Samaritans of Yeovil, Sherborne
& District
Charity registered In England & Wales number: 1168371
Statement of income & expenditure
for the year ended 31st March 2023

AnnualTrustees Rep
TheTrustees pre5entthe¢rrepytand finartI￿ slatw￿of theth*ity*ortr* wr ended 31 Nlach20
Samarltsrs of Yeovtl. Sherborne & rh"strict isa tharrtth r*tued ￿ E￿and & Wa*5. ￿Stered charlty
number1168371. Samaritans ofytwl. Shethime & Distrrt isan affiliatès brarKth of SamaritsTr&
Strnthrt. fjovemanceand M•nwffl
The governln8document 15 thÈ ClOA550c4￿0￿c0nsthknTr aNlthedwitywas asa d￿ritab￿ or8anisation N 21 Julv
2016.
TheTrustEe5 who seryed dtsri￿the ￿arand ynce the yeareThJ arEasfOlh)￿.
S Hicks
It*rECtorendof term 31.12.221
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K McElligott
trrea5werl
l Dibben
E Wllov8hl>rPwJl
ID1rertLY5tsrtoftemi 01.01231
Two C¢K*pted trusteesio cover Premise5 Mana8ernertaTh1 Cthnrnwcial USymondsaThl C ￿(￿*$) wtretakn injarwary 2023. J
Symonds has subsequently resigned.
The charty is managed bya Branch LeadershipTeam IBLTI. headed ty the Br3￿h ￿rector, arKI includingTru5tees elected annually at
theAnt)ual GeneTal Meetsn& ctrooed on dvriretheyear. untilthe dateofthe next AGM. All members ofthp tharity may
norninate indwiduals forelethon a5 tru5teek trltsiees urKlevgo thestsndard Mèfvja￿rytrainl￿gpT0yldEd bysamaritsnscentral
Charity. At 31" March 2023 the erdnch Director F4Lt5 elected InL5￿5 wve in poM and ￿￿￿oplEdtrUSt￿eS 45 listed a￿. The
other members of ihe 6LTare Deputy ￿reCtorS resp)nsiL4E forpartKular areasof mana8emert andthÈ5e a￿ apFx)inted bythe
Dlrettor.
Trustees rftay beaKW)inted frorn outslde thevolunieet Iwtall t*Wty Dorectors mEst be voltsnteeys who havE
completed the rnandatorytrainin&
tYec15ions made att¥usteeor BLTineetinB5aredfjsseminatod tothÈvoI￿teer trthtyemau or letttr andattMarKh rneetyrw. Minutss
are available in the Fi125tore on Rin8
I peysons Worki￿ atourcjwityare wlunieers. l*b* nD paid staff.
Alms *fid ObJt¢tt￿5
The tharitable ob5ects are:
To enable persons in Yeiivil, Sherborne & D￿tr￿t￿d thesurToundingarea aswell as els*whetewho afe experiencinBfeehngs of
distress or despair. I￿l￿Oin8th0&e m3y be at riskof suitKIE. to rffeivecoThfidwtlal emO￿nal SUPPDrt at anytime ofthe day or
ni8ht in order to improve the1remot￿dl hÈaAh and to reduce the Ir￿d￿Of suicvJE:
To promote a better under5tsndin8iTr ￿>￿ety0f wichje. beha¥itiurand thevalue of expressiwfeeftngs wh￿h rnay
otherwsse lead to suicideorimpaired emotional hearth., arxl
To collaboratewith ond supportSamaritan5 Centsal Charityand ttsaffifrdted braFKhE5 in I￿￿lI1ngthe$eObkCts.
To athievÈourw5ion of fewer pewe dyin8 tysul￿de. Samaritansas an 0w8anE5&i￿ has identified fowprtlrity area
ServSce.' Wewill improvethe quality and CO￿ster￿V of our5w￿e
Atte5s'. We will impro¥eaccessto Sarnarttan< 5ervKes
Influence: We ￿11 have Stroryr and effe(tiveÈxtwnal innuerKe connect60￿￿l1h partn￿5
E￿dence.. We will improve collecbon and apKAic*iw of ev•Jen
To ddi¥eTthis. we need to make a'step charge. auoss three key ¥olU￿￿ lÈamith84nd dE¥EWientand howwe use diwal
technology.
It Ss important to notethatall role5 ￿thin a Sarrtaritsns branth are tovered ￿￿lunteers. I￿udirrfthe&dM1nittr￿tiw and
m8nagemeJrtof the branth. This is differentto the mapirityof tharit￿ *hoMII have paid stsff in these roles and volunteetsto cover
only5UPPOrt roles and in trustee role5. In bronch weha¥ea rnanagernentteam of 12 co¥eringthe roles of Dsrettor, Deputy
rectors. Personnel. servi￿ Ddivw. finantr. Trainin& Pfemi5es aThJAdrninistration. We have e5timatetlthatthisteam In totsl spends
around 150 hour5 per weekfoc¥ssinE on wiKkforthe branch which rfwe tske a ￿￿servative houdy fate of£15 per houraccrues ta
£2,250 per weekand £117.CW perarunjm. Samaritsns as a notbeawe tOeXi￿ *ithrKrtthi5 oFvolunteer4ed
manasemenL
Achièvementsand
As mÈrtioned in the airnsar￿ obiectl¥es. to ach￿ethe.stePthanBe. tsansformètK)n and SLKxes5fv11y ddtver our stratw Samaritrdns
ha5 launched a programme ofworkcamed Therefor The pro8ramme is evid￿￿. devew throu8h ￿n5v￿atiOn with
and Inputlrom aVduntserRefererKePanel withartyJMI 5(lJ merrts

