education for the benefit of hurnanity by making a¢cg$sible and disseminÈb"ng 8rGhives. documents and prathces fekting to sooal and economic history and emancipatory movements. Activitl The above objects are met in the foll¢Mrg ways.. i¢JEntifyiNJ 'homeles5' archival material and entenng into liaison with Ihttir holders and donors with a view to accornmodatsng thern within tha Prqect crealng the orcumstances through which the archival matenal can be re-presented, made readi a¢ce55ible and activated by means ol a varI￿Y of educational means developing these eilucatioftal tnèans. which will include workshops, presentations, forums, serèèning5 and open debates. in a ssjrit of mutual co-lèarning encouraging. through these educational m6ans. a new and diver3e relats'onship I￿N¥een historical material and the publtG, and the broadest possible participation at all stages of ihe pr￿$ seeking, thrtsu3h these methods and an Open-a¢￿SS ethos, to raise hisloTic81 awarerEs6 promoting and ericouraging a 'spirit' ol research and $dl-educalion not only in relation to the materials held by Ihs Project bul in the public at large enleriry into tY)-oper8tive relations with other Bod￿$ endeavouring, in liaison with hoklers and donor3, lo make the material more widety disseminated by mg8ns of digital distribution, small scale exhibitions and o¢tssion81 publications MAYDAY ROOMS la ¢omp8ny limile(t by 9uarantee, not having a 5h8ie caprtall REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Icontinuedl Golng Conc•m After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors havÈ a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resourtss to continue in opeiab'onal existence lor the foreseeable future. For this ￿8$on. they ¢ontrnue to adopt the going cOn￿M basis in prepanng the finanrial statements. ARCHIVAL ACCESSIONS Woodcraft Folk The Wo¢xlcraft Folk were esta￿1shed in 1925 as a radical pacifi'st youth movement by and lor the working das5. Today. rt exists as a co-operative edLJcatK)nal Gharity guided by slogans such as education lor social change. span the wodd wrth friendship, and youth is not wasterj on the young. Thi$ collethon emerges from the international camp helcS in 2025 for the 100th anniversary of the Woodcraft Folk. It indudes." handLK)oks lor m85s catering., 8 ris￿raph newspaper printed and distributed In a field." and guides to politic81 workshops and acts'vities for children and young people. For Peacel A collection galhèring materials arml stories frorn live and historical campaigns working for p&a¢e. 11 includes pe8ce groups, dernilitarisation activrties, anti-militaf15t carnpaigns, ferninisl responses to war, anti-war mobilisalions. pacifist edL￿tiOn Pfoiects and rnore. For Peacel revisit the peace movement's materi81 history. to try and better understand the dNersty of tsdics and Intersecting movements which have shaped it. This collection com6S of phy$ical exhibitions at Glasgow Women's Library and Four Corner5 Gallery ILondonl mounted in the Springlsummer of 2025. The collecbon links lo the For Peacel Digital Archive hosted at MayDay Rooms Archive. and tre rnaterials draw from archives in the MayDay Rooms. Glasgow Women's Library, the Spirit of Revdt archive, Ststewalth and Four Corners, as wdl personal collectK)ns of some ol the movements and groups represented. MAYDAY ROOMS la c(xTrpany limited by guarantee, Ml ha¥ing a $hafy ¢awlall REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 leontFnu¢dl Radlcal Am•rlca Radical America was a product of the ¢ampus-based New Left ol the late 1960s. specffic31ty the Students for a Demo¢yali¢ Society ISDSI, but the magazine long outlived its seedbed. Its trajectory shows somèthing about the effort to place an Intello¢tual stsmp on the radical impulses of thè late twentieth century. The SDS- tonnected Radical Education Project, formed In 1*6. encouraged SDS members to start long-distance study groups that would èxplore topics relevant to the new radicAlism. Th8 issues housed at MDR offer miscellany of articles and documents having to do with the history of American radicalism. Frequent themes were the histones and stiategi¢s of New Left organlling efforts. Her• and Now "Here and Nobv, was a Biits'SP￿baSed situationist magazine published btheen 1985 and 1994. Here & Ni)w originated in Glasgow as the successor joumal to °Clyde3ide Anarchisl.. The first issue appeared in the spring of 1985 after il was agreed to set up the new journal in Decembei 1984. At the start most of its members were Involve(I wth the Clydeside Anarchists group, as the intri)ductson to the first issue states. By issue 5. a joint production schedule with a collective in West Yorkshire had Cornmen￿d, and many of the West Yorkshire gr￿p came from "The