Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

SAMARITANS EALING BRANCH 

Samaritans Ealing is a charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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*£16£30£-14n/an/an/an/an/a130
31/03/22£75£33£41n/an/an/an/an/a129
31/03/21£33£28£5n/an/an/an/an/a149
31/03/20£28£25£2n/an/an/an/an/a114
31/03/19£29£28£1n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/03/18£19£21£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.samaritans.org/branches/ealing-samaritans

Ealing.Director@samaritans.org

02085602345

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ealing, Hammersmith And Fulham, Hounslow,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 130 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
Tudor Trust - Grant to Samaritans Ealing Branch
£2,000 23/03/2022
as a staff grant providing unrestricted funding for the Ealing branch of the Samaritans, which offers listening and support to people in need

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/06/2017, number: 1173588
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR23: 91 days late,
Main office

THE SAMARITANS
26 JUNCTION ROAD
LONDON
W5 4XL

Objectives

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN EALING, HAMMERSMITH, AND HOUNSLOW 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;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; ANDTO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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