SOUTH WEST HERTS SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1170559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAMARITANS OF SOUTH WEST HERTS

To enable persons in South West Hertfordshire as well as elsewhere who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair to receive confidential emotional support at any time in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide: and to promote a better understanding of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide.

Objects

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN SOUTH WEST HERTFORDSHIRE 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, SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE VALUE OF EXPRESSING FEELINGS WHICH MAY LEAD TO SUICIDE OR IMPAIRED 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a net deficit of £2,469 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £80,768. The Trustees report that the charity is financially sound and fully able to continue as a going concern. The undesignated unrestricted funds of £72,568 are noted to cover approximately 1.7 years of future expenditure.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South West Herts Samaritans (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Co-op Local Community Fund — “SW Herts Samaritans and the Co-op Local Community Fund” (source page)
• Leeds Building Society — “The Samaritans team are now part of our team, they’ve understood our strategy from the start, they have supported our wellbeing agenda and t…” (source page)

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

• Susan Mary Jordachechair
• Amanda Shaw
• Charlotte Tooker
• Derek Robert Sola
• Donna Shepherd
• Nicholas Moorhouse · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Godley
• Victoria Esta Sterman

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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