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SAMSONS ACADEMY

Registered charity 1181882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work with young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training, young people who are involved in gang related crime, knife crime and county-lines. Young/Older adults who consider themselves to be socially isolated, those with substance misuse and alcohol dependency. All people who have a learning disability or mental health illness or impairment and sexual exploitation or being groomed

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£123k
Latest spending
£123k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remained financially sustainable throughout the year, although secured grants were approximately £55,000 lower than the previous year. The trustees report that rising operational costs, particularly in energy and utilities, have placed additional pressure on resources, leading to capped participant numbers on some programmes to maintain stability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income was received from grants, charitable donations, commissioned services and partnership funding.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Samsons Academy (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Kirklees · Luton · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£123k£123k
31/03/2024£182k£183k
31/03/2023£152k£147k
31/03/2022£92k£124k
31/03/2021£74k£52k

Common questions

Is SAMSONS ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remained financially sustainable throughout the year, although secured grants were approximately £55,000 lower than the previous year. The trustees report that rising operational costs, particularly in energy and utilities, have placed additional pressure on resources, leading to capped participant numbers on some programmes to maintain stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SAMSONS ACADEMY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAMSONS ACADEMY as a grant recipient include THE HARPUR TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2022£43kCommunity Outreach Coordinator
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2023£42kCommunity Engagement Advocates

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England06/08/2024£12kSensory Boxercise
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation16/05/2024£10k MMA Fitness classes for men and menopause
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation22/05/2023£5kDocumentary to interview Windrush community settled in Bedford, including the younger generation.
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2022£123kEach One Teach One
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£9kStand Together
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2020£9kAllSorts (Because it takes all sorts to make a community)
Sport England17/09/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation21/05/2020£1kGrant to Samsons Academy Charity