Pl8asure Tendenw.. Anarcho- Punk archlve Since the beginning ol the year. in co118boration with researcher Seth ￿eeler, WÈ started a project that aims to archiv¢ and tell the histories ol British anarch&punk and explore how Music cultures could produce direct acts'on, coordinate, and sustsin political movements. MayDay Rooms has acquired a significant donation Iiom tre members ofchurnbawamba and aims to expand the collection to indude documents and ephemera from other anarchtrpunk bands actwe In the last decades. Multltudes We re￿1ve(l severa Issues of the transnabonal French journal rdats.ng to polrtiLs, ar(8nd philosophy. At the intersection belween scrial aciivism, policy, and thoory. Multitude5 analyses new forms of mobilisation in Ihe age of cognitive caprtalism, focusing on digital cultures. intellectual property. guaranteed incorne, change5 in woiknng conditions. the ethics of care, political ecology, post¢olonial theory. cities, and media actNism. ARCHIVAL PROJECTS A￿hlyIng from Below Since its inception. MayDay Rooms has been tr￿1￿ on the prinryple of archiving from below, challenging thè conventional insts"tu*onal methods of gathenng, shaping, and disseminèb.ng the history of struggles. In the year ending October 2025, we conts.nued to host regular events and discussion groups to addrèss the practices of archivirKJ from below and strategies of ac*'vth"ng the histori85 of resistance. The group is open lo archivists. researchers, historians invdved in boih past and present organising, and anyone interested in radical archives. Our aim hAS been to share our own approach. learn from each other. and Collaboratively develop counler4rchival practices that oxlend btryond mere crrtique. MAYDAY ROOMS la ¢ompany l11n￿ed by guargntee, Ml having a sharn caplall REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Icontlnuedl For Pea¢el Concluding our Joseph Rowntree Charitakle Trust lundod pro1￿ whi¢h cornrnenced in 2023. we developed a successful working relationship wttt the Glasgow Women's Library IGWLI. which resylled in a significant collaboration.. a fft-an&a-ttall-month 8xhibilion on their premi5e5, together with a series of public èvènts. GWL contribul&d significant in-kind value to the For Peacel project and inwted access lo their audiences and stakeholders. Our collaboration the Spirit Of Rev(Jl Archive (Glasgowl buttressed this work and enabled us to m&kè the exhibition of great local relevan￿. We also built on the ex15ting relationship with Four Corners (London) to mount a thrde-week exhibthon there. Lastty. we decided to re-present the matonal from thesé exhibitions in an online legacy exhibition. pemianenly aecessible on the MayDay Rooms website". https".Illor-peace.may4ayiooms.0r￿. A5 part of the dissernination, we have also compiled 8 ¢al*oguelbook in the MayDay Rooms Pamphlets Imprint It ensures a new and different audience and another form of engagement wbth thi$ mattrria5 in years to come. Youth Progrnmmo In F$bruary 2025. we launched a youth-created oral history archbvè on thè Student Movernent ueated as part ol the Arts Ctyjnul funded 'Unctsvering the A¥¢hive' Youth Programme in collaboration wth On the Rocord. This archive wll be a resour￿ for past and prèsent student activists and researchers ol student rnovements. Koy athievemenfs ol the 'Uncovering the Archive, progfamme indijde intre88ed youth engagement wth our archive, the creation ol a significant new C(￿leCtIon of YOuth￿enerated uealive work, and the development of aceès$ible, atternative ways to eX￿Ore the histories reflected in our collections. We built trust with partiapants and the communibes Invofved, and successfvlly implemente(J a youth engagement strategy th8t can be adapted by sister archives. The pamphlets. posteis. zines, filrns and oral histories prodU￿d by 20fv participants have been crucial In actw*ing and reinterprets'ng material related lo Black Asian. queer aTrY working-class histories in innovative ways. These matèria15 Mll be attessi￿ed into our permanent collections lor use by future researcher$. activists. and archive-enthusiasts. The projecl a150 had a major impact on our internal culiurè. For the first time. we are embedding an outreath development strategy ai*oss our public prograrnming. Staff came into contact with collaborator5 and participants who have deepened our understanding of archival practice and content, and we are commrtted to continuing this model of collaborative learning to improve sector accessibility. Several proi6ct partrers are now approaching us for adwce on youth outreach, publi¢ engagement and future collaborations. DQPE ma9￿1n0 In Novernber 2024. we began an ongoing ¢ollaboration with DOPE, 8 Quarterly magazine about politrs. art and culture