COLCHESTER SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1173895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To assist people who are suicidal, despairing or in distress. This service is primarily intended for persons in the town of Colchester, Essex and its surrounding areas, (but without specific limitations as to area).

Objects

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN COLCHESTER 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: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total incoming resources of £58,813 against total expenditures of £44,950. Free unrestricted reserves (cash at bank) stood at £123,784, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain current activity levels and premises maintenance for at least a year. The charity operates on a voluntary basis with no paid staff, relying on donations, fundraising events, and grants to fund its emotional support services.

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 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
• 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
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Colchester 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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Margaret Anne Joneschair
• Bethany June Margaret Hynds
• CAROLINE JILL NICHOLLS
• David Ernest Atterbury
• Lynne Finnigan
• Rodney John Dass · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ruth Evangeline Yallop
• Stephanie Irene Dass
• Virginia Susan Druitt

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WORCESTER SAMARITANS income £45k
• WINCHESTER AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF SAMARITANS income £51k
• SAMARITANS CHELTENHAM AND DISTRICT income £75k
• SAMARITANS CARLISLE income £31k
• BRISTOL SAMARITANS income £55k
• MANCHESTER AND SALFORD SAMARITANS income £145k

Side by side with its peers

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