Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

NORTH DEVON AND NORTH CORNWALL SAMARITANS

TO ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE SUICIDAL OR IN DISTRESS PROVIDING A SERVICE INTENDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS IN NORTH DEVON & NORTH CORNWALL BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO ENABLE THEM TO RECEIVE IMMEDIATE HELP FROM CHARITY MEMBERS SELECTED & PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE WORKING UNDER DIRECTION & WHERE APPROPRIATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAMARITANS PROCEDURE REFERRAL TO PERSONS WITH SPECIALIST OR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
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
On several occasions in recent years income has been 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	£132	£162	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/03/22	£38	£22	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/21	£29	£22	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/20	£17	£26	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	63
31/03/19	£54	£27	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/18	£28	£23	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.samaritans.org/barnstaple

SAMS_ND@YAHOO.CO.UK

01271374290

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cornwall, Devon,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Cornwall Community Foundation - North Cornwall Samaritans Community Outreach
£3,795	22/02/2023	Samaritans aims to reduce suicide rates by addressing risk factors, supporting individuals at risk, and preventing suicidal thoughts and actions through proactive intervention and support services.
National Lottery Community Fund - ND&NC Samaritans Re-Build/Re-Launch
£10,000	24/06/2022	The funding will be used to rebuild and relaunch their Samaritan’s service by training new volunteers increase duty stations and ensuring the premises is disability compliant develop their outreach ....more The funding will be used to rebuild and relaunch their Samaritan’s service by training new volunteers increase duty stations and ensuring the premises is disability compliant develop their outreach programme for younger people and increase referral support. The project aims to build the capacity of the service to improve the mental health of the community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLIVE LOUIS PEDWELL Appointed: 2018

NEIL WARBURTON Appointed: 2022

ROB LEIGHFIELD Appointed: 2022

RUTH ARNOLD Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2017, number: 1174414

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
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
Paying staff
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

THE SAMARITANS
2 SUMMERLAND STREET
BARNSTAPLE
EX32 8JJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN NORTH DEVON AND NORTH CORNWALL 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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