Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 13

HARROW SAMARITANS

The charity provides emotional support by telephone, visits, email, SMS and reaching out to schools. Samaritans values are based on its vision of a society in which fewer people die by suicide, or suffer despair and suicidal feelings. The charity carries out its vision by acknowledging and respecting the feelings of others and have the opportunity to explore difficult feelings.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
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:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£71	£86	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£87	£63	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£101	£62	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£69	£88	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£89	£59	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£54	£59	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

http://www.samaritans.org/branches/harrow-sam

harrow@samaritans.org

02084275000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Harrow,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£7,000
CAF	£6,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,054

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Harrow Samaritans
£1,931	21/10/2023	We would like to recruit and train new volunteers, to keep the phone lines open and to reduce the waiting time for callers, particularly those callers who ring during the night shifts.
National Lottery Community Fund - Recruit New Listening Volunteers
£7,000	03/03/2023	The funding will be used to recruit and train more volunteers to support callers that contact Harrow Samaritans. The project aims to have sufficient volunteers on staff to support callers that are in distress or are seeking a listening ear.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Harrow Samaritans
£2,123	22/10/2022	We plan to buy new tables and storage, to support a robust training room, which will enhance the recruitment and development experiences of new and existing volunteers at Harrow Samaritans.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	07/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CAF - Grant to Harrow Samaritans
£6,000	17/07/2020 3	Grant to Harrow Samaritans to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Operational Room Refurbishment
£10,000	18/01/2019 12	The project aims to improve volunteer spaces and support those at risk of suicide.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

CONRAD FREETHY Appointed: 2023

GREGORY JOHN FERNANDES-LAWES Appointed: 2023

JANE MARGARET REEVE Appointed: 2018

JOYCE NEW Appointed: 2018

JANICE BURGIN Appointed: 2021

JILL AITKEN Appointed: 2023

KEVAL THANKI Appointed: 2024

MANJU DAS Appointed: 2023

MARION VANESSA BROOME Appointed: 2024

SANDRA HERMAN Appointed: 2018

SUSAN ROSEMARY CANTER Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/08/2017, number: 1174064

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints 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
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
44 STATION ROAD
HARROW
HA1 2SQ

Objectives

1. TO ENABLE PERSONS IN HARROW 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HARROW

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