SAMPHIRE
Registered charity 1106667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOVER DETAINEE VISITORS GROUP, THE DOVER DETAINEE VISITOR GROUP, VISITOR GROUP
To relieve the poverty and distress of former detainees by providing basic amenities, information and support, which will enable them to participate in the wider community.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £21,728 for the year, reducing total unrestricted reserves from £64,208 to £35,335. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds a contingent liability of £30,000 related to a legal case, while unrestricted cash reserves remain at £134,613.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Samphire (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- National Lottery Reaching Communities — “the National Lottery Reaching Communities fund has agreed to extent Samphire’s grant funding for another 3 years. The National Lottery are S…” (source page)
- Justice Together Initiative — “Our current funders are listed below: National Lottery Reaching Communities Justice Together Initiative” (source page)
- AB Charitable — “Thanks also to the following funders without whom we wouldn’t be able to carry out our community engagement work and events: AB Charitable” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
- Caroline Louise Howdenchair
- Celia Diane Walters
- Dominic Howden
- Floortje Hoette
- Mir Rahimi
- Miriam wood · trustee of 2 other charities
- Stacey Blair
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SAMPHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £21,728 for the year, reducing total unrestricted reserves from £64,208 to £35,335. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds a contingent liability of £30,000 related to a legal case, while unrestricted cash reserves remain at £134,613. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SAMPHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SAMPHIRE as a grant recipient include JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS, THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE BROMLEY TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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