Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

BIRMINGHAM SAMARITANS

Samaritans provides completely confidential emotional support 24-hours a day by telephone, face-to-face, email and text, at festivals and outside our centres in prisons, hospitals, schools and workplaces and with the homeless through a network of over 200 branches in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Birmingham Samaritans acts as one of these branches.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 8 years

https://www.samaritans.org/branches/birmingha

birmingham.director@samaritans.org

01216225165

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£67	£90	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	162
31/03/22	£44	£66	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	218
31/03/21	£97	£76	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	226
31/03/20	£79	£73	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	212
31/03/19	£87	£67	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	182
31/03/18	£88	£67	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£85	£67	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
162 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	29/05/2020	Core Costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	26/11/2018	Running Costs
Birmingham City Council - Counselling
£6,100	01/01/2017	COUNSELLING; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Counselling and support
Birmingham City Council - Counselling
£12,200	01/07/2016	COUNSELLING; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Counselling and support
Birmingham City Council - Birmingham Samaritans
£6,100	01/04/2016	BIRMINGHAM SAMARITANS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Counselling and support
Birmingham City Council - Birmingham Samaritans
£24,400	01/04/2015	BIRMINGHAM SAMARITANS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Counselling and support
Birmingham City Council - Birmingham Samaritans
£12,200	01/10/2014	BIRMINGHAM SAMARITANS; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Counselling and support

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

LINDA JANE JONES Appointed: 2023

PAUL SINGH Appointed: 2023

PETER KAHN Appointed: 2023

ROSE AMANDA FRANCESCA PARDO ROQUES Appointed: 2023

JASON WARD (Chair) Appointed: 2019

RACHEL MARY NORMAN Appointed: 2019

ROBERT ALLAN CLULEY Appointed: 2022

SELINA SFEIR Appointed: 2022

MARK WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: General Manager, Other trusteeship: THE OAKLAND FOUNDATION LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/04/2016, number: 1166821

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE SAMARITANS
13 BOW STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B1 1DW

Objectives

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN BIRMINGHAM 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREA

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