HEREFORDSHIRE SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1167937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Enabling people in Herefordshire, the surrounding area and elsewhere who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair to receive confidential emotional support in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide.Promoting a better understanding of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings.Collaborating with Samaritans Central Charity.

Objects

3.1 TO ENABLE PERSONS IN HEREFORDSHIRE 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.

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Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £38,031 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £266,113 to £226,324. The trustees confirm the charity remains in a secure financial position with over 12 months of balances available, despite drawing down on reserves to cover daily funding needs. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £5,643 at the balance sheet date.

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Herefordshire Samaritans (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Hempton-Smith
• Dr Dorothy Mary Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Dolloway
• Hilary Jane Hargreaves
• Lesley Gillian Fleming
• Lorraine Shelley Mathie
• Richard Fenton

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH WEST HERTS SAMARITANS.

• SOUTH WEST HERTS SAMARITANS income £41k
• HERTS AND ESSEX (WARE) SAMARITANS income £120k
• WORCESTER SAMARITANS income £45k
• GUILDFORD SAMARITANS income £113k
• SAMARITANS OF MID CHESHIRE income £46k
• EASTBOURNE AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS income £86k

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