## THE MAYFLY PROJECT UK ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 

## FOR YEAR ENDING MARCH 2022 

Charity Commission Number: 1195296 




## **Contents** 

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|The Mayfy Project UK Legal and AdministraPve InformaPon|3|
|Trustees report for the year ending March 2022|4|
|Statement of receipts & payments for the year ending March 2022|6|
|Statement of Assets and LiabiliPes for the year ending March 2022|7|
|Notes on the Accounts for the year ending March 2022|8|



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## **The Mayfly Project UK Legal and Administra;ve Informa;on** 

**Charity name:** The Mayfly Project UK 

**Other name the charity may use:** The Mayfly Project United Kingdom **Charity number:** 1195296 **Start of Financial Year:** 26[th] July 2021 **End of Financial Year:** 31[st] March 2022 **Trustees at 31st March 2022:** Susan Skrupa Susan Haug Jess Westbrook Kaitlin Barnhart 

**Governing Instrument:** ConsPtuPon adopted 7[th] July 2021 

**Objects:** 

The object of the CIO, for the public benefit, is to advance in life, relieve the needs of and help children and young people in care; in parPcular by the provision of mentoring and educaPon through an outdoor programme of acPviPes including fly fishing, and by providing other support which is calculated to further the object as the trustees decide from Pme to Pme. 

## **Corresponding Address:** 

## **Primary Bankers:** 

15 Belgrade House Belgrade Road London England N16 8DQ Lloyds Bank Business Banking London EC2V 7HN 

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## **Trustees report for the year ending March 2022** 

## **Objec;ves and ac;vi;es:** 

The mission of The Mayfly Project UK is to connect, protect and empower children and young people in care through the sport of fly fishing. Using trained volunteer mentors (all enhanced DBS cerPfied), we providing opportuniPes for children in care to have fun, build self-esteem, learn new skills and develop a meaningful connecPon with the natural world. 

Through our project based programme and structured curriculum, we teach fly fishing, conservaPon, character building and provide opportuniPes for the children and young people in care to experience the outdoors with a safe mentor. Our mentors understand that they can’t change what children in care have been through, but they can offer an opportunity for them to escape from the pressures of the care system, find solace in nature and develop skills and a love for fly fishing. For some, this can be live changing. 

Our aim is to harness the healing power of nature and educaPon in fly fishing to improve the lives of children and young people in care. 

## **Achievements:** 

- We launched our first year with a campaign to raise awareness of The Mayfly Project UK with both the fly fishing and children's social care communiPes. 

- We introduce our organisaPon to the wider angling community to gain volunteers, mentors, supporters, donors and partners. In our first year we gained over one thousand supporters across social media. We aimed to register 8 volunteer mentors and ended our year with 22. We signed on three significant fishing and industry sponsors who pledged in-kind support with access to venues and supply of fly fishing equipment. 

- We worked with local councils, social services, case workers, schools and fostering families to idenPfy twelve children and young people in care for enrolment in our first projects at Reading and Epping. 

- We received the backing of the Angling Trust, a not for profit organisaPon that is recognised by the Government as the NaPonal Governing Body for angling in England and Wales, which lends further credibility to our mission and helps with parPcipaPon development. 

- We established a PayPal Giving Fund account to enable us to receive donaPons from private supporters. 

- We were publicly nominated and won, the Shakespeare Fund Award — which grants a cash value prize to be applied towards the purchase of equipment which will be used in our projects. 

- We amended two events to raise awareness and build support of our mission, the Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing and the BriPsh Fly Fair InternaPonal. We benefimed from cash donaPons generated by two raffles. 

- We engaged regularly with our team of volunteer mentors, providing knowledge and skills training sessions over Zoom calls and in-person meet ups. 

- We organised and planned for our first project season (May-July 2022) with 2no. proposed projects (10 sessions). 

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Due to a later than expected registraPon by the Charity Commission, we missed the 2021 fly fishing season. Therefore, we spent the majority of 2021 raising awareness of The Mayfly Project UK, building our extended family / network, training our team of volunteer mentors and fostering support for our organisaPon. 

## **Plans for future periods:** 

Our main focus in the year ahead is to successfully launch our projects and connect with more kids. We will build on our foundaPons to raise further awareness of our mission, grow our network and gather support. We will acPvely fundraising to support the development of The Mayfly Project UK so that we can support more children in care in 2023. We plan to recruit two trustees to further enhance our team; a treasurer and an individual experienced with the children's social services / fostering sector. 

Our programme is needed now more than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastaPng impact on children and young people in care. With many already suffering the effects of trauma, many more have become further isolated during the pandemic which has impacted their mental health and wellbeing. Fly fishing is the ideal tool for supporPng this populaPon because it is currently prescribed by medical professionals (including the NHS) as a tool to help manage PTSD, anxiety, depression and trauma-related disorders. Children that parPcipate in our mentoring sessions experience the calming effects of Pme spent near water, improved self-esteem from fly fishing success and learning new skills, and they find so much joy when they finally trick a fish with a fly they’ve Ped themselves. 

