# SUPPORT AFTER MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1000598
- **Other names:** PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN, SAMM NATIONAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 18, 1990
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1000598


## Contact

- **Address:** Tally Ho, Pershore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands
- **Postcode:** B5 7RN
- **Phone:** 07342886673
- **Email:** info@samm.org.uk
- **Website:** www.samm.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO SUPPORT ITS MEMBERS THROUGH SELF HELP, ADVICE, AND ALL METHODS WHICH ARE APPROPRIATE AND AVAILABLE.B. TO WORK WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND ALL PARTS OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE BEREAVED THROUGH HOMICIDE (MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER).C. TO WORK WITH HEALTH SERVICES OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE SIMILARLY BEREAVED.D. TO ORGANISE AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF HOMICIDE.

**Activities:** SAMM is an independent voluntary organisation. We offer help and support to those bereaved as a result of murder or manslaughter. Our volunteers have been similarly bereaved and can share what this feels like. We are also involved in training and research, raising public awareness and increasing the understanding of organisations who work closely with bereaved families.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £246000 | £238000 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £214000 | £240000 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £199725 | £172648 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £183166 | £105367 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £133000 | £90000 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rosaleen Dixon** (Chair) — appointed July 30, 2023
- AVRIL ROYLE
- DAVID REID — appointed Oct. 11, 2011
- Helen Smith — appointed Oct. 1, 2024
- Jane Deamer — appointed April 30, 2025
- MARIE ELLIS
- MARIE WRIGHT — appointed Oct. 1, 2015
- SYLVIA SMITHIES — appointed Oct. 14, 2013