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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-219432 .
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Description

(a) To enable persons who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those who may be at risk of suicide, to receive confidential emotional support at any time of the day or night in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide. and (b) To promote a better understanding in society of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide or impaired emotional health.

OSCR Charity number

SC040604

Registered

Postcode

KT17 2AF

Website

samaritans.org

Latest income

£23,900,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download published by Office of Scottish Charity Regulator.

Samaritans

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Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

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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?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-SC gives the scheme for this identifier (Scottish Charity Register), while SC040604 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Samaritans (this record)

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-05-02

Samaritans

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-05-04

The Samaritans of Waltham Forest (inactive)

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Last updated 2024-05-05

Samaritans

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

Activities (OSCR)

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Beneficiaries (OSCR)

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Purposes (OSCR)

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • The saving of lives

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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  • Health HE
  • Health HE » Health condition HE200 » Mental health HE210
  • Health HE » Health services HE300 » Counselling and therapy HE304

Samaritans

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2009-06-10 Registered as a charity
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 18,762,000 17,425,000
2021-03-31 28,200,000 22,000,000
2022-03-31 27,445,046 27,755,875
2023-03-31 23,900,000 27,900,000
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

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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 £1,788 Grant to Havering Samaritans
Co-operative Group £1,541 Grant to Sunderland 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

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