# BEFRIENDERS WORLDWIDE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146717
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07964782](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07964782)
- **Registered:** March 30, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1146717


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 CAMBRIDGE TERRACE MEWS, LONDON
- **Postcode:** NW1 4JJ
- **Phone:** 07747 763554
- **Email:** martin@mltdirections.com
- **Website:** www.befrienders.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS TO IMPROVE THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FEELINGS OF DISTRESS AND DESPAIR AND TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDE BY,BUT NOT LIMITED TO:-3.1 ENCOURAGING WORLDWIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRES SPECIALISING IN THIS WORK; AND3.2 IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES AND SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE APPLICATION OF THESE PRACTICES BY THE CENTRES.

**Activities:** To improve the emotional and mental health of people who are experiencing feelings of distress and to reduce the incidence of suicide.




## 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:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** GREAT BRITAIN, ARGENTINA , AUSTRALIA , BRAZIL , CHINA , CYPRUS , FRANCE , HONG KONG ,HUNGARY , INDIA , ITALY , JAPAN , KENYA , LITHUANIA , MALAYSIA , MAURITIUS , NEWZEALAND , NORWAY , POLAND , PORTUGAL , REPUBLIC OF IRELAND , SERBIA ,SINGAPORE , SOUTH AFRICA , SPAIN , SRI LANKA , ST VINCENT AND GRENADINES ,SWEDEN , THAILAND , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , ZIMBABWE
- Argentina
- Australia
- Brazil
- China
- Cyprus
- France
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Saint Vincent
- Serbia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Thailand
- United States
- Zimbabwe





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Neil Grant Hawkins** | Chair | Sept. 6, 2021 |
| David Andrew Brodtman |  | April 1, 2015 |
| Harinda Fonseca |  | July 13, 2024 |
| MARGARET LOUISE GALLIANO |  | Jan. 15, 2018 |
| Martin Taylor |  | Nov. 17, 2021 |
| Nagesh Sood |  | Nov. 17, 2021 |
| Oscar Monteiro |  | Nov. 25, 2014 |
| Paulius Skruibis |  | Oct. 2, 2014 |




