ANS Is DI Isr RED ENTS F Contents Trustses. Report Independent Examlner's Report Statement of Flnancial Activitles Balance Sheet Notes to the Accounts 7-13 EP OF ACCOU 025 The Trustees present thls report together wtth the flnanclal statements of the Cxarlty for the year ended 31 March 2025, The flnanclal statements have been prepared In accordance wlth the accountlng pollcles set out In note I to the ccounts and comply wlth the Chartty's governlng document, the Charltles Att 2011 and Accountlng Ind Reportlng by Charitle5: Statement of R&coTTJmended Practlce appllcable to tharltles preparlng the]r accounts In accordance wlth the Flnanclal Reporting Standard applicable In the UK and Ropubllc of Ireland and the Flftartcldl Reportlng Stsndard appllcable In the UK and Republlc of Ireland. FRS 102. LEGAL sfATUS Samarltans of Sallsbury and Dlstrlrt 1$ a charlty ('the Charity") reglstered In England and Wales under the Charftles Act 2011 wlth reglstered number 1168019. It is a Charltable Incorporated Organlsatlon establlshed on 4 July 2016 and is governed by its constltLrtion of the same date. The Charlty Is rè¢ognlsed by the charltable company Ilmlted by guarantee known as Samaritans ("the Central Charity ) as an affillated branch of the Central Charlty. Each member of the Charlty Is a member of the Central Charlty and the Dlrector for the tlme belng of the tharSty ]5 appolnted by the Counril of the Centrnl Charfty. The Councll of the Central Charlty has the power to wlthdraw recogniuon of the Charlty as an affi1a￿l branth of the Central Charity. Samarftans Central Office is The Upper Nlll. Klngston Road, Ewell, Sunpy I￿17 2AF ADDRESS OF TH E CHARrrY . Unlt ID, Barnad( Buslness Centre, Blakey Road, Sallsbury SPI 2LP WEBsrrE ADDRESS . IbranclJ851 TRUSTEE BOARD TRusfEES OF THE CHARrrABLE XNCORPORATED ORGAXISATION Ms S Allen MS J Annetts Mr P Tayler Mr R Streatfolld MrR Evans Co-Director (Appolnted 08.01.24) (Appointed 08.01.24) (Appolnted 13.07.21) (Co-optsd 04.11.21) (tropted 30.01,24) (Appolnted 09.07.24) Co-Dlrector T￿asUrer, Acyng Secretary (Appolnted 09.07.22) (Appolnted Q6.04.24) MrBHIc The Dlrector, who Is appointed by the Central Charity. holds the p05t for 3 years and becomes chalr of the Trustee Board. In January 2024 two Co-Dlrectors were appolnted to serve on a job-share ba81s, wtth the agreement of ttie S?marltans Roglonal Dlrector. Each member has one vote wlth the Chalr of the meeung havlng the cAstlng vote. The board has power to co-opt up to 2 trustees to the commlttee to fill gaps In experljse, they are requlred to offer themselves for electlon by the membership at the nèxt AGM. Twstees can be nomlnated from the tharlty's Ustening Volunteers. the Charity'5 Support Volunteers and any other addithinal Indfvidual,. they are proposed and seconded by Members of the Charlty prlor to the AGM, and elected at the AGM. MANAGEMENT OF THE CHARrrY The Branch Leadershlp Team, whlch meets at least 4 tlmes per year,15 responslble for the general management ofthe charlty and Its property and affalrs. The Branch Leade￿Ip Team comprises two Co- Dlrectors (trustees), Deputy Dlrectors (who are not trustee5) and all other Trustees. The Co-Dlrertors are responslble for and have absolute authority over the day to day conduct and work of the charfty. IMAR PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS Banker8 Xttdependent Examlner HSBC, 19 Mlnster Street, Sallsburyi SPI ITE i Mr8 N A H8118 FCA Ftetd]er & Partners. Cro1￿ Chambers, Bndgg Street Salisbury SPI 2LZ Parker Bullen iLP, 45 Castle SITeeL Sa115bury SPI 3SS Soll¢ltor Xnvestment Adv18er8 CaTrnave Capltal, S¢hroder & Co Ltd, l London Wall PlaTr, London, EC2Y SAU AXMS ANI) ORGANKSATXON Tre alms of the Charlty under Its constTtutlon are: to enable persons In S811sbury and the surrounding area as well Bs elsewhere KTho are expertenclng feellngs of dlstress and despalr, Includlng those who may be at risk of sulclde, to recelve conltdentlal emotloftal support at any tlme of the day or nlght In order to Improve thelr emotlonal health and ta reduce the rlsk of sulclde. to promote a better understandlng In soclety of sulclde, sulddal behavlour and the value of expresslng leellngs whlch may otherwlse lead to sulclde or Impalred emotlonal health. and to collaborate wlth and support the Centrdl Chartty and its afflllated branches In fvlfllllng these objects. The Charity Is requlred to have at least fNo Volunteers avallable when Its prBmls&s are open at any Ume of the day or nlght to benefft people who are passlng through a Ume of crlsis, JNVEsfMENT POWERS The Brnnch Leadershlp T88rn has power to Invest money not Immed18tely requlred for Its purposes In purchase of stocks, shares, funds, securltles. land, bulldlngs