# BIRMINGHAM SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1166821
- **Other names:** SAMARITANS LTD  BIRMINGHAM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 28, 2016
- **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=1166821


## Contact

- **Address:** THE SAMARITANS, 13 BOW STREET, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B1 1DW
- **Phone:** 01216225165
- **Email:** birmingham.director@samaritans.org
- **Website:** https://www.samaritans.org/branches/birmingham/



## Activities

**Objects:** 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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £120441 | £96232 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £102649 | £93852 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £66902 | £90487 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £43599 | £65960 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £96701 | £75943 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Lorraine Green** (Chair) — appointed March 13, 2025
- Anne Burge — appointed Sept. 11, 2025
- Caroline Lesley Cresswell — appointed Sept. 11, 2025
- Emily Jane Lawson — appointed Sept. 11, 2025
- John David Rutter — appointed Sept. 9, 2024
- Mark Williams — appointed Sept. 28, 2020
- Michael John Kinsella — appointed Sept. 11, 2025
- Penny Thompson — appointed March 12, 2026
- Robert Allan Cluley — appointed July 19, 2022