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Samaritans

A Registered Charity based in England

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Description

Samaritans is the coordinating body for the 201 Samaritans branches located across the UK and Ireland. Samaritans provides a safe place for people to talk, round the clock, every single day of the year. People can get in touch by phone, email, letter or by visiting a branch. Volunteers also do outreach work, for example, at festivals, prisons, hospitals and schools.

Also known as

  • The (Redbridge and Waltham Forest) Samaritans
  • The (Redbridge) Samaritans
  • Banbury and District Samaritans
  • Basingstoke Samaritans
  • The Bedford Samaritans
  • Bexley & Dartford Samaritans
  • Bexley and Dartford Samaritans
  • Bognor Regis Chichester and District Samaritans
  • Bournemouth Samaritans
  • The Brent Samaritans
    • ...and 145 other names
  • Bridlington and District Samaritans
  • Bridlington and District Samartians
  • Basildon and Thurrock Samaritans
  • Bedford Samaritans
  • The Bedford Samaritans
  • Boston Samaritans
  • Bridlington & District Samaritans
  • Bury Samaritans
  • Cardiff and District Branch of the Samaritans
  • The Cardiff and District Branch of the Samaritans
  • The Cardiff and East Glamorgan Branch of the Samaritans
  • The Cardiff East and Monmouthshire Branch of the Samaritans
  • Cardiff Samaritans
  • Chelmsford Samaritans
  • The Croydon Samaritans
  • Colchester Samaritans
  • Darlington and District Samaritans
  • Darlington Samaritans
  • Doncaster Samaritans
  • Darlington & District Samaritans
  • Darlington and District Samaritans
  • Durham Samaritans
  • Festival Branch of the Samaritans
  • Gloucester and District Samaritans
  • Great Yarmouth Samaritans
  • Havering Samaritans (Preparatory Group)
  • Havering Samaritans
  • Leeds Telephone Samaritans
  • Lincoln and District Samaritans
  • Lincoln Branch of the Samaritans
  • Lincoln Samaritans
  • Lowestoft and Waveney Samaritans
  • Lincoln Branch of the Samaritans
  • Lowestoft & Waveney Samaritans
  • Mansfield and District Samaritans
  • Medway Samaritans
  • Medway Towns Samaritans
  • Medway Gravesham & Swale Samaritans
  • Mind
  • The North Riding Samaritans
  • North West Surrey Samaritans
  • Newport Samaritans
  • The Redbridge and Waltham Forest Samaritans
  • Redbridge Samaritans
  • Rochdale, Oldham and District Samaritans
  • Samaritans
  • The Samaritans
  • The Samaritans (Bury Branch)
  • The Samaritans - Gloucester
  • Samaritans - Mansfield and District
  • The Samaritans - Mansfield and District Branch
  • The Samaritans - Medway Branch
  • The Samaritans - North Notts Branch
  • The Samaritans - Rochdale and Area
  • The Samaritans - Sunderland Samaritans
  • The Samaritans - Walsall Branch
  • The Samaritans at Bexley and Dartford
  • The Samaritans of (Tyneside)
  • The Samaritans of Aberystwyth
  • The Samaritans of Aberystwyth and Mid Wales
  • The Samaritans of Banbury
  • Samaritans of Barrow, Furness and South Lakes
  • The Samaritans of Basildon and Thurrock
  • The Samaritans of Basingstoke
  • Samaritans of Boston, Lincolnshire
  • The Samaritans of Boston, Lincolnshire
  • The Samaritans of Bournemouth and District
  • Samaritans of Brent
  • The Samaritans of Bridlington and District
  • Samaritans of Buxton and High Peak
  • The Samaritans of Buxton and High Peak
  • Samaritans of Chelmsford and Mid-Essex
  • The Samaritans of Clwyd and Gwynedd
  • The Samaritans of Croydon and Sutton
  • The Samaritans of Farnborough
  • The Samaritans of Farnborough & District
  • Samaritans of Furness
  • Samaritans of Gloucester
  • The Samaritans of Great Yarmouth
  • The Samaritans of Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District
  • Samaritans of Havering
  • The Samaritans of Isle of Wight
  • The Samaritans of Leeds
  • The Samaritans of Lowestoft and Waveney District
  • The Samaritans of Mansfield and District
  • Samaritans of Medway Gravesham and Swale
  • The Samaritans of Medway Gravesham and Swale West
  • Samaritans of North East Wales
  • The Samaritans of North East Wales
  • The Samaritans of Northallerton and the Dales
  • The Samaritans of Northumbria
  • The Samaritans of Redbridge
  • The Samaritans of Rhyl and Clwyd
  • The Samaritans of Rhyl and North East Wales Branch
  • The Samaritans of Solihull
  • The Samaritans of Southport and District
  • Samaritans of Stockport
  • The Samaritans of Sunderland
  • Samaritans of Teeside
  • The Samaritans of Wakefield and District
  • Samaritans of Walsall and District
  • The Samaritans of Walsall and District
  • The Samaritans of Warrington
  • Samaritans of Warrington Walton and St Helens
  • The Samaritans of Warrington, Halton and St Helens
  • The Samaritans of Wearside
  • The Samaritans Rochester Upon Medway
  • The Samaritans, Scunthorpe Branch
  • Stockport Samaritans
  • Swindon and District Samaritans
  • Samaritans
  • The Samaritans
  • Samaritans ( Stockport)
  • Samaritans (Leeds)
  • Samaritans (The)
  • Samaritans - Ewell
  • Samaritans - Redbridge Branch
  • Samaritans Bognor Regis Chichester and District
  • Samaritans Cardiff and District Branch
  • Samaritans Chelmsford & Mid Essex
  • Samaritans Chelmsford & Mid-Essex Branch
  • Samaritans Doncaster
  • Samaritans Leeds
  • Samaritans Northallerton & The Dales
  • Samaritans Northumbria
  • The Samaritans Of Bridlington And District
  • Samaritans Stockport & District
  • Samaritans Warrington, Halton, St Helens
  • Samaritans of Boston
  • Samaritans of Bournemouth and District
  • The Samaritans of Bridlington and District
  • Samaritans of Chelmsford & Mid-Essex Branch
  • Samaritans of North Wales
  • Samaritans of Northumbria
  • Samaritans of Stockport and District
  • Samaritans of Tyneside
  • Samaritans of Waltham Forest
  • Samaritans: Festival Branch
  • Scunthorpe Samaritans
  • Solihull Samaritans
  • Stockport Samaritans
  • Sunderland Samaritans
  • Swindon & District Samaritans
  • Teesside Samaritans
  • Walsall & District Samaritans

