Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

    SAMARITANS OF THE WESTERN ISLES SCIO  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £128,536 £140,755 £14,781 £9,680 £9,042 £4,793
    Total spending £10,477 £12,907 £14,341 £13,929 £10,222 £13,125
    Surplus/deficit £118,059 £127,848 £440 -£4,249 -£1,180 -£8,332
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
    Purposes
    • The advancement of health
    • The saving of lives
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Western Isles
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 22/02/2017, number: SC047197
    • Notes: This charity was established to replace Samaritans of The Western Isles-SC029195 Samaritans of The Western Isles-SC029195 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Samaritans of the Western Isles SCIO, SC047197 which is a SCIO.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    , HS1 2DG

    Objectives

    The objects of the Charity are: 3.1 To enable persons in The Western Isles 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. and 3.3 To collaborate with and support Samaritans Central Charity and its affiliated branches in fulfilling these Objects.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
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