In our brdnchwe are workingtowards these8oa￿ br.
WidÈrand more vaiied methr*Ys of public awareness and
IrKreasing recruitmertdaysfromtsoio thr* peryear
Increa5ingtralning cowse5fr0rn trj three peryear
Buildlngexcefkntleams for SK*akir% to local organisabon5
Expandingow ￿lUable we5entation aboutem0l￿naI hÈatth inSchcdsandCal*5
Pioviding one to one peer re4tews forli5teningvolufjtÈ*5 on an ￿ThJaI b05iS
Offerin8 a flexible and Va￿ pro8tammeon
Pra￿ding3 seryice to Guys Marsh Prison in trairor* atyj weebjy sUp￿rtIo￿atraffl of prisoner5 5elerted to
We are workin8towards resumithKour ¥*ry s￿1 wrw)liJoaisupkWwork in theA&EdepartmentofYeovil ￿StrirtHOsPltsl,
which stopped due to Cowd-19
l these attwitie5 have. as well as beingof bEnefit to￿organisatior￿ weha¥esupported. e¥kn)ded knowledge ofS3maritan5 in
the area tovered byihe branth. A53 resuh ourrrnMtrTrerrt nuwnbErs increased. more opwrttjnity fort￿[￿ need tg
speak to rontsct
Publlcbenefit
The tnjstees reportthatthe tharitsblE destr1￿ intheAch1e￿vts and perf￿￿1￿2 para8rnphs. arE forthe publichenefft.
The trustee53lsoconfimi that they havect¥n￿￿d Setb￿ I7￿¥ of the LTharit*sAct 2011 to duE regardto the public
8uKlance published bythe Charty COMMI￿Or￿
Fundralsl
Our fundr?isin8XtNity is v5ually based around local ethts aseath Samartt3n5 brarthw¥*rs a sperificarea. Examples ofthÈ5È events
are 5ta115 at Chrfstmès and summef fairs andw4riou5 county pro¥TthngTefre5hments. We have. in Pa5L acwteddonations
from voluateer5 and frtends who have carried sFxxwred 5wms.tra5 and gxh. HtrwEder. there h￿e been majof fvndraisin8
events dwing the yeaTended 315t MaKh 2023.
We do not work wtth Profess￿nalf￿nd￿iSeVS and thu5farwÈ applied forgrnntk
Fullowlng bettprnttttÈ
Samaritans as an organisabon ￿ regisiered with FundtsisingftegulatorarKI weare fflembersof￿ Institjrteof FUftdrais￿& the
t%rett marketi￿ A550C*3tH)ft. the Gamblingcommitsion and the Lottewie5 CourKiL
Our donor womi5e setsout ouraim to beopen.fairwd honestin theway*Eerw7MihsUPPXtu& As a we havehad no
omplaints regardlrw any of ourfUndrai￿￿g
nandal Rew7ltD be SEen th ￿1￿)￿l￿nT*￿h Atto*)
The branth reserves pDltcy isforfeser¥e5ts covu 18 morthof rvruw8(ost&
Each year, the branth Jnakesa con*rfbution tots* national Dwi5abL¥i bawj ￿ a set ￿sa￿￿Tilan$ce[tra1 OffKeasfollow&
Contribution to be based on a Slidi￿$¢a￿ of resuves hdd in excess of 18 I￿nthS9f total annual unrestricted revenue
expenditure.
'Re5erves' are defined a5
Total of Unrestrttted Funds lincludi￿ DesEnated Funds, tFanyl le55.
The net book value of tanyble fjxed assets le.g. Property, Fixtures & FUrn￿hingS Computer Equipment, Motor
Vehlcles erc.l.
Reserves ind4rde investments at mafketvalue Inot costl.
Reserves exclude Restrthd Funds and Endowment FurKIs.
The 51idin8 scale of contribUt￿n tr5 asfolloK with perc•7tyto beappw to each particutsrse8ment
Re5eThe5 in ran8e:
18 months-2 years
2-3 years
3-4 years
4-5 year5
In exce55 of S years
Per¢erttagt appliedtoeath
5%
30%
40%

