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YORK SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1168071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are to work for the assistance of persons who are suicidal, despairing or in distress by providing a service to enable such persons to receive immediate help and compassion from members of the charity.

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Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £85,385 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves totalled £144,255, which represents approximately three years of planned expenditure, exceeding the stated policy target of 18 months. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £300,000, primarily property held as an endowment fund.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 18 months of planned expenditure (held: £144k)
“This branch has a policy that total year unrestricted fund balances should cover the following 18 months of planned expenditure. This would equate to approximately £66,000 at current expenditure levels.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
“Donations in the year from trustees totalled £80 (2024: £180).” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£80k£44k
31/03/2024£45k£50k
31/03/2023£33k£41k
31/03/2022£38k£47k
31/03/2021£42k£36k

Common questions

Is YORK SAMARITANS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £85,385 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves totalled £144,255, which represents approximately three years of planned expenditure, exceeding the stated policy target of 18 months. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £300,000, primarily property held as an endowment fund. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YORK SAMARITANS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORK SAMARITANS as a grant recipient include THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k