Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

SAMARITANS BRIERLEY HILL BRANCH

Listening service for people in distress to reduce number of deaths by suicide.

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Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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		£28	£25	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	68
31/03/22		£16	£23	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/21		£40	£28	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/20		£18	£21	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	64
31/03/19		£43	£30	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/18	*	£13	£18	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£24	£22	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.samaritans.org/brierleyhill

BrierleyHill.Director@samaritans.org

01384261118

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
68 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
National Lottery Community Fund - 45th Anniversary Refurbishment Project
£10,000	28/09/2018 12	This funding will be used to refurbish the facilities for the operation room and kitchen at a Samaritans branch. The project aims to improve the space for use by the volunteers and enable more people ....more This funding will be used to refurbish the facilities for the operation room and kitchen at a Samaritans branch. The project aims to improve the space for use by the volunteers and enable more people to be helped with mental health issues.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALICIA REGINA PAWLOWSKI Appointed: 2021

GRAHAM BRISTOW Appointed: 2019

JENNIFER-ANN PORTMAN Appointed: 2021

JOANNE PETTER Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/07/2016, number: 1168020

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR18: 125 days late,

Main office

THE SAMARITANS
BERYL HOUSE
8 ALBION STREET
BRIERLEY HILL
DY5 3EE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO ENABLE PERSONS IN BRIERLEY HILL 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;3.2 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; AND3.3 TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

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