Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

SAMARITANS OF HARROGATE AND DISTRICT

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

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	£61	£53	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	118
31/03/22	£56	£68	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	115
31/03/21	£56	£38	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	110
31/03/20	£49	£46	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	105
31/03/19	£44	£35	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	96
31/03/18	£38	£40	£-2	£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

harrogate@samaritans.org

0330 0945717

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

North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
118 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£8,000
DCMS	£8,000
The Foyle Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Advancement Of Health & Saving Lives
£10,000	04/11/2022	The funding will be used to cover direct costs associated with delivering listening activities in our community that help to save lives and improve mental health. The project aims to enable us to ....more The funding will be used to cover direct costs associated with delivering listening activities in our community that help to save lives and improve mental health. The project aims to enable us to answer calls emails and chats from members of the public in distress and despair up to and including suicide.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid Recovery and Rebuild
£5,000	14/09/2022	Funding to recruit and train more volunteers, and to give additional training to current volunteers, to restore volunteer numbers to pre-Covid levels to deliver a more sustainable service.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Running Costs
£3,000	17/05/2022	Funding towards IT, overheads and utilities to continue running service for people in mental distress.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	30/09/2020	towards core costs over 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,000	21/08/2020	"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."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA CAROLINE FALLON Appointed: 2022

CAROL CHAPMAN Appointed: 2019

JAMES D'SOUZA Appointed: 2023

MARK ANTHONY EDWARDS (Chair) Appointed: 2022

ROSEMARY EVANS Appointed: 2023

ZOE PATRICIA PARTRIDGE Appointed: 2023

JOANNE JOHNSON Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: WHARFEDALE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2017, number: 1173716

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; all on time

Main office

THE SAMARITANS
5 MOUNT PARADE
HARROGATE
HG1 1BX

Objectives

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN HARROGATE AND 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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