Mayday Trust

Analysis

Mayday Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02911222). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mayday Trust reported income of £146k and spending of £1.6m, spending 1092% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.7m to £146k (-95%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mayday Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include State of Mind Sport (£146k), Stroud Earth Community (£146k) and British Society of Neuroradiologists (£145k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.