PEMBROKESHIRE SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1170854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Samaritans offer emotional and caring support to the despairing, depressed, lonely, and sometimes suicidal in Pembrokeshire and throughout the UK. Callers may communicate with trained volunteers by telephone, email and face to face. Our aim is that fewer people die by suicide. The service is available twenty four hours of every day.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN PEMBROKESHIRE 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: Pembrokeshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £7,961 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total incoming resources of £40,673 against total expenditure of £48,634. Despite the deficit, unrestricted funds remain at £127,535, which the trustees consider to be above their stated reserves policy target of £50,000 to £70,000. The trustees note that branch finances may come under increasing pressure due to the current economic crisis but maintain that resources are adequate to meet working capital needs.

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
• 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

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Principality Building Society — “A mortgage was arranged with the Principality Building Society with National Samaritans acting as guarantors.” (source page)
• Miss Jayne Anderson-Edmond — “The refurbishment was made possible by a generous bequest for the late Miss Jayne Anderson-Edmond.” (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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jane Evanschair
• Anthony O'Shaughnessy
• Donna Battersby
• Peter Robinson
• Richard Carne Hughes

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

Operates in: Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

• BRIDGEND SAMARITANS income £43k
• CHESTER AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS income £48k
• EASTBOURNE AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS income £86k
• SAMARITANS OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN, HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY income £29k
• SAMARITANS OF SOUTH CHESHIRE income £27k
• HEREFORDSHIRE SAMARITANS income £38k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.