LUTON, SOUTH BEDS AND HARPENDEN SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1170449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides a confidential emotional support service, primarily accessible by telephone, email, SMS and face to face contact.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN LUTON, SOUTH BEDS AND HARPENDEN 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;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) 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: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £494,855, which the trustees note is significantly above their stated policy target of 12 months of running costs. The charity reports a net income surplus of £7,962 for the year, with total funds increasing to £509,716, indicating a stable financial position.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation — “We would like to thank our local community, the local businesses and the grant awarding organisations that have supported us. Without their …” (source page)
• Luton and Bedfordshire Community Fund — “We are very grateful for the donation from Luton and Bedfordshire Community Fund which covered the costs of training 40 new volunteers last …” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Zachary Doverchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Donald Lewis Hearn
• Jennifer Mills
• Sim Gill
• Vanessa Louise Godden

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

Operates in: Luton

Income and spending

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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 SALISBURY AND DISTRICT income £67k
• SAMARITANS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE income £136k
• SAMARITANS OF LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £201k
• READING SAMARITANS income £36k
• SOUTHEND-ON-SEA SAMARITANS income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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