Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 8

SAMARITANS OF EXETER MID AND EAST DEVON

Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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

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	£121	£118	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/22	£130	£93	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/03/21	£49	£42	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/20	£62	£52	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/19	£49	£48	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/18	£33	£51	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£47	£42	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.samaritans.org/exeter

director@exetersamaritans.org

01392 496649

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
100 volunteers

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Exeter, Mid and East Devon Samaritans
£3,429	23/10/2021	We would like to increase the number of volunteers we have to enable us to maintain our core service, do more outreach work and raise awareness of the support we can offer when people are struggling.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

HELEN CROSSFIELD Appointed: 2022

TONY FRIPP Appointed: 2022

LUCY NEAL Appointed: 2023

VERONICA DAVIES Appointed: 2020

ROGER RANDALL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2016, number: 1165042

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

SAMARITANS
10 RICHMOND ROAD
EXETER
EX4 4JA

Objectives

1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN EXETER, MID AND EAST DEVON 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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