# LEWISHAM, GREENWICH AND SOUTHWARK SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1167963
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 30, 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=1167963


## Contact

- **Address:** THE SAMARITANS, 5 ANGUS STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE14 6LU
- **Phone:** 02086925228
- **Email:** lewisham.director@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org/branches/samaritans-lewisham-greenwich-and-southwark



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO ENABLE PERSONS IN LEWISHAM, GREENWICH, SOUTHWARK 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; AND3.3 TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** We provide emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland and beyond through the Samaritans telephone helpline, email and text services.




## 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

- Greenwich
- Lewisham
- Southwark



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £64828 | £38148 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £20513 | £48535 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £34801 | £41902 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £33634 | £39969 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £47460 | £34710 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Chloe Mabel Vaughan — appointed June 8, 2025
- David Kenneth Waugh — appointed Sept. 16, 2023
- David Robert Cope — appointed Sept. 16, 2023
- Deborah Dowdall — appointed June 1, 2022
- Eleftherios Italos — appointed June 8, 2025
- Ian Buchan — appointed Sept. 14, 2024
- Martine Leroy — appointed Sept. 13, 2025
- Rosalie Allen — appointed June 8, 2025