distributèd by street vendors free of charge and who keep 100¥0 ol the profil frorn sales. We will run a regular feature to showcase our cdlection and emphasise the importance ol learning from history for today's polrtical struggles. The first artide was about the Claimant's Union. and subsequ8nt artides include Troops Out Movement (Feb 20251, History from 8elow and punk (May 20251. Disarming the War Stale (Octobèr 20251 and Global Ecology not Global Economy (November 20251. This regular feature in magazine with a distribtrtion ol over 40,0(KJ per issue is an exc4tsng an(J vital new avenuo for MayDay Rooms to lulfil one of rt$ core purposes.. to treat our archival holdings not as static rep051tories of the past, but as live documents to leam from tod#y, 8nd to make these histories availalAe to as broad an audience 8$ P0$5ible. Podcastlng Studlo In the last financi81 year we compleleol the in5tallatton of a sound recording studio in the MayDay Rooms archive, funded by the Lipman Miliband trust. In the 18St financial year. this was used by a number tsf unfun¢led groups to make their own audio outputs, including programmes on 98rning. housing, political organising and more. MAYDAY ROOMS la company limited by guarantee, not having a share G#pil*l REPORT OF THE OIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEM8ER 2025 Icontlnuedl Spae8 X This year. MayD8y Roorns has remained actively 5nvofved in the Spatial Practtss in M and Architecture for Empalhebc EX¢hange ISPACEXI initiats've. SPACEX is a transdi5uplinary research a¢tion that fosters cdlabtsTalions beNveen academic instrtutions and Ihird.sector organisatsons Ihr¢)ugh secondments. Wlttiin this project, we ale focused on the archive stream which explores various methods for activating and accesgng digital archives, as well as doeumenb'ng grassroots movements. Two secondments took place in April 2025- the first to Athens. where our researcher co-hosted a radio show th Music Society web radio eXplor￿ng the history of rave curture, music. housing. work. unemployment and class. The second was to Hdsinki, where our researchèr workecj on a translation of 8erta Lask's 1925 play on the German Peasants, War. for publication by Rab Rab Press We cornpleled another secondmenl in June with tho University of Modena, and vi$￿ted aichives in Emilia Romagna and further afield induding Archivio Marco Pezzi. Archivio Via Ave8ella. Archivio G. Pinelli, Cèntro sludi e documentazione Sh¢rwot)d and more. ARCHIVAL EVENTS In OctobÈr 2024. MayDay Rooms hosted thè launch ol Dabath's. second publi¢atTon "Languages and Peoples" which explored an￿"_nationall$t strategies thitsu9h rnullilingual essays and collective responses. As part ol our monthly Archiving from Below IAfBI sèiies, we discussed Sven LindqvisYs"Dig Wnere You Stand" workers. history manu81, connecting DIY history with community-led archiving practices. In November 2024. we $C￿ened.￿l Work and No Pay" 119761 alongside videos from the National Congress of Neighborhood Women. examining the 1970s Wages ftsr Housework carnpaigns in London and New York. Wè then held a second AfB event on "Archive Stories" wth Sara Salem and M81 Taha. exploring Cfeabve and non-traditsonal arehiving approaches. In Deeembtrr 2024. we concluded the year with another AfB event exploring the history of the 1970s-80$ Claimants Union movement through an oral history project Ir¢Jn MayDay Rasjio. In January 2025. MayDay Roorns screened Johan Grimonprez's'dial H.kS-T-O-R-Y' alongside videos from the Activist Media Project archive. We facilirated discussions on critical video archiving wactices and how moving images Can Serve as resources for eng89ing wth historical fragments. In February 2025, wè cfrlaunched Mad Kin zine at Queercircle wrth an aftemoon featuring poetry readings. talks on rnigration and policing. and workshops on abolitionist organising and safe housing ne￿OrkS. part of a regular Archival Film night. we screened "The Archivette5" a docurnentary about the Lesbian Herstory Archives, followed by collective discussion On docurnenting LGBTQ+ histories and the challenges laced by grassroots arehtvtr$. In March 2025, hAayDay Roorns co-organised a screening of 'Ultravbolence" with Statowatth and People's Tribunal oll Poli￿ Killings, examining struggles f(Y jUStiTr by famil￿$ affed&d by deaths in p)Irce custoty. We then held an evening with ex-8ig Flamers Max Farrar and Kevin McDonnell to discuss their book Big Flarne". Building the Movements. New Politics" For the archival film night. we sryeened Cheryl Dunye's 'The Watermelon Woman" 119961, exploring theme5 of Blad( lesbian lilrnmaking and hidden Hollywood histories. The AfB event for this month was in ¢dlab(x8b'on with Agit Press. examining how archives can ￿nc#0￿ as an inventory, or as lodboxes lor contemporary movernents. We cdlabor*ed wth Pelican House and Revdutionary Papers on an exhibition and pand dkscussion about antpwlonial periodicals and 8rchiv81 materials. We celebrated the 30th anniversary ol 'The Association ol Autonomous Astronauts, which Included exhibrtions, screenings, and discussions on space rnilrtafisation and tourism. We then hekl an AIB session exploring how worktsrs iwuiry" methods could be applied lo archNal eontexts and labour. In M8y 2025 we tteld another AIB èvent with June Givanni, foundei of the June Givanni Pan-Alrican Cinoma Arch1ve and iecenl BAFTA winner, alongside artist and writer Onyeka Igwe. The ovent explored their experiences building archive cdlects'ons that loregroun¢J marginalised histories and develop radul approaches to 8r¢hiving itself. MAYDAY ROOMS la comp8ny limited by guarantee, not havlng ¥ Sha￿ upitall REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Icontlnuedl In June 2025, MayD8y Rooms screened "Rebel Dykes.. a docurnentary about the 1980s post%Junk Lcndon lesbian aclwi51 comrnunity that combined archival footage, animation, and tèsb"fflonigs. We a150 held an 'Archival Imagin8ries" workshop al Peli¢an Hou58 on how print ephemera and visual cutture of past movements can inform contemporary resistanco infrastructure. We hosted Minh Nguyen fTOrn the Dogma Collection to examine Vietnamese revolutionary visual culture and its parallels grassroots movem¢nts worldwide, featuring original Vietnamese revolutionary rnaterials alongside ple￿5 from MayDay Rooms. In Juty 2025, Chris Jones from 56a Infoshop archNe pr8sgntsd on three decades ol counter-cultural archiving Practi￿8. The tdk examined how materials are presented and used. exploring the sensuous nature of counter-cuttural producbon and why dift8renl version$ of texts are preserved in the archve. We also held a bookstsll at Brainchild Festival in London showcasing archival materkql and publi¢th'on8. Thi5 was ttte final evènt b8fore annual August cbsure. In September 2025, wè knck8d off our programrne a se3siry7 titled"Global Ecology not Global Economy,. examining lessons from the history ol the 19￿S ecological dI￿¢t action movemènt. This event was led by an AHRC PhD placementee who catalogued this collection over a 6 month period. In October 2025 we were also awardecl a Wyear grant trom The NatR)nal Lottèry Hentage Fund t¢ develop our collections. catalogue and programming for a project of the same ti￿e. In October 2025, PhD researcher ￿lelIe Lawson led a workshop on 1970s London grassroots and actNist newspaper print cutture, sharing ideas lor pot¢nlial London-focused arc*wal efforts. As part ol the AIB series, we screened 'The Ban" 120241, which examined British govemment censorship of IRA-associated voices during the conflid In the North of Ireland whid) was at￿Mpanied by a practs'cal guide to working wth film archives and copyright law from director Roisin Agnew. Foi a Ihir¢ts year running, Moushumi Bhowmik held a o)ncert and listening event sharing her recent work Rehearsals for Revolution. on Bengali songs and diaspora sounds. The month conclijded with a workshop wrth Lola Olufemi activating a Gollaboratsve digital assemblage of over 300 archival documents radical social Fnovements. exploring collective writing pradices and archival strategies for documenting the present political mrnent. MAYDAY ROOMS la limilEd by 9uaranlea, not having a $hare ¢apt811 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEM8ER 2025 Icontlnu•dl Fundlng Th& last finandal year saw MayDay Rooms close off two signifi¢8nt grant funded projects. The first was from Arts Council England lor our youth engag&ment programme 'Uncovering the ￿chI¥&,. This was for a total of £3e,744 frorn September 2023 to February 2025. wth Ihe last instalrnent paid in July 2025. Secondly. the For Peacel project funded by Ihe Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust erTrded spending with the launch ol exhibitions in Glasgow and London, and an online exhibition laund)ed shortly after In the next finaneial year. The total grant W85 £48.000, with an additional £3,500 given by the Bary Arniel and Norman Melburn Trust in SUPFQrt ol the exhibitsons. MayDay Rotsm8 conty'nues to receive an annual grant for CO￿ costs. as well as generous (*onations from patrons and supporters to cover bas￿ running costs. Rèsearch plo¢ements From May until OCtO￿r. in the frarnework ol the CHASE ￿a¢ement $cheme. we hosted a student from Ihe University ol Sussex. During this time, they assisted the Archwist and worked dosely Mth them to catalogue and sort aichival materia15, produTr archive finding aids. and trial-labgl wllectK)ns ar¢)und the direct action ecological movement. The placement culminated In an artide wrrtten for DOPE magazine and a public event at the London Anarchist Bookfair organised by the student. From Marth unbl De￿rntser, in the framework of thè AHRC placement scheme. we hosted a student trts the Univerw ol Cambridge. During this tme they researched the connections between anarchist thoLJght, organi5ing. and creative wactice. The pl￿ment culminated In an 3rbcle written for DOPE magazine and 8 Beries ol public events during which the Student explored the theme of anarchist creativrty In conversation with activist5 donated their collections to the MayDay Rooms Atchive. 