# SAMARITANS OF TAUNTON AND SOMERSET

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170637
- **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=1170637


## Contact

- **Address:** The Samaritans, 16 Wood Street, TAUNTON, Somerset
- **Postcode:** TA1 1UN
- **Phone:** 01823 289456
- **Email:** taunton.director@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.tauntonsamaritans.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN TAUNTON AND SOMERSET 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:** To listen & talk with persons who are suicidal or in a state of emotional distress who are resident in the Taunton & Somerset area but not exclusively to that area. The volunteers are selected and trained to undertake the sensitive task of listening to callers and help them resolve their issues in accordance with laid down procedures.




## 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

- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £38732 | £59495 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £33980 | £33624 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £43292 | £64496 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £44853 | £51365 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £39155 | £50552 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alan McDonagh — appointed Sept. 3, 2025
- Alistair Hallows — appointed Nov. 19, 2020
- Emma Lewes — appointed July 3, 2023
- Jacqueline Mary Crawford — appointed July 15, 2020
- Kirsti Nelson — appointed Sept. 3, 2025
- Mark Lithgow — appointed Sept. 3, 2025
- Richard Charles Rawes Jacobs — appointed Nov. 19, 2020
- Rob Setchell — appointed July 3, 2023
- Sara Teresa Bannister — appointed Sept. 7, 2021
- Sarah Burge — appointed Sept. 7, 2022
- Wendy Overshott — appointed Sept. 3, 2025