SAMARrrANS
CTrE5ter arKI Dlstrlct
Chester a District Samaritans CIO
Registered charity number..
1170862
REPORTS AND FINANaAL sTATEmE￿r5
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31st March 2021
R¢9lst¢r¢d offlc¢:
36 Upper Northgate Street
CHESTER. CHI 4EF

Chester & District Samaritans ao
REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the yeor ended .
31st Morch 2021
CONTENTS
PAGE
Trustees, annual report
Independent examiner's report
Reserves Policy
Balance sheet
Statement of f imncial activities
Notes to the f imncial statements
The followiThJ pages do not fm port of the financial statements
etailed statement of f irnnciul activities
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Chester a Dlstrkt ao
31st Nw¢h 2021.
LE6AL STATUS
Chester l￿d Distritt SOM￿l*an$ CIO is wstewed wth the Clwify The Rt9istr¢r¢d th￿lty
mber is 1170862. The chtyity is by its knIES, which ¢re in foree *rtt the ehon'ty wos ￿91Stered
on 20 t)tt¢mtv 2016. It ttsme imto operutth oty l April 2017 it twk ¢)hv the operat$0￿. asset$ ond
liobilities of the forTrw eknyity Sonwitayts of ￿"S￿ic* (P4. 2564601 This knk pkxe at
the behest of the Somtrit¢W Ce#trol to imFVQNE the of the $￿Ce. CTr*srer a bistrict
Somoritt￿$ is rtffiliat¢d Ixun¢h of sqw•)n"tfj￿ Central thI￿"ty.
The Trustees ¢r¢ required to kn¢p a tthk and otFw ¢￿t￿rnt$ for sp¢trfic t￿*$. All
It has two ¢wY¢nt a¢counts with HSBC Borf¢ pk. Ort is for brottth ¢xp¢w the other is Lw¢d by
Frriefids for fund-rai*￿. The￿ is oi¥0 o with Wiryn
ThE 8PANa4 LEADERS4ZP TEAM
Trustets ￿ elected by bromth MeMb￿lP are regF￿nsIble for ￿￿￿tainEr￿j the br¢Jnch prernixs and
oll the focilit4es Kces£ary for the contiNxd *Jfe and opwah)tt of th¢ list¢MiTg styc& Th¢r¢
U$Lh7l￿ six Trust¢¢s'. n* Dirtttor. Tr¢dsurtr. Set￿tary and thtye others ¥Aw tithe resp)nsibility for fuThJ-
rdi*iry. Htal+h 4 Sdfvty buildiry ThÈ tsyty )irnctor* Èippoinknd thÈ t• look
after specific oreos of branch OFerntions.
The full k4depship teorn Trrut$ ot knsr fow tirns txrt the TnJstee$ tiirectors also **et
s¢pTht¢ty as artt4 r¢wired
rxrettor / Clbjir
dcknel
Jlthn
m.col
Smith
rrust¢¢
TNstee
Truste¢
L¢sky
6rimshaw

RESULTS
The f irKLn¢ial results for the yefy. arKI chryTrity's f ir*]ncid position at the end of th¢ y¢tY ore shown in the
(rttached finoncial statements.
ACHIEVEAIEfvITS
Chester ond Distri¢t S(mwitans to prnvide confidential enwtiOThEI suppwt for people who are
¢xp¢ri¢ntiw feelirgs of disPress cf despoir in¢ludiry those which may leAd to suicide. This servite is provided by
an ¢werts3e of 89 lTrstenir*J volunt¢¢rs ba¢k¢d up by 16 volunteers whose aim is f und￿als1T¥3.
The brttnch would nwmalty be open to visitors from 10:CKI until 18..(Kl every￿ of the ye(r. Unfortunoety. owing to
Covid-19 restrictions. it has not been possible to meet f<u-tO-f¢tce collers this year. Durirg this period 13237
telephone cont¢x*8 been re￿yrtd and 5473 e-rnails responded to. The bronch hos also PEYti¢ipated in the
triol of the on-line that sernice and has been rnOMiNJ 3 shifts per week for this servi¢e d￿lir9 with 225 contacts.
Covid has also StOp￿d most Otrtr¢ach activit￿. The film m(#le bjst yw with storyhouse hos been made availoble
but ¢ould only be tested in co(ple of s¢¢oYthy sthooLs bef(re lock(k)wrL Contact kns been mwntained with
v¢wious local community wps and OLrtr¢ach tdks will ¢ontiThJe tss soon as conditior6 allow. A podcast interview
was made for a comFQny'S Staff snrnme expkn.niry wlbts San￿rtur￿ do how can help with
people they knt)W.
It is the role of th¢ ￿anch prison tetVTh to supwt the Liste￿$ dt HMP Bryn in their work. we do not'listen,
ourselves. Supwt is wovided vio regular n￿ti￿j$ and ejnails with the also by Krkn"rg with the
Fyison aLrthjr1t￿es to f ind a way. fw sornetimes uneomfortfjble to CQ-exL%t.
2020 wos a ptwticults4ty diffituh yty inside 'Lock4y' over 23 ho￿5 a thy and mary inmotes did not
see their fLimilies dLrir*J the yeor. Self-inflieted deaths ￿e known to be six times more likely in a prison than in
the generol population we don't know yet wlkit the irnpoct of Covid will be. Undtr trying circumstances the
Listener teams took over 7.cw calls (Md will have hod maw more informd ￿n￿$￿tIonS with those in need.
Fundirg was provided from a Nwiety of sowce& We tw£f tted from domtions by Westminster Foundation.
Timpsons. Ardth)h Metal ¢moNJ others. We have aL¥o qLKilif led for Covid-19 grants from HA16 Smoll gusiness
Grants and Pears Foundation. In SePternt￿ 2019. the branch wos Chosen by staff on the Eatom Estote, part of
the Grosvenor Estate. to be their Adopted Chtyity fc* t¥M ye(*s. WLYkn"rg With the Friends 9roup. this
eonn¢ttion C¢tntinues tg roise substontiol fundg for the bronch even in these difficult times.
A more detailed descrlptfjon of ¢xtlYlTlts con be fouThl in ilx AMTh￿1 sthnitte(I to our 2OZI A6M.
David Whitehead wa8 confirmed as the Independent Exomintr at the 2020 AGM
Honorary Setretory