10 MAYDAY ROOMS la ¢t￿panY limited by guarant88, not having o Share c&wtsll REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Icontlnyedl Dlre¢tors' responyibilitie$ In relation to the flnanclal ststements The Dt'rectors (who ale also Trustees of MayDay Rooms for the purposes of charity lawl are responsibl& for preparing the Report ol the Directors and the financial statements in 8CcOrdan￿ with ap￿icable law aTKI Uniled Kingdom Accounting Standards Iunited Kingdom Generalty Accepted Accounting Practs'cel. Cornpany law requlre8 the Dir￿torS to prepar* finanaal statements for ¢a¢h finawal year, ￿lch give a true and fair view of the state ol affatrs of the tharitable company and ol the incomlng resources and application of resources, induding the income and expenditure. of the charitable company for that period. In pieparing these finanual statements, Iha Directors are required lo". select suitable ac¢ounling policies and thon appty them consist$nlty.' observe the methods arvj princip￿8 in the Charitles SORP., make judgements 8nd estsmates that are reasonable and prudont., state whether appllcab16 UK A¢xounts'ng Standards have been followed, subject lo any material dèpartures disclosed and explain*d in the finanual statements.. prepare the financial ststements on the going concern basis un￿$ it 15 inapprowiate to presumè that thÈ charity will continue in operation. The Directors are responsible for kee￿.ng adequate accounting records that distlo8e wlh reasonable accuracy at any time financial position of tho charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply wth the Companies Act 20(￿. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets ol Gharitable company and hen¢s for tsking reasonaN¢ steps for the prevention and detects'on ol fr8ud and other irregularitles, This report has been prepared in accordan￿ wth the Speci￿ provisions for $m811 ¢ornpanies under part 15 ofthtt Companies Act 20LK. By ordor of the Board Akx Soln$bury Truste• Patrlzla 01 Bello TN8tse 9 June 2026 MAYDAY ROOMS la company limlled by guaranteg, not having 8 Sha￿ co￿*all INOEPENOENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS OF MAYDAY ROOMS I report to thp charity directors on my examination of the accounts of the company for ¢he year endod 30th September 2025 whi¢h are Set out on pages 13 to 21. ResponslbllFtlès and basls ol roport As the diredors of the company (who are alsa its trustees for tre purposes of charity Lawl you are r6spons&ble for the preparation of the accounts in accorrjance with the requiroments ol the Companies Act 20061'the 2006 Ad'l. Having satisfied myself that Ihe acwunts of the company are not required to be audlted ullder Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are èligble for independent examinatlon. I report in fèspecl ol my examination ol your company's accounts as carried out under sacts.on 145 of the char￿eS Act 2011 1'th& 2011 Act'l. In carrying out my examination I have followed the D1￿ctiOnS given ty the Charty Commission under section 14515llbl ol the 2011 Act. Ind4￿￿1*￿1 examlnees ststernent I have ¢ompleted my examination. I confirm th* no rnatters havÈ corne to my attènts.on in oJnnecti¢)n with the examination giving me cause to believe that In any matsrial respect.. 8c¢ounting records were not ktpt in respect ol the company as r￿￿red by section 386 of the 2006 Act.. or th• acwunts did not ac¢¢rd wth those re￿rdS,. or the aecounls do not comply with the ac¢ounbng requirements of section 396 of the 2Q)6 Act other than any requi￿rnent that the accounts give a 'lrue and fair view, which is not 8 rnatter considered as part of an independent examination.. or the a￿￿nts have not been prepared in a¢cordance with the methods and principles of the statement of Recommended Practice for accounts.ng and reports.ng by chanties applicatsle lo charities preparing their accounts In accordan￿ the Financsal Reporkn'ng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic ol Ireland IFRS 1021. I have m con¢em8 and have come across no other rnatters in ￿n￿rtiOn with the examination to which attenb'on Should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper undefstsndirÈg ol the accounts lo be reached. Wllliam J Russell C.A. BK Plus Chartered A¢countants 20 Bamton Street stirting FK8 1NE g Juno 2026 12 MAYDAY ROOMS la company limiled by gvarHnlee. not having a share caylall STATEMENT of FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES SNCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENL>ED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Note 202S 2024 Unrostrlct•d Rt$trl¢tsd Funds Funds Total Fur￿3 Total Funds INCOME Grants Receivable 50,000 34.986 84,988 95.602 Investment Income 812 872 2.422 Donations 14.983 13,5(M) 28.483 10.417 Charitabl¥ a¢tivilies 13.953 13,953 48,488 128.236 21.180 Totsl Income 79,748 129,621 EXPENDITURE Charft8ble 8Ctiv￿.eS 81.917 51,644 133,561 130,230 Govemance ¢0sts 2.034 2,034 4.443 Total ExpendltLwe 83,951 51.644 135,595 134,673 Net Income I lexpendlturnl 14,2021 13.1561 17,3581 15,0521 Transfers l)fften lunds 1671 67 Net movèmonts in Fund¥ 14,2691 13.0891 (7,3581 15.0521 Total funds brought fOrn￿rd 144,953 e.995 153.948 159,000 Total lund¥ rArrled fornard 12 140.e84 S,￿ 146.wj 153.948 The figures 5hovm above rektè lo continuing aciivities. The notes on pages 16 to 21 form part ollhese fin8nci81 stslernenl5. 13 MAYDAY ROOMS la ojmpany limiie(I by guarantee, not havlNJ a $h8re ¢awtall BALANCE SHEET 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Note 2025 2024 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS 3.197 3,772 ¢URREKf ASSETS Dèbtors Cash at bank in hand 14,348 132,298 148,646 20.551 132.647 153.198 CURRENT LL4BILITIES- Credrtors. amounts falling duè within one year NET CURRENT ASSETS 10 3.253 3,D22 143.393 150,176 NET ASSETS 146.590 153,948 The funds of thè chority- Rèstricted funds Unrestricted Funds 11 11 5,906 140,684 8.9 144.953 Total charlty funds 146,590 153.948 Audlt Ex•rnption Statement For the year ending 301h Septemb&r 2025. the company was ents.tlèd tt> exempti￿ from a￿Jrt under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2CK6 relab.ng to small companies. In approving these financial stalernents as directors of the company we hereby confim". that the rnembers have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year eTh*ing 3[￿ September 2025 in accordance wlth section 476.. and that we acknowledg8 OUT responsibilities for eoTnptyin9 Smth the requirements of the Act with respect to a￿unting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts are prepared in accordance wth the special provisions of Part 15 01 the Companies Act relating to small companies and constitute the annual acciwnts wuired ty the Companies Act 20(￿ and are for circulation to members of the compary. Approved by tho Board ol Directors on 9 June 20￿ and signed on its behalf by Dire¢lor Diractor ex S8insbury Patrizia Di Bello Company Reglstratlon Number. 07780658 The notes on pages 16 to 21 form part of these financial stslemenls. 14 MAYDAY ROOMS 18 company limited by ouarontee, not having a share c4pit811 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 2025 2024 Nat mov•m•nt in lund$ 17.3581 15.0521 Adlustm•nts tor- Depreciation charges Interest Incorne shown In tnve5b.ng activityès Ilncreasel I decrease in debtors Increase / Idecreasel in credrtors 575 18121 6.203 231 12.4221 116.7421 14,8361 Cash Ilows from operatlng aetivlt*s 1,161 28.144 Cash flows from Investln9 activiti•s Interest income 812 2,422 Ngt ¢a8h used in Inve$tlng a¢￿VItIeS 812 2.422 IDoer•ast} I In¢rease In cash and cash equlval•nts In y•ar 13491 125.7721 Cash and eash 8qulvalents at beglnnlng of the y•ar 132,647 1se.369 Cash and ea$h ¢qulv41ents at gnd of the year 132,298 132,847 The notes on pages 16 to 21 form part of these financial slatements 15 MAYDAY ROOMS la ¢vrnp8ny limileo by guarantee, not having a share rapitall NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THEYEAR ENDED 308EPTEMBER 2025 Aceountlng Polieloa Basis of preparalion The financial statements have been prepared under the historic cost convention and in accordance with the Finanual Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Ropublic of Ireland IFRS1021. the Charities SORP IFRS1021 and the Companies Act 2C4)6. A summary ol the more Ilnportanl accounting poli(i88. whKh have been applied consistenlty, is sel out below. MayDay Rtsoms meet5 the definition of a public benefit antity undèr FRS102. Pr8P8rats"on of the accounts on a going concem basi$ MayDay Rooms reported a defiut for the year amounting to £7.358 but has been abl@ to fully meet Its financial obligations as they fall due. The pnn¢ipal source ol funding continues to be grants and rent tree accommodatson trom the Glass-House Trust. The ￿nt-free lease has been extended unts'l August 2033 and it is anticipated that