Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 4

SAMARITANS OF LANCASTER & DISTRICT

We offer 24/7 emotional support by telephone, email, webchat and face to face to anyone who is in distress and despair including people who are feeling suicidal. We also do outreach work in schools and prisons and also have partnership with Network Rail.

Analysis by Giving is Great

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
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

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	£37	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22	£46	£32	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/21	£55	£35	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/20	£39	£37	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	105
31/03/19	£27	£39	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	118
31/03/18	£14	£22	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.samaritans.org/lancaster

lancaster.Director@samaritans.org

020 8394 8300

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cumbria, Lancashire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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
CAF - Grant to Samaritans of Lancaster and District
£7,500	21/04/2020 3	Grant to Samaritans of Lancaster and District to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - I.T. - SAMARITAN YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT
£8,670	15/11/2017 12	The funding will be used for a project working in collaboration with local schools, aimed at young people within the local area to help to reduce self-harm, mental health issues and suicide.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROL BREARLEY Appointed: 2018

CHRISTINE MARGARET INGHAM Appointed: 2022

DR CHRISTINE HOUGH Appointed: 2020

HELEN MURFIN Appointed: 2020

JANE CLARKE Appointed: 2020

JOAN GUENAULT Appointed: 2023

JUNE ELLIS Appointed: 2021

MARIAN KATHLEEN JUDITH WHITWOOD Appointed: 2021

MICHAEL BROGAN Appointed: 2022

TRACEY JANE DUFFY Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2017, number: 1173652

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE SAMARITANS
21 SUN STREET
LANCASTER
LA1 1EW

Objectives

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN LANCASTER & DISTRICT 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.

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