## **The Male Journey A Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registration Number: 1163767 Trustee’s Report for the 12 months to 28th February 2025**
## **Background**
The Male Journey a.irms and supports men seeking a life-long journey of spiritual consciousness in order to transform themselves, and through these journeys, their relationships, families, workplaces, communities and our environment.
Our programmes, events and resources provide men with opportunities to do their 'inner work' in the company of other men. We use ritual, teaching and ‘Way of Council’ (a proven method of facilitating group work that invites all present to be fully heard without interruption or correction, facilitating trust, confidence and authenticity) to create safe environments where men can explore and discover their deeper selves and the true purpose of their lives. We provide spaces where:
- men can be vulnerable without being judged or shamed
- men can share their emotions openly
- men can let go of those patterns and beliefs that no longer serve them
- men can rediscover and reconnect with the power of nature, mystery and the universe
- men can establish true relationships with authenticity and integrity
We welcome all who identify as men, without regard to age, ethnicity, background, sexual orientation, status, or creed. We are inclusive. We support men of all faiths, and none.
## **Events (Details of our public events can be found on our website)**
1. Stokers and Convenors weekend May 2024, to support the facilitators of local groups
2. Men's Rites of Passage, The Bield (near Perth, Scotland), July 2024. 26 men undertook their initiation Rites of Passage, supported by a team of 14 including 2 men from MALEs Ireland.
3. Drumming weekend, October 2024
4. The Moot, our annual planning meeting, November 2024. Here is a summary of that.
_Last [year’s] Moot was a powerful gathering of men journeying together and focused on reflection, connection, and visioning for The Male Journey’s future. On man wrote that he experienced the most inspiring moment of individual and collective compassion that he had ever witnessed in a men’s circle. The potential of our work when we come together in community is enormous and whether [men] joined us in person or were with us in spirit, your presence in this community is felt, deeply valued, wanted and needed._
_Beyond doing our personal work TMJ trustees shared new ideas on the way that we might organise ourselves to serve our community. Men came forward to offer their energy to one of the five circles and with this fresh energy we head into the new year. We continue to be_
_on the lookout for anyone who feels able to share their energy or wisdom with any of the following action circles:_
- _Rites of passage (and similar ‘big’ events)_
- _Other offerings / retreats and ongoing support for men including Eurosoul and companionship_
- _Local groups_
- _Communications and engagement_
- _Governance and sustainability._
5. AGM, 26[th] November 2024
## **Other activities**
1. Ongoing development of Action Circles
2. Local and Online Groups mostly meet monthly, although some meet more often. There are approximately 20 such groups in the UK and they o.er opportunities for men to continue their ‘journey' and to invite other men to join our organisation.
3. New website launch
4. Upgraded Safeguarding procedures at Rites
5. Begun planning for ReSource 2025
**Trustees**
Tim Lyttle (chair) Stephen Ashton Francis O’Leary Joel Bubbers Andrew Sully (appointed May 2024) Massimiliano Calligola (appointed August 2024) Stanley Rogers (appointed October 2024) Kevin McNally (resigned November 2024) David Townsend (resigned November 2024)
## **The Male Journey**
## **A Charitable Incorporated Organisation - Registration Number 1163767 Income and Expenditure 2024/2025**
|**Donations**
General Donations
Bursary Fund Income
Bursary Fund Awards
**Total Donations**
**Events**
Moot Income
Moot Cost
MROP Income
MROP Cost
Poetry Books Income
Poetry Books Cost
Stokers Weekend Income
Stokers Weekend Cost
Trustee Weekend
**Total Events**
**Other**
Bank Interest Income
**Total Other**
**Surplus / (Deficit) before Operating Expenses**
**Operating Expenses**
Insurance
Marketing
Sundry
Website
Zoom
**Total Operating Expenses**
**Surplus / (Deficit) after Operating Expenses**|**12 months to**
**28Feb25**
1,350
338
(304)
**1,384**
4,621
(5,115)
12,389
(15,668)
99
(844)
3,247
(3,247)
(342)
**(4,861)**
340
**340**
**(3,137)**
(390)
(198)
(53)
(459)
(477)
**(1,575)**
**(4,713)**|
|---|---|
## **The Male Journey**
## **A Charitable Incorporated Organisation - Registration Number 1163767 Assets & Liabilities 2024/2025**
|**Cash and Bank**
Triodos - Undesignated
Triodos - Bursary Fund
Triodos - Development Fund
Stripe
Paypal
**Total Cash and Bank**
**Other Current Assets**
Prepayments
Stock
**Total Other Current Assets**
**Total Assets**
**Current Liabilities**
Accruals
Advance Receipts for Events
**Total Current Liabilities**
**Net Assets**
**Represented By:**
General Reserve
Bursary Reserve
Development Reserve
**Total Reserves**|**Opening Balance**
**(1Mar24)**
**Closing Balance**
**(28Feb25)**
15,478
10,693
1,668
1,702
565
565
-
247
-
-
**17,711**
**13,206**
583
654
844
-
**1,427**
**654**
**19,138**
**13,860**
(484)
-
(2,217)
(2,136)
**(2,701)**
**(2,136)**
**16,437**
**11,724**
14,205
9,458
1,668
1,702
565
565
**16,437**
**11,724**|**Movement**
(4,785)
34
-
247
-
**(4,504)**
70
(844)
**(773)**
**(5,277)**
484
81
**565**
**(4,713)**
(4,747)
34
-
**(4,713)**|
|---|---|---|