KING'S LYNN SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1173636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enable persons in Kings Lynn 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

TO WORK FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF PERSONS IN DESPAIR OR DISTRESS AS SET OUT IN RULE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION DATED 9TH OCTOBER 1974.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £235,531 against total funds of £312,350, with the charity reporting a net expenditure of £54,077 against incoming resources of £33,101. The trustees' report indicates that the branch returned to regular fundraising activities in the second half of the year and holds sufficient reserves to meet up to three years of gross expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Hunstanton Lions Club — “A massive THANK YOU to Hunstanton Lions Club... ... for their generous support of King's Lynn Samaritans. Members of Hunstanton Lions Club p…” (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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Margaret Beswick
• Edward George Kenny
• Georgina Billings
• Jacqueline Brenda Row
• Jennifer Winifred Storf
• Nigel Gareth Clark
• Robert Charles Gardner

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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