SOUTHEND-ON-SEA SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1173715 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enable persons in Southend-on-Sea 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. Contact is made by phone, SMS, Email and face-to-face.

Objects

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA 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;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; ANDTO 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: Southend-on-Sea, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £142,143 against total expenditure of £128,571, resulting in a net movement in funds of £11,535. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £923,197, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of 18 months of funding. The trustees confirm 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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Samaritans Southend on Sea (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 (0 freehold); recorded price paid £95k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Elizabeth Hawkins
• Caroline Jane Jennings
• Deborah Constance Downs
• Derrick Robert Stott
• Emer Marie Meadway
• Ivan Colin Darby
• Mark Sutton
• Nichola McGee
• Ray Michael Turner
• Rosa Garner

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

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 SALISBURY AND DISTRICT.

• SAMARITANS OF SALISBURY AND DISTRICT income £67k
• SAMARITANS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE income £136k
• SOUTH WEST HERTS SAMARITANS income £41k
• WORCESTER SAMARITANS income £45k
• SAMARITANS OF LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £201k
• SAMARITANS CARLISLE income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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