SAMARITANS OF MID CHESHIRE

Registered charity 1170575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enable persons who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including suicide, to receive confidential emotional support at any time. To promote a better understanding of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide or impaired emotional health.To collaborate with and support Samaritans Central Charity.

Objects

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN NORTHWICH 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 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.

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Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,774 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted cash reserves increasing to £53,762. The Trustees and Treasurer report that these funds are held in reserve to maintain premises, recruit volunteers, and increase awareness, indicating a stable financial position without stated material uncertainties.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 24/04/2024, 84 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £38k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernice Constance Lilian Philps
• Charles Oliver Tate
• Edward John Scaplehorn
• JAN SCAPLEHORN
• JUDI BOARDMAN
• Patricia Ann Norma Mills
• Peter Donat Burke
• SUE COLES

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SAMARITANS OF SOUTH CHESHIRE income £27k
• SAMARITANS CHELTENHAM AND DISTRICT income £75k
• HEREFORDSHIRE SAMARITANS income £38k
• EASTBOURNE AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS income £86k
• MANCHESTER AND SALFORD SAMARITANS income £145k
• CHESTER AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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