CCEW Charity number

219432

Company number

00757372

Registered

Postcode

KT17 2AF

Website

samaritans.org

Domain

samaritans.org

Latest income

£23,922,279 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Areas of operation in the UK

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Guernsey
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Jersey

Registered Office in the UK

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 1 inactive record, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-219432 .
What is an organisation identifier?

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 219432 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Samaritans (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-04-26

Samaritans

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-04-25

Samaritans

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-04-20

The Samaritans of Waltham Forest (inactive)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-04-26

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Specialty, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals C22

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Arts AR » Festival AR102
  • Crime and Justice CJ » Offender support and rehabilitation CJ101
  • Charity and VCS support CV » Volunteering CV104
  • Education ED » Schools ED106
  • Health HE » Health services HE300 » Counselling and therapy HE304
  • Health HE » Healthcare provider HE400 » Hospital HE402

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • Other Defined Groups 206
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body 309

Scale of operation

  • National and Overseas

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1963-08-28 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 9,541,000 9,347,000
2005-03-31 10,371,000 10,100,000
2006-03-31 11,877,000 9,734,000
2007-03-31 10,291,000 9,303,000
2008-03-31 8,913,000 8,457,000
2009-03-31 8,871,000 8,857,000
2010-03-31 8,330,000 8,805,000
2011-03-31 10,202,000 11,493,000
2012-03-31 11,557,000 11,545,000
2013-03-31 12,943,000 13,376,000
2014-03-31 12,507,000 11,790,000
2015-03-31 13,246,000 12,694,000
2016-03-31 16,173,000 15,140,000
2017-03-31 19,142,000 14,486,000
2018-03-31 22,634,000 16,451,000
2019-03-31 20,321,000 18,503,000
2020-03-31 20,573,833 19,142,796
2021-03-31 28,222,275 22,048,454
2022-03-31 27,445,047 27,755,875
2023-03-31 23,922,279 27,944,395
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Charity people

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2023
£		 2022
£
Employees 328 301
Employees paid more than £60,000 25 27
Volunteers 23,000 22,000
Trustees 15
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m 		2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 10.3 12.0
Legacies 2.9 3.1
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 13.2 15.1
Income from charitable activities 5.9 6.1
Income from other trading activities 4.7 5.7
Income from investments 0.2 0.0
Other income 0.0 0.4
Total 23.9 27.4
Expenditure
Investment management 0.0 0.0
Other spending on raising funds 6.1 6.1
Spending on raising funds 6.1 6.1
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 21.8 21.7
Charitable activities 21.8 21.7
Other spending - -
Total 27.9 27.8
Net income / (expenditure) (4.0) (0.3)

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m 		2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 7.4 8.4
Investment assets 2.1 5.0
9.5 13.4
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 15.8 16.3
Other current assets 3.2 3.9
19.0 20.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (3.3) (4.2)
Net current assets 15.7 15.9
Total assets less current liabilities 25.2 29.3
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (0.2) (0.2)
Net assets 25.0 29.1
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 3.3 3.5
Unrestricted funds 21.8 25.6
25.0 29.1

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Income from government

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2023
£		 2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 933,815 1,066,597
Government contracts as % of total income 3.9% 3.9%
Number of government contracts 13 8
Government grants
Income from government grants 1,986,310 1,824,968
Government grants as % of total income 8.3% 6.6%
Number of government grants 49 60

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

Grants received

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Received 116 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Wolfson Foundation
Health and Disability 		£500,000
2 years 		Grant to Samaritans
Prudence Trust £174,800 Online chat evaluation & relaunch education resources
Co-operative Group £1,541 Grant to Sunderland Samaritans
Co-operative Group £1,788 Grant to Havering Samaritans
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England 		£8,000
11 months 		Recruit and train 40 new Samaritan volunteers
Sep 2023 to Aug 2024
Essex Community Foundation
Thriving Third Sector Fund 		£5,000 Grant to Samaritans Chelmsford & Mid Essex
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland £500 Grant to Samaritans
Department of Health and Social Care
Samaritans - National Suicide Prevention Association 		£90,000 NSPA
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England 		£6,655
1 year 		Raising Awareness – Reducing Suicide
Mar 2023 to Mar 2024
Pears Foundation £1,000,000
3 years 		Capacity building to support sustainability of branch network
Jan 2023 to Jan 2026

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Samaritans

GB-CHC-219432

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