INDEPENf)EKf EXAMINER'S UNQUALIFIED REPORT
TO THE TRusfEES CF CHESTER AND DISTRIcf SAMARrrANS CIO
CHARITY P4UMBER.. 1170862
I report on the OCCOLmts of Chester & District SanKWitans Cto (the Chorty) for the year ended
3tst Morch 2021. The Charity prepores receipts and poyments accounts and hod an income less tht
£250.000 the rdevant f irnncial ye<r.
RESPONSIBIiifIES AND BASIS OF RWRT
As the trustees of the Charity. you are responsible for the preparation of the occounts in
accordance with the requirements of the chorith.es Act 2011 (the Act).
I report in respect of my examFnation of the Charity's accourrts c¢wried out wder section 145 of the
2011 Act and in c<rryiTrJ out my examirthion I haNE followed oll the applicable Directions 9iven by the
Chority Commission under section 145(5Xb) of the Act.
IND￿END￿r EXAMIN&'S sTATEME￿r
I have completed my pxomination. I confirm thot no moteriol rntitters ha￿ come to my attention in
connection with the examirntion giwvj me Ctt￿e to believe in s)ny rnaterial respect that.
l. accoLtntin9 records were not kept in respect of the Chority tts required by section 130 of the Act:
or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I hove no concerns and have come across no other motttrs in cornectF"on with the examination to
which attention shoukl be drawn in this report in order to emble a proper urK1erst¢￿dIrg of the
accounts to be reached.
David Whitehead F.C.CA.
21 Hi9hlander Road
Soighton
Chester CH3 6DH
0oTed." 18 /07/20I1

Ch¢st¢r a District Samaritans CIO
RESERVES POLICY
The branch currently holds cosh reserves of £134,356
These reserves ore deemed necessary for 3 purposes:
I Support for on-going operations. The branch is hetwily reliant on fund-raisin9 for income
and this can be variable depending on the success of particular fund-raising initiatives.
It is, therefore, deemed sensible to maintain reserves equivalent to approximately 18
months expenses at minimum operating costs (£50,Crf)O) to protect the operations of the
branch against Slgnif itant fluctuations in income.
A Small fund thot c¢m be used to pay for unexpected outlays on maintenance of existing
premises. This has been set at £10,000.
3 The work to refurbish and re-equip the *rainirs facilities on the upper f loor has been
cgmpl¢ted at a cost of £24.C()O. This was partly funded by a Covid-19 9rant (c. £7,000)
with the remainder coming f rom desi9nated reserves. This was less than anticipated so
the remaining £21,000 of de$i9nated reserves have been released. Our income has also
been higher than expected this year and expenditure lower, which me¢ms that ¢Jur
r¢serves have risen. The Branch Leadership Team will decide how best to use th¢s
reserves to improve the Service we off er.
Pa9e 4.

Chester & tslstrict Samaritans ao
BALANCE SHEET
2021
2020
FfxE) AssErs
219.866
211,659
CURRENT ASSETS
Bank
134.356
119.232
CREDITORS
NET CURRENT AssErs
134.356
119,232
NET ASSETS
354.222
330.891.45
REPRESENTED BY..
TOTAL FUNDS
354.222
330.891
The f in¢uKial sttjtements set ¢xrt on pw 6 to 9 were by th¢ Trustw on
20 Juty 2021 and were swr*d on their behalf by:
4HK
Sean Reovenscroft
Director
John Milrns

¢%J

Ch¢ster & tsistrict Samaritans CIO
NOTES TO THE F114ANcfAL sfATEMEMrs
Yew ¢nd￿ 31st Math 2021
The fir4Jncial stot¢ments hove been prepJr¢d under the historical cost Convention on a Reteipts &
ba%is, g¢n¢rolly tts set out in Charity ComMi$$ion 9uidon¢e CCI6.
C￿h flow stdt•m•ffit
Th¢ truste4s hove taken advanttl9¢ of the ¢x¢mption in Financial R¢por*ln9 Standard No l (revi8ed) from
includirKJ a cash f low statew*tnt in the financial stotement$ on the gro¢Jnds that th¢ chority 1$ $moll.
D•Fwl4tf+)n
¢preciation 1$ calculated so as to wrlte off the cost of an 4ss¢t, kss its ¢stiMted resid