Reserwes.The tha¥ity W)kyis to hold reserves to 1&24 ffl￿th5 of ￿rIn￿(ost4 fortt*omrrtffiN4#(ial ywth15 continues to
be diffitultto aS5e55 as the prorwty IMthHousel continuesto k)oJr costsfor nEosSary trnprov￿ntsand malntenance thatwtre
not carr￿d out duri￿ the initial ferK)vation. kn ihe 202>24finanoal year. the￿ will beto Cotitinue tts ÈvaluatÈand Set nml
runnin8COsts forthe new twJtldinE and the extendEd nurnterof ¥dunteets rK)wrÉ￿MlEd.
The IrKome and e￿￿rtiture accounts5how a net rr￿ in fw¥150f1£184J62lfortt*yearl2022.' increase £279J221 funds In
the bartksiand at £25￿￿1￿ of whtth £5.117 15 re5trtcted.
The Futyre
The Co¥id.19 p4rwlÈrnit5everetyaffected theplanstofulty utdi5e Mortry Hous& IlansfoTtr* u￿[ThingYeara￿ toextend our 5ervTW,
ir*reasÈ our Yolunteer and incornefrcqnthef￿l10￿sa￿bat* in M(wley IIou5e.

Samaritans of Yeo¥il, Sherborne & Olstrlct
Income and expertdi￿re a(founts for the year ended 3tst Mavth 2023
T•tsl 202Z
GIftA￿ d￿1[0￿5 lincl. gift atdl
Otherdot)ations and wft5
Fundrai51r
PrSson reimbursemeni
Rental i￿o￿e
InvestmEnt income
Bank interest
Insufance daim
Sak of L4nd
530
13.857
13.857
17.2fl
1702
17.260
1702
1426
1174
1408
55
1426
1174
1129
ss
500.CO)
529.2U>
524774
1426
ndl
Ditect costs..
ght, heaL prY*er andwatsi
Rates
Insurance
Travel and expenses
Refreshment5
Repaiis and mairfwance
Trainlng
Travel and expenses Iirustee51
Telephone and brDadband
SoftwaresvbscrfrrtKAIS
cteania8
Sundry
4459
407
407
5751
139
962
1962
210
IS349
1612
17398
L612
17
14928
16.928
856
1747
707
785
$92
592
1747
707
1785
2212
871
43324
2.212
871
43.324
210
5yr4)ortC05ts'.
Advert15in8 bnd publ
Printing. p05tsge and stationery
ContributiontoSamaritansSwih
Westcosts
145
14S
LW6
L125
LIZ5
143.9Y3
145.147
I43￿3
145.147
188.240
191,171
188,240
191.171
Governance cosiL
Independerttemami￿atiQn
Accountar
profe$sK￿al fees
L255
IZ.628
14,883
L255
12,628
14.883
Im2
Asset purchase5'.
OffSce equSpment
240
656
Q656
Totsi
149378
249.378
Surplusof expendtture o¥erhKorne
In the y*ar Oossl
31
01 I
4a621
279.822
Movement In bank b•*n￿5
ClosinB baknces..
Uoyds currentaccovnt
Uoyd5 sawn8s èccwnt
5antander Lotto account
Total In bankat 31 Ma￿h
46S2
278326
2,275
4.652
7.￿7
t765.676
5.117
5.327
127S
5J17
532?
474733
Opertingban* bakr
469.￿￿￿ I I
53271 1
474.7331
I I
J94,9111
Net increase Iredu(tioTr in bank
balances
1841531 1
27Y.8ZZ

