Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

SAMARITANS OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN, HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY

We provide emotional support for those in distress or despair, including those with suicidal feelings. We do this by responding to telephone calls, e mails, text messages and by supporting individual callers in face to face interviews.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female
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
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	£49	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/03/22	£23	£47	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/03/21	£123	£67	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	92
31/03/20	£57	£32	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/19	£108	£28	£80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	84
31/03/18	£25	£24	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.samaritans.org

blackburn@samaritans.org

01254 662424

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

Lancashire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
90 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Wolfson Foundation	£27,587
DCMS	£8,082
Co-Operative Group	£3,776

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Blackburn Samaritans
£1,731	22/10/2022	We wish to extend our recruitment to attract more listening volunteers for overnight duties enabling us to cope with the increase in problems associated with the mental health of our callers.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Blackburn Samaritans
£2,046	23/10/2021	Our aim is to provide an emotional support pack to every Year 11 pupil in our region, amounting to approximately 5,500 pupils over the next two years.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,082	28/08/2020	"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 ....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."
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Samaritans of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
£27,587	13/06/2019	Reconfiguration of premises to improve access for volunteers and service users with disabilities

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

THE SAMARITANS OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN, HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY Appointed: 2016

HEIDI MARSDEN Appointed: 2023

JANINE CLITHEROE Appointed: 2020

JUDITH HOUGHTON Appointed: 2022

MOHAMED SIDAT Appointed: 2023

PAULA FAIRBAIRN Appointed: 2017

PAULINE HUGHES Appointed: 2023

SUSAN MARGARET CLARKE Appointed: 2019

TERESA SARAH ANN PONTON Appointed: 2023

YVONNE ELIZABETH POTTS Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/12/2016, number: 1170711

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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

105
New Park Street
Blackburn
Lancashire

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN, HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE 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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