PETERBOROUGH & DISTRICT SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1165414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

3.1 TO ENABLE PERSONS IN PETERBOROUGH 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; AND3.3 TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Peterborough, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is dependent almost wholly on voluntary giving and grants, maintaining reserves to fund activities for between 1.5 and 2.5 years. The charity moved to new leased premises in December 2024 and operates with a volunteer workforce where no trustees or the director receive remuneration. The filing indicates regular monitoring of financial risks and internal controls by the trustees.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Waitrose Peterborough — “Waitrose Peterborough - For their generous ongoing support.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• George Anthony Smithchair
• Christi Paul Somaraj
• GILLIAN GRAPER
• Keith Ronald Turnbull
• Martin Alistair Cragg
• PHIL GREEN
• Shahin Kauser
• Susan Scammell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAMARITANS OF LANCASTER & DISTRICT.

• SAMARITANS OF LANCASTER & DISTRICT income £67k
• SAMARITANS OF LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £201k
• CHESTER AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS income £48k
• SAMARITANS OF TAUNTON AND SOMERSET income £39k
• SAMARITANS OF SCARBOROUGH income £13k
• PEMBROKESHIRE SAMARITANS income £41k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.