SAMARITANS

Registered charity 219432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SAMARITANS · also registered in Scotland as SC040604 (OSCR)

Samaritans is the coordinating body for the 201 Samaritans branches located across the UK and Ireland. Samaritans provides a safe place for people to talk, round the clock, every single day of the year. People can get in touch by phone, letter or by visiting a branch. Volunteers also do outreach work, for example, at festivals, prisons, hospitals and schools.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £27.5 million, while total expenditure rose to £28.0 million, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £0.4 million. Free reserves stood at £12.0 million, which the trustees confirm falls within their stated target range of four to twelve months of general expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties related to going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager — £42,000 - £44,000 per year · Ewell, Surrey (Hybrid) · posted 1 week ago (seen 09/09/2026)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Manzoni
• Amanda Millar
• Andrew Donnell
• Anna Ling
• Annie Kent
• Christopher Knight
• Dr Anushtayini Sivananthan
• Dr Rosie Jane Allister
• Ella Mae Harriet Dorfman
• Fleur Creed
• Hester Mary Wain · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Drew · trustee of 1 other charity
• Keith Leslie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Charles John William Cliff · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Bartlett

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CENTRAL LONDON SAMARITANS income £4.5m
• SAMARITANS OF EXETER MID AND EAST DEVON income £153k
• SAMARITANS OF EAST SURREY income £134k
• NORTHAMPTON SAMARITANS income £119k
• SAMARITANS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE income £136k
• NORWICH SAMARITANS income £300k

Side by side with its peers

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