CHESTER AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1170862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Samaritans' main aim is to reduce the incidence of death by suicide but we also support anyone in distress of any kind. Samaritans provide a 24/7 support service to anyone distressed or in despair by Freephone telephone line, e-mail and Web Chat. We are also committed to local outreach work to make our service known.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN CHESTER AND DISTRICT 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: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves increased to £135,621, which the trustees deem necessary to cover approximately 18 months of minimum operating costs due to variable fundraising income. The charity reported total income of £47,164 and total expenditure of £52,843, resulting in a net decrease in resources for the year, although overall net assets grew due to property revaluation.

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
• 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)

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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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally Marie Roberts-Dennis
• Simon Stephen Barrett
• jane elizabeth bryan
• sharleen nall-evans

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Flintshire · Wirral · Wrexham

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 LANCASTER & DISTRICT.

• SAMARITANS OF LANCASTER & DISTRICT income £67k
• SAMARITANS OF SOUTH CHESHIRE income £27k
• SAMARITANS OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE income £66k
• WOLVERHAMPTON SAMARITANS income £55k
• SAMARITANS OF LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £201k
• EASTBOURNE AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS income £86k

Side by side with its peers

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