Samaritans of Yeovll. Sherborne & District
Supplementary inforniatlon relating to the accounts for the year ended 31st March
2023
Restrfrted fund5
The restrirted funds in the accounts felateto grants rKeNed to suppcrt specifit*tNitie5.
All the re5trited funds mentioned in the accounts relate to ourwork in Prisons.
We continued to receive the grartfor some of the period that we were in and notableto continue
wÉth ourwork at Guys Marsh.
We anticipate that a substantial amount of these fund5 will be ur11￿d during the yearthded 31st March 2024.
Statement of assets and liabilities a5 at 31st Marth 2023
Fixed Assets
Ffeehold Propertv
offi￿ Equipment.furniture &f￿¢1
Investments
2023
484.270
1.452
74.798
s￿.520
477.614
2.105
87.436
567,155
Current Assets
Trade
Prepayments
Cash at bank
575
2￿.371
29).371
474.733
478.290
¢￿dItOrS
Trade creditors
Accwa
New b¥anch conthbution
6559
4374
3.415
143.993
151.782
63.118
70,517
Notes".
Freehold propertv Used bythe Charty- acquL*bon cost £425.CrfXI plu5 improvementsat a cost of£59.270
2 Unqu￿ed 5ecuritie5- value £74.798. Inwested with M & G CharilJ)ThJ and CCLA Charf(ie5 0￿1(13] Investment
Fund and available forwtthdra¥rdl at short notKe
3 The si8nifitant legacythat the Charity receNed has th YIu5hed thro￿. theaccounts and, in orderto
reduce fees, the Trustees made the deCI￿n to revert to simple income and expEnditure accounts. rather
than financial smements prepared on an accrual and prepayments basis.
4 An independent examination is ￿111 required. a5 ststed in theconsiirutyon of the Charity.
S The ft8ures for the year ended 31st Marth 2022 have b*n ￿verted toan i￿ome and expenditu￿ to
provide a true comparison.
6 Independent examination and accountsncyc05ts- thevalues reflerted in the a￿OUnts rdateto the final
payment in rdation to the year ended 31st March 2021
7 The NBC. pa￿￿le to Central Charity. will be £63.11&
Certificate of approval
We approve the income and expenditureaccountsset outon pages l aThJ 2 and mnfirrn that to the best ofour
kTh)wled8e all ￿levant records and informawjn forthe preparat￿n have been made avaikble to you.
The accounts set outabove wereapwoved by theTrustees on
and signed on their behalf by..
Kate McElligott-Treasur
Efttabrfh Wilh)uÉhby-Paul-

**Samaritans of Yeovil, Sherborne & District** Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees For the Year Ended 31 March 2023 


## **Independent examiners report to the Trustees of Samaritans of Yeovil, Sherborne & District** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for Samaritans of Yeovil, Sherborne and District (“the charity”) for the year ended 31 March 2023. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement – matter of concern identified** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 

2. the accounts do not comply with these records. 

In carrying out my examination I noted that a valuation of investments was not available for the charity as at 31 March 2023 – the valuation for the most recent date available (30 September 2022) has been used in these accounts instead. This is due to the current Trustees not having access to the account and you have confirmed that steps are being taken to rectify the position. This does not have any impact on the statement of receipts and payments but does impact the investment valuation disclosed. 

I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attentions should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Michelle Ferris BSc (Hons) FCA DChA Albert Goodman LLP Goodwood House Blackbrook Park Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX 

Date: 24 January 2024