NEWPORT AND GWENT SAMARITANS

Registered charity 1174186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide emotional support for people in distress or despair or who are suicidal.

Objects

TO WORK FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUICIDAL, DESPAIRING OR IN DISTRESS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Newport, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £12,617 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £17,315. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy target of eighteen months of normal expenditure to maintain core services if income sources are lost. The organization relies on volunteers for service delivery and funding from individuals, grants, and partnerships.

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
• 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 £185k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Jane Marshall
• Jeffrey Gwilym Mitchell
• Judith McGahan
• Sarah Mary Frances Symondson
• Sharon Penny Beckett
• Susan Elizabeth Hard

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Newport City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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