SAMARITANS BRIGHTON HOVE AND DISTRICT

Registered charity 1170866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTON HOVE AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS

To enable persons in Brighton, Hove 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

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN BRIGHTON, HOVE 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £42,433 for the year ended 31st March 2026, driven by increased fundraising and a significant partnership with Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £185,843, which exceeds the stated policy target range of £90,000 to £180,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Samaritans, Brighton Hove & District (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Michelle Plant
• Anthony Gerard Craggs
• Catherine Elizabeth Page
• Clare Rosalind Louise Levi
• Fiona Elizabeth Mary Harrison
• Geraint Wyn Williams
• Michael Joseph McGowan
• Oonagh Williams
• Sarah Helen Webster
• Simon John Crompton

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SAMARITANS CHELTENHAM AND DISTRICT income £75k
• BOLTON SAMARITANS income £37k
• BROMLEY AND ORPINGTON SAMARITANS income £33k
• SAMARITANS OF BATH AND DISTRICT income £84k
• SAMARITANS OF HARROGATE AND DISTRICT income £52k
• SAMARITANS CARLISLE income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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