# READING SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170632
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 8, 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=1170632


## Contact

- **Address:** 59a Cholmeley Road, Reading, Berkshire
- **Postcode:** RG1 3NB
- **Phone:** 01189660903
- **Email:** reading@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org/branches/reading-samaritans



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN READING 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:** Provides confidential emotional support, by telephone, text message, email or face to face, to those in distress or at risk of suicide.




## 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

- Reading



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £36440 | £38598 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £60309 | £52345 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £37041 | £43996 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £59417 | £45902 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £31893 | £33110 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Atul Khetarpal — appointed Oct. 10, 2024
- Darren Jones — appointed Nov. 7, 2019
- Emma Louise Fraser — appointed Oct. 9, 2025
- Helen Elizabeth Blanchard — appointed Aug. 31, 2021
- Hetal Patel — appointed Nov. 11, 2021
- Justin John Henniker Bedingfeld — appointed Feb. 8, 2021
- Sarah Jane Bowsher — appointed Nov. 10, 2022
- Sophie Elisabeth McBean — appointed Oct. 25, 2022
- Stephen Scott — appointed April 18, 2025
- Tracey Nicola Chessher — appointed Oct. 9, 2025
- William Russell Dixon — appointed Oct. 9, 2025