TELFORD SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1170489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a branch of the national charity, Samaritans, whose aims is that fewer people die by suicide. Samaritans provide a listening service 24/7, so people can always talk to a Samaritans volunteer (whether by phone, email, text or in person) when they're in emotional distress.

Objects

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN TELFORD 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;TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN SOCIETY OF SUICIDE, SUICIDE BEHAVIOUR AND THE VALUE OF EXPRESSING FEELINGS WHICH MAY OTHERWISE LEAD TO SUICIDE OR IMPAIRED EMOTIONAL HEALTH; ANDTO 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: Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £14,110 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £300,901 to £286,791. Unrestricted reserves stood at £160,241, with no specific reserves policy target stated in the accounts. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern.

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.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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

• ANDREW ADAMS
• Julie Menary
• Kirsty Slow
• Lisa Marie Brittain
• Lyndsey Bissell
• Mary Ruth Shenton Hannaford Evans
• Philip Dicken
• Sarah Louise Stevenson
• Sian Gould

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

Operates in: Telford & Wrekin

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 CHESTER AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS.

• CHESTER AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS income £48k
• WOLVERHAMPTON SAMARITANS income £55k
• SAMARITANS income £24.6m
• PEMBROKESHIRE SAMARITANS income £41k
• SAMARITANS OF TAUNTON AND SOMERSET income £39k
• READING SAMARITANS income £39k

Side by side with its peers

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