LEEK & DISTRICT SAMARITANS
Emotional and suicidal support services
Objects
TO ENABLE PERSONS IN LEEK 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.
Latest income
£21k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
2017
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 30
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 33
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 35
- Government income: £6,000 — grants £6,000 (1); 64% of the £9,434 total gross income on the same return
Trustees
- David Gresty
- John Gary Price
- Linonel Victor Goodwin
- MARGARET STEVENSON
- MICK DWYER
- Michelle Willis
- Natalie Hodgson
- Pamela Christine Gregory
- Susan Trafford
- Timothy Armstrong
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £21k | £28k |
| 31/03/2024 | £15k | £17k |
| 31/03/2023 | £9k | £17k |
| 31/03/2022 | £4k | £23k |
| 31/03/2021 | £9k | £30k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/01/2025 | £15k | Leek Samaritans R&R (running and recruitment) |