Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

SAMARITANS OF WESTON SUPER MARE AND NORTH SOMERSET

Our vision is that fewer people die by suicide.

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 well diversified in terms of gender and 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/24	£42	£38	£4	n/a
31/03/23	£34	£53	£-19	n/a
31/03/22	£36	£29	£6	n/a
31/03/21	£76	£49	£28	n/a
31/03/20	£50	£41	£9	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

https://www.samaritans.org/branches/samaritan

01934621240

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

North Somerset, Somerset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Postcode Local Trust	£11,333
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,300
Co-Operative Group	£2,931

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£11,333	29/09/2023	Funding enabled 24/7 confidential emotional support in order to improve peoples’ mental wellbeing and to reduce the incidence of suicide.
National Lottery Community Fund - Samaritans of Weston-Super Mare and North Somerset Branch Improvements
£9,300	18/08/2023	The funding will be used to repair the roof and install a ramp to the building. The project aims to make the building a safe and accessible space.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Samaritans of Weston-Super-Mare and North Somerset
£2,931	24/10/2020	We would like to develop the skills of our new shop volunteers, plus our existing listening volunteers, by providing essential training.
Quartet Community Foundation - New Samaritans Charity Shop
£5,000	10/07/2019 11	Towards the paid volunteer manager to run a team of 10 volunteers in new charity shop.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANGELA HOWE Appointed: 2023

JOANNE GREEN Appointed: 2023

JOHN PAWLE Appointed: 2022

MARINA JONES Appointed: 2023

PHILLIP LEMANSKI Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2018, number: 1177715

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

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE SAMARITANS
137 HIGH STREET
WESTON-SUPER-MARE
BS23 1HN

Objectives

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN WESTON-SUPER-MARE AND NORTH SOMERSET 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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