## **Trustees Responsibili;es** 

The ChariPes Act 2011 requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to: 

Select suitable accounPng policies and apply them consistently Make judgments and esPmates that are reasonable and prudent 

Prepare financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the trust will conPnue in existence. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounPng records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any Pme the financial posiPon of the trust. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevenPon and detecPon of fraud and other irregulariPes. 

Signed on behalf of the Trustees…………………………………………………….….          Date: 31[st] January, 2023 

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## **Statement of receipts & payments for the year ending March 2022** 

||**Notes**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Total**<br>**2021/2022, £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts:**|||||
|Voluntary Receipts|2a|615|0|615|
|Fundraising|2b|291|0|291|
|Investment Income|2c|0|0|0|
|Giraid|2d|0|0|0|
|Other Receipts|2e|0|1000|1000|
|**Total Receipts**||906|1000|1906|
|**Payments:**|||||
|Costs of charitable acPviPes|3a|358|1000|358|
|Fundraising costs|3b|584|0|584|
|Governance Costs|3c|0|0|0|
|**Total Payments**||942|1000|1942|
|**Net incoming/outgoing**<br>**resources**||36|0|36|
|Balance Brought Forward||36|0|36|
|**Balances Carried forward**||36|0|36|



The notes on pages 8 to 9 form part of these accounts. 

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## **Statement of Assets and Liabili;es for the year ending March 2022** 

## Assets as of 31[st] March 2022: 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Total**<br>**2021/2022, £**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Cash Funds:**||||
|Bank Account|36|0|36|
|Accounts receivable|0|0|0|
|**Total:**|36|0|36|



## LiabiliPes as of 31[st] March 2022: 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Total**<br>**2021/2022, £**|
|---|---|---|---|
|LiabiliPes|0|0|0|
|**Total:**|0|0|0|



## **Trustee responsibili;es in rela;on to financial statements** 

Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which comply with the regulaPons set out in the ChariPes Act 2011. The Trustees have elected to take advantage of the provisions that apply to small chariPes and have prepared a Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of Assets and LiabiliPes which are set out on pages 6 to 7. 

Approved by the Trustees on the 31[st] January, 2023 

Signed on their behalf by.......................................................... Trustee. Susan Skrupa 

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## **Notes on the Accounts for the year ending March 2022** 

## 1. Basis of AccounPng 

The accounts have been prepared under the "Receipts and Payments" basis as prescribed by the Charity Commissioners, and they meet the appropriate legal requirements. 

## 2. Receipts 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Total**<br>**2021/2022, £**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**a) Voluntary receipts**||||
|Event donaPons|570|0|570|
|PayPal donaPons|45|0|45|
|Other donaPons|0|0|0|
|Total voluntary Receipts|615|0|615|
|**b) Fundraising events**||||
|Book aucPon|291|0|291|
|Total Fundraising receipts|291|0|291|
|**c) Investment Income**|0|0|0|
|Total Investment income|0|0|0|
|**d) GiYaid**||||
|General|0|0|0|
|Total Giraid|0|0|0|
|**e) Other receipts**|0|0|0|
|Other receipts - Shakespeare<br>Fund Award|0|1000|1000|
|Total Other receipts|0|1000|1000|
|**Total**|906|1000|1906|



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## **Notes to the accounts (con;nued) for the Year ending March 2022** 

## 3. Payments 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds, £**|**Total**<br>**2021/2022, £**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**a)**<br>**Cost of charitable**<br>**ac;vi;es**||||
|Fly Fishing equipment -<br>Shakespeare Fund Award|0|1000|1000|
|Bank charges|0|0|0|
|Website / Domains / HosPng|138|0|138|
|PrinPng|195|0|195|
|Postage / Shipping|25|0|25|
|Total charitable costs|358|1000|1358|
|**b) Fundraising costs**||||
|Events|575|0|575|
|Pay Pal|9|0|9|
|Total Fundraising costs|584|0|584|
|**c)**<br>**Governance costs**|0|0|0|
|**Total governance costs**|0|0|0|
|**Total**|942|1000|1942|



## 4. Restricted Funds 

The Mayfly Project UK has no Restricted funds in this Financial Year. 

## 5. Payments to Trustees 

No payments were made to trustees or any persons connected with them during this financial period. No other material transacPon took place between the organisaPon and a trustee or any person connected with them. 

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The charity acknowledges its requirement to demonstrate clearly that it must have charitable purposes or 'aims' that are for the public benefit. Details of how the charity has achieved this are provided in the Trustees report. The Trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit before deciding what acPviPes the charity should undertake. 

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