Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

SAMARITANS OF PLYMOUTH, EAST CORNWALL AND SOUTH WEST DEVON

Samaritans vision is that fewer people die by suicide. We provide a non judgmental listening ear for anyone in distress or despair. People contact us by phone, email, text and face to face at our branch. Our work is based at our office near Plymouth city centre, however we also do outreach within the local community in schools, colleges, prison, the workplace and homeless centres.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 7 years

www.samaritans.org.uk

ADMIN@PLYMOUTHSAMARITANS.ORG.UK

01752253950

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£86	£35	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	133
31/03/22		£55	£67	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	126
31/03/21		£71	£34	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	110
31/03/20		£23	£26	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	93
31/03/19	*	£31	£29	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	83
31/03/18	*	£21	£30	£-9	£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

Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
133 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Samaritans of Plymouth
£4,037	21/10/2023	We'd like to take our listening service out into the community and reach people who are too afflicted by mental health issues that they can't reach out themselves.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Samaritans of Plymouth
£5,147	22/10/2022	We aim to be able to undertake outreach awareness raising, training and listening across local communities in Plymouth to improve mental health, wellbeing and recover from the effects of Covid-19.
National Lottery Community Fund - A golden new dawn for Plymouth and South-East Cornwall Samaritans
£9,700	05/08/2022	The funding will be used to hold a Platinum Jubilee event as a platform to recruit more volunteers to the organisation as well as to create a Jubilee garden. The project aims to create an improved ....more The funding will be used to hold a Platinum Jubilee event as a platform to recruit more volunteers to the organisation as well as to create a Jubilee garden. The project aims to create an improved outreach service for marginalised groups and improve places that matter to the community.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Plymouth Samaritans
£2,744	24/10/2020	We plan to recruit more volunteers to be able to reach out to support those in most need in our community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Samaritans Welcome Space
£9,500	22/02/2019 14	The funding will be used to carry out improvement works to the facility, which provides support to people experiencing challenging circumstances. The project aims to create a visible and welcoming ....more The funding will be used to carry out improvement works to the facility, which provides support to people experiencing challenging circumstances. The project aims to create a visible and welcoming space to improve wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Samaritans of Plymouth, East Cornwall and South West Devon
£4,380	19/11/2018	We wish to reach out to young people to improve their emotional health and need age specific presentation materials and leaflets.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROLINE THISTLETHWAITE Appointed: 2022

CHARLES DAVID PITMAN Appointed: 2023

DAVID JAMES GREEN Appointed: 2022

DAVID PEARCE Appointed: 2022

JACQUELINE STOCKMAN Appointed: 2022

PAUL ROBERTSON SHERRATT Appointed: 2023

ROBERT JAMES WAGHORN Appointed: 2020

STEPHEN ARTHUR HALE Appointed: 2022

SUSAN MARGARET ANDERSON Appointed: 2023

THOMAS CHARLES CAYLOR Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2017, number: 1173658

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR19: 38 days late, AR18: 56 days late,

Main office

SAMARITANS
20-21 OXFORD PLACE
PLYMOUTH
PL1 5AJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 3.1 TO ENABLE PERSONS IN PLYMOUTH, EAST CORNWALL AND SOUTH WEST DEVON 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; 3.2 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; AND 3.3 TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

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