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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 April 2025
Directors
The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
1 May 2024
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30 April 2025
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 30 April 2025
Basis of measurement and preparation
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The primary activity of Heads Above The Waves (HATW) is using merch with a message to help start conversations – and distributing printed literature with every purchase to help share mental health tips. The funds from merchandise sales help to cover rent & staff costs, and keep our website running, as a resource for young people who self-harm. Our website had 24,000 visitors, with around 4300 people accessing our ‘Things to Try’ page. Our Self-Harm Safety Plan was accessed 2100 times, and our list of Helplines was accessed 1500 times. 27 schools downloaded our ‘Let’s Talk About Body Image’ lesson plan. We created a new printed resource ‘Looking After Your Mental Health on Tour’ in response to our work at festivals, and with young people looking to get into creative careers. We collaborated with the surf company Reef on a campaign about ‘blue health’, encouraging folks to spend more time in and around water. This culminated in an event in Bristol, giving 16 young people the chance to try surfing for the first time. We collaborated with Single Parents Wellbeing to run a session on wellbeing and anxiety (using Lego as a coping mechanism & metaphor.) We ran a Mental Health First Aid course, giving 10 people an accredited qualification in mental health first aid. We also created a bilingual (English and Welsh) version of our ‘coping with self-harm’ booklet. At the end of the financial year, around 600 copies had been posted out or handed to people. We also presented at Wales’ National Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Conference, helping to share best practice for supporting young people who self-harm with professionals across Wales. We continued to run online sessions for parents and carers (as online was more accessible than in person sessions proved to be).
HATW’s stakeholders are primarily young people aged 11-25, in particular, those within the South Wales area, and with a real focus on those who have struggled or continue to struggle with their mental health. With this in mind, the main ways we consult with the stakeholders is through a) social media interactions (Instagram polls & Lives) and b) In person conversations – within our shop, at events, and every time we deliver a session of any kind. All sessions include feedback of some type (from polls on confidence supporting young people, to allowing for suggestions to improve the workshops further). Feedback from the parents/carers sessions we’ve run led to us evolving the session to be a bit more in depth, making it a little longer than the staff training sessions. As per the year before, we questioned whether keeping a physical retail space was the right decision. We asked people (via a Google Form) whether they think we should keep the space. 15/19 people said the space should stay. We also had consultation with people across Wales to ensure that the bilingual booklets had the right translation, so the idea gets across correctly, regardless of which area of Wales a Welsh speaker is from. There were a few changes made to language (especially slang) to make sure it’s suitable Wales-wide.
The aggregate amount of emoluments paid to or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £18,296.71. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
16 January 2026
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Simon Martin
Status: Director