CENTRAL LONDON SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1171330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CENTRAL LONDON SAMARITANS PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO TALK, ROUND THE CLOCK, EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE CAN GET IN TOUCH BY PHONE, EMAIL, TEXT, LETTER OR BY VISITING A BRANCH. VOLUNTEERS ALSO DO OUTREACH WORK, FOR EXAMPLE AT FESTIVALS, PRISONS AND SCHOOLS.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net unrestricted surplus of £4,057,957, primarily driven by a gain on the disposal of its previous property. The trustees report that free reserves of £339,716 represent 8.0 months of operating expenditure, which is within the stated policy target of six to twelve months. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Central London Samaritans (matched by registered charity number).

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 £3.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Ian Bassfordchair
• Bethan Alice Davies
• Claire Anne Marie Justin
• Helen Elizabeth Buck
• Hitesh Kanji Mistry
• Jane Sheila Little
• Jeremy Paul Marcus
• John Trimbos
• Margherita Marchetti
• Roger Norman Jeary
• Sham Singh
• Susannah Jane Burns

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• SAMARITANS income £27.5m
• SAMARITANS OF EAST SURREY income £134k
• SAMARITANS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE income £136k
• SAMARITANS OF EXETER MID AND EAST DEVON income £153k
• NORTHAMPTON SAMARITANS income £119k
• NORWICH SAMARITANS income £300k

Side by side with its peers

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