grant funding wll continue at current levels until then. On this basis the diredors are of the view that th8 tharity is a going concem and the financial ststements hove beén prepareé on this basis. Fund structu Unrestricted funds cornprise accumulated surpluse5 (x defirits on general funds and they 8r¥ available for use at the dlsuetson of the Directors in furtheran￿ ol the 9ener81 objectEves of the charity Restricted funds are created when donalims are re￿Ived for a particular purpose, the use of whi is restricted to that area 01 purpo$e Incoming resources All Incorning resources are recognised when the charity has entiuefnent lo the resources. it 1$ probable that the resour¢es will be received and the monetsry value of the incoming resou￿$ can be rneasured with sufficient reliability. Voluntary donabons are accounted forwhen receIvat￿e. Investment income is recognised on an accruals basis. R8sourG&s expended Liabilities are recognised as re80urce8 expended as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation cornrnitting the charity to the expendituro. AJI 8xpenditure is ￿CogniSed on an accruals tsas￿$ aThJ has been classified under headings that aggregate all the costs ￿lated to the category. Overhead and support costs have been 8Jlocated b8tween charitable activity and governance. The costs of charitable activities indude an apportionrngnt of overhead and support costs. Governance costs Comprise ¢osts invofving the public accountabilty of the chanty and its compliance with regulation and good pracbce, these costs indvde costs related to the indepeThJent examinab.on together wilh an apporbonment of overhead and support costs. T8ngitsl& fixgd assets The cost ol tangible fixed assets is their purcha58 ¢05t. Depreci8h"on is provided on tangl￿e fixed assets tr> wrfle tsff the cost. less the estimated residual value. ol each asset over rts 8XPèCted us8fv1 life as below. Computer èquiprnènl Furnbture and fixtures Krtchen wuiprnenl 25Vo reduang balance 10Vo reduung balan 20Wo reducing ba13n¢e 16 MAYDAY ROOMS la company Iimrted by guarantee, nol havirq a Sha￿ capital) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEM8ER 2025 l¢ontlnuedl Aecountlng Polieles leontlnu•d) Operating leasgs Commitrnent5 under operatin9 lea3e3 are charged lo the staternent of finanaal actNitEs in the period in which the rentals are payable. The ch&ity tsperates trom premises owned by the Gl8ss-House Trust for which no monetary rent is payable. In accordance wrth the Charities SORP IFRS1021 the diredors have estsblished thts fair V31ue of the rent that would be payable lor similar p￿MIseS in the location and details are provided at note 13. As the￿ is a formal lÈ&se in plac8 eonfiiming that no lent ￿ payable the Trustees consider that no disdosures in the Statement ol Financial Activities are requir$d. T8x8tion The charity is wtsynisod as a t*arity for laxalion purposes. AB such. the charity is exempt from tax on income and gains lo the extent that these are applied tts charrtable obiectivas. No tax chargés have 3ri8en in the charty. The tharity is not register&# for Value Added Tax (VAD. Expenditure indudes any attributable VAT. Debtors Debtols are rewgnised * the 8elMefflent arnount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepavj net ol any dist￿ntS dl￿. Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short terrn highly liquid Investments wilh a maknrty of twelve months or less from the date tsl aCgUTsib"on or opening of the deposit or smilar account Crgditors Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation results.ng from 8 past event that fill probably result in tre transfer ol funds to a third paty arFd the amount due to 5etUe the obligation can be measured or estirnaled reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any discounts due. Finènuèl instrumènts The charity only has financial instruments of a kind that qualify as basic finamal instruments. Basic finanual instruments are initralty rectsgnised at tran5adon value and subsequently re-mea5Ufed at their Sett￿￿ent value. Incomlng Resources from Gengr¥ted Funds Income indudes grants that were received and applied during the year, subj.ect to the aceountlng politres d9tailed in Not8 1 above. 2025 2024 GFiANTS RECEIVABLE GlasS-House Trust Joseph Rowntree Charrfcabje Trust er Grants 50.0(M) 22.035 23,567 26.020 INVESTMENT INCOMe- Bank Interest 812 2,422 rioNATIONS 28,483 10,417 CHARITABLE ACTMTIES Room hire el¢ Subscriptions trom Friends ol MayDay Rooms Employment Allowance Oth¢1 Income. 