or prr)perty of any nature as may be thought flt In all respects as If Lhey were the absolute ownets benefldally entitled, An investment sub-commlttee (of three trustees) Is re5pon51ble for Investment doclslons. The Trustee Att 2000 applle5 wlth effect from l February 2001. RESERVES Th8 Charlty had unrastrltted reserves at the perlod end totalling £439,809, and restrlcbj reserves of £13,769. However, the unrestri¢t&l reserves Indudes a Premlses reserve of £293,888 ￿prESentIng the depreclated cost of Its lecisehold property and equlpment, the retenuon of whlch Is essentlal for the Charlty's opera￿OnS, and a Premlses Repalr Reser4e of £10,000 retalned to provide for any future ropalrs to the bullding. Thls leaves free reserves of £135,921, of whlch £1,579 15 reprEsented by tsngI￿e flxed ass&s. The policy of the Trustees Is to try to malntaln two years of annual expenses as free reseNes to allow for varlatlons In annual Income and p)sslble stock market losses, The alm each year Is for annual Income to cover annual expenses. Although 5tlll In defldt, thls year Income has continued to grow from the low of 2022123. We have ¢ontlnued to beneflt from the generoslty of many local donors, and from re*nergised fundraislng. The TTUStees have no materlal uncertalntles regardlng the charlty's ablllty to contlnue as a golng concem. TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE AtCOUNTS The Trustees ara responslble for preparing the Trustees, Report and flnanclal statelnents In accordance wlth applicable law and UnSted Klngdom Accountlng Standards, Under the law appllcable to charitles, the Trustees have elected to prepam accrua15 accounts whlch must give a twe and lalr vlew of the stste of affalrs of the Charfty and of Its Incomlng resources and appllcatlon of resources for that peiiod. In preparing those flnancial statements on the accruals basis the Trustees a￿ required to . selert suitable actounljng pollcles and then apply them conslstentlyi observe the methods and prlnclples In the Charlues SORP (Ststement of Recommended Pract1￿). make Judgements and estlmates that are reasonable and prudent,. and state whether appll(3ble UK a¢countlng standard5 have been followed, subject to any material departures dlsclosed and explalned in the flnanclal statements; and prepare the flnandal statements on the going concern basls unle55 It Is Inappmprlate to assume that the Charity wtll condnue in buslness. The Trustees are responslble tr keeping proper acDJuntlng recor(is whlch dlsclose wlth reasonable accuracy at any tlme the flnanclal posltlon of the Charlty and enable them to ensure that the financlal statements comply wlth the Charltles Act 2011, the èpplicable Charltles (Ac(x)unts and Reports) Regulations, and the provlslons of the Charlvs schemes, They are also responslble for taktng reasonable steps for the preventyon and detectlon of fraud and other Irregularltles. EPORY AND CCOUN R ENDE continued iuvriw op AcTrvmEs AND ACHfovxMENTS Durlnp the re￿rtIng pertod endlng on 31 March 2025. thEre has been an incrnased f￿8￿1 on qualty Imprnvernent, 90vernance ond the 9ustsln4bllky o'i leadernhlp rDle5 Ivlthln Saibbury and Dlstrlct Samarltsns. We suc¢esslully completed the trfennlal t￿lIty nutcttmes Fr)m8wod( revlew (Involv]ng Éxtèmal peer assfjssment of qualtty and compllJnce In everythlng we dol In November 2024. Over 2024 th2 Contr41 Samarn3ns Chartty changed tts telephony and IT System to futureproof our serylco to Callers. We 8uec£sgtully madè the local changas to our systems, tralned votunteers arKI transkloned to tha new system wlth no LssuE> to the delivery of our servtc¢, In addltjon t¢ thIB, we upgraded tho D85 check8 b) the enhanced level for all our Ilstenlng voluntèerg to rn4et now guidance to bett¥ manage rtsk. sjfeguard eallws and (w organl8atlon. At the end Or the repordng pertod th& Brgnth Lo8d¥shlp Team had 6 Tru5te&% Ondudlng the two Co-t%ffLtm) and 10 Deputy L)Irortors, s¢me ol whorn lob shaR to ImprDve thè sustslnabllTty of the99 Important ral¢s. Durlng the yoar, volurteets at the b￿nth wero115kn1ng for a totsl of over 5,800 hour5. We recelved 18,547 contacts, 17,675 by telephone Y4nd 87Z by emall. 8 volunteery BL￿ suppotted the Ltstenar Sch￿* •t Erlestoke Prlson for ovèr 240 hours. The Charlty had 14J actlve IL8ienlno and 5 support Volunteers at the pertCKI end, of whom 24 a￿ naw members who succassfully eompldled thÈlr Inldal Core and then SIX months Emb•￿dIng Tralnlng durlng the year or transferred to us from other branches. Wo contlnued wlth a range of outreach artI￿ueS Indudlng the popular'Brvw Mortdaf and gummertlme awarene$9 ralslng event at 5?Ilsbury Rallway statlonp POP-UP Sklls Bt a local supermarf