Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

SAMARITANS OF BARNSLEY

Samaritans of Barnsley offer a confidential listening service to callers who are experience despair or distress including those feelings that lead to suicide. We do this by telephone, onine chat, email and face to face contact with those who wish to contact us.

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Spending is declining
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	£18	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	71
31/03/22		£17	£31	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	66
31/03/21	*	£47	£29	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	74
31/03/20		£32	£26	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	73
31/03/19	*	£26	£29	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/18	*	£41	£33	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

http://www.samaritans.org/branches/samaritans

samsbarnsley@outlook.com

01226 244447

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, Scotland,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
71 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 - Mental Health First Aid training for volunteers
£5,760	10/01/2020 9	The funding would allow the group to provide volunteers of the Samaritans with Mental Health First Aid training. This would ensure that they are better equipped to offer support within their ....more The funding would allow the group to provide volunteers of the Samaritans with Mental Health First Aid training. This would ensure that they are better equipped to offer support within their volunteering role.
National Lottery Community Fund - Acoustic improvements
£5,500	04/10/2018 12	The group will install shielded booths and wheelchair accessibility in their building, to ensure that their services stay confidential and that the building is accessible for all who wish to use the ....more The group will install shielded booths and wheelchair accessibility in their building, to ensure that their services stay confidential and that the building is accessible for all who wish to use the services.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

ZUBAIR SAEED Appointed: 2021

BRENDA WADE Appointed: 2024

EMILY BROOKS Appointed: 2017

HELEN PASS Appointed: 2020

NICOLA RATCLIFFE Appointed: 2023

ROBERT SYMONS Appointed: 2021

STEPHANIE PALMER Appointed: 2012

TINA FISHBURN Appointed: 2023

VIVIENNE ERWIN Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2017, number: 1173665

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

6 returns made; AR21: 53 days late, AR19: 33 days late, AR18: 37 days late,

Main office

SAMARITANS OF BARNSLEY
77 PITT STREET WEST
BARNSLEY
S70 1BN

Objectives

3.1 TO ENABLE PERSONS IN BARNSLEY 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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