Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

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

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -3

SAMM MERSEYSIDE

To provide an all encompassing service to support and advise all those affected by Homicide that gives both emotional and practical help enabling them to rebuild their lives. We provide this service via a 24 Hour Helpline, funded by ourselves, home visits, one to ones, monthly meetings and regular mailings as well as a quartely newsletter. We also assisit and liase with the major agencies

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants

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

Established: 19 years

samm.merseyside@blueyonder.co.uk

01744600194

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
30/09/23		£3	£27	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/22		£3	£28	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
30/09/21		£1	£35	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/20		£24	£36	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
30/09/19		£22	£39	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/18		£43	£40	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/17		£37	£45	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£31	£43	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15		£35	£44	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14		£143	£53	£90	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13		£50	£47	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12		£83	£49	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11		£48	£45	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10		£95	£83	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09	*	£74	£45	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08		£33	£47	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07		£51	£42	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06		£62	£65	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Ministry of Justice - Homicide Peer Support
£33,999	01/04/2017	Support for families bereaved by homicide
Ministry of Justice - Homicide Peer Support
£30,000	01/04/2016 12	To provide peer support to families bereaved by homicide

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-81

FREDERICK PALIN, Occupation: Driver

GILLIAN CAMPBELL, Occupation: Self Employed

HELEN HILL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Housewife

JANET BRENNAN Appointed: 2021

JOHN DAVID MATTHEWS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

MARY MCCOURT, Occupation: Retired Salesperson

MOLLIE IRWIN-HILL Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2005, number: 1111480

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR09: 19 days late,

Main office

17 Standish Avenue
Billinge
WIGAN
Lancashire
WN5 7TF

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN MERSEYSIDE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE DIRECTED TO ALLEVIATING THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THROUGH DEATH RESULTING FROM MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER OR UNLAWFUL KILLING OF THEIR CHILD OR CHILDREN OR CLOSE RELATIVE OR FRIEND AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE NATURE OF GRIEVING AND BEREAVEMENT.(2) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS ON SOCIETY OF MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER AND UNLAWFUL KILLING AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES

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