Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

WORTHING SAMARITANS

Worthing Samaritans aims to enable anyone experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that may be at risk of suicide, to receive confidential emotional support at any time of the day or night. We support people across the UK who contact us and we also work with the community and partners in the Worthing area to promote ways of improving emotional health.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received Government grants
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£53	£71	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	85
31/03/22	£76	£81	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	99
31/03/21	£55	£76	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	97
31/03/20	£84	£92	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	105
31/03/19	£126	£105	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	105
31/03/18	£90	£125	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.samaritans.org/branches/worthing-samarita

worthingsamaritans@gmail.com

01903502710

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

West Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
85 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ADRIAN SPANN Appointed: 2021

BRIAN HUGHES Appointed: 2021

FIONA CAMERON Appointed: 2022

HEATHER LOUISA BRIDGWATER Appointed: 2022

PETER NICHOLS Appointed: 2023

TERESA CASH Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: LITTLEHAMPTON FOODBANK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/11/2016, number: 1170392

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE SAMARITANS
2-4 LENNOX ROAD
WORTHING
BN11 1DA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN WORTHING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE 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;2) 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; AND3) TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

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