7,995 3.811 9.605 4.909 2,435 4.231 128.236 129.621 17 MAYDAY ROOMS 18 company limited by guarantee. not having a share capilall NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SÉPTEMBER 2025 Icontlnuedl Deficlt for the year Thè Surplus for the year is stated after chargitYJ- 2025 2024 Board of D1￿ctOrS and Mèmbers costs Owrating Lease Rentals IndeperFdent Ex8miner's fees 2.034 1,680 Charitablg Actlvitie$ 2025 Total 2024 Total Staff Costs Adrninistration Costs Travel Costs Rates Heat & Light Repair5 & Maintenance Insurance Consu11ancy fees I publications Other Costs Depreuation 75.630 4,738 2,884 7,804 7,097 4,824 819 3, 100 26,090 575 133581 75,015 6.580 1,477 3,090 5,294 11.939 831 1,254 24,042 130230 Govemance Costs 2025 Total 2024 Totsl lTrYependent Examiners Fee B00k-kee￿n9 S8Nices 2.034 1.680 2.763 2.034 4.443 Employtej 202S Total 2024 Total Salanes and wdgts Social security costs Pension Gtssts Other costs 74.273 49 1,308 71,069 2,596 7,350 75,630 75,015 At 30 September 2025 there were 5 employees 12024 51. No employee reeewed emolurnertls ol more than £60,000. A defined contribution pension scheme is availabl* lo all staff. 18 MAYDAY ROOMS 18 company limiled by guarantee, not ha¥iNJ a $hare raFNtsII NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Icontlnuedl Dlr¥¢itsrn and Relat￿ Party Transactlons None of the directors re￿IVed ary remuneration or reimbursement ol trxpenses during the period. During the year the charity re￿iVed an operating grant of £X).00012024 - £50.Ot)01 from the Glass. House Trust, of which Aex Sain3bury is also a trustee. Furtherrnore, the charty occupies premises at 88 Fleet Street London provided by th8 Glass-House Trust under a 10 year lease lor a peppercom rent See note 13 for further information. Flxod Assets Compther Flxtures & Equlpment Fitting# KStchen Equipment Total Cost: At 1 October 2024 Arjditions during the year Disposa15 during year At 30 September 2025 21,901 8,076 2.286 32.263 2.286 A¢¢umulated depTec5atlon: At 1 October 2024 Provided during the year Disposals during year AI 30 September 2025 20.726 295 5,679 240 2.086 40 28,491 575 21.021 2.126 29,066 N•t book value 30 Septernber 2025 2,157 160 3,197 30 September 2024 2.397 200 3.772 Debtor$'. Amounts falllng due wlthln ona yéar 2025 2024 Trade debtors Prepayments Other debtors 197 15.405 4.949 14 280 14,348 10. CredStors: Amounts falllng duo wlthln one year 2025 2024 Trade creditors A¢¢iuals and deferred income 3.253 3,253 3.022 3.022 19 MAYDAY ROOMS la company limited by guaranlea, not havlng a $h8re ¢8wlall NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 leontlnuedl 11. Funds An3ty$l¥ of MayDay Rooms at 30 Septèmbèr 2025 2025 Funds 2024 Funds R•striet•d Unrestricted Flxed assets 3,197 3,197 3.772 Current assets Debtors C8sh al bank and in hand 14.348 126.392 140.740 3,253 14,348 132,298 146,846 3,253 20,551 132,647 153, 198 3,022 150,176 Current li4bilities Net CUfTent assets 137.487 143.393 Nèt Ass•tslFunds 5,9C 140,684 146.590 153,948 12. Movements In fund$ At1 Octobèr In¢ome 2024 At30 Expendlture Transfers Sept•mber 2025 R•$trl¢twl lund8 Lush A Sainsbury- Payrdl Uncovering the Archive City of London Sound recording studK) fund Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Spacex project Projector ￿nd Ami¥l & Melbum Trust 14511 110.1)001 17.5911 189 10,000 3.874 3.650 67 65 65 799 26.020 3.350 5,094 491 125,9261 16.4761 893 1.968 491 2,300 5,906 3.500 48.486 1,200 51,644 8,995 67 Lush- to run a prq'ecl on Gentrifution and Climate Change. Uncovering the Arehivg archive materials. a parb'cipats'on project for young peopl* for &¢e$siry and crea*ng Sound recording studio fund to estsblish a sound recording studio to support archivists and researchers. Joseph Rowntree Charrtabl¢ Trust - to fund the collation and digital storage of protest video rnal8ri81. Spacèx proje¢t- lo fund secondments to map European spab81 pra(*c&$. Projector ftJnd- funding sought to replace a StO￿n projector and a3sorialed eqliprnenl. Cty of London - To Incre8se the accessil%'lity of the building for wheelchair users and fgr people with otrer mobility issues. Amiel & Melburn Trust - for the preparation of phy81C813nd online exhibitions exploring our collections on peacè and a￿t￿MIlItari4rn. 20 MAYDAY ROOMS la c(xnpany Ilmlled by guarontee, jot ha￿ng 8 share caprtall NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STA TEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 Icontlnuedl Unrestrlcted funds Atl At30 October In¢ome Expèndlture Transfws Septsmbèr 2024 2025 Ganèt81 lunds 144,953 79,748 183,9511 16n 140,684 The general lunds represent the free resourc85 available to the ¢harity. 13, Obllgatlon$ under Opera￿n5 leaseg On 27 August 2013 the charity entered into a 20 year leas¢ al a peppercorn rantsl to OCLUPY rooms thin propety at 88 Flggt Street, London. No monetory settlement applies to this lease. The esb'mated rent ft>r similar property in the ar8a is £259,00012024- £259,000).