SAMARITANS CHELTENHAM AND DISTRICT

Registered charity 1170900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support people in Cheltenham, and elsewhere, who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those who may be at risk of suicide, in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide. To promote better understanding in society of suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide or impaired emotional health.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN CHELTENHAM 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 IMPAIREDEMOTIONAL 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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Registered contact address: Cheltenham, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £22,931 for the year ended 31 March 2026, reversing a previous deficit. Free reserves stood at £95,784, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operating expenses (£50,000). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties affecting 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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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

• Dr Susan Honeywillchair
• JULIET KILTY
• John David Clarke
• Jonathan Cutler
• Leigh Richard Norwood
• Nicola Boyd
• Sally Ryder-Taylor
• Stephen Clark
• Toni Lisa Hardie

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SAMARITANS CARLISLE income £31k
• BOLTON SAMARITANS income £37k
• SAMARITANS BRIGHTON HOVE AND DISTRICT income £125k
• MANCHESTER AND SALFORD SAMARITANS income £145k
• SAMARITANS OF MID CHESHIRE income £46k
• SAMARITANS OF BATH AND DISTRICT income £84k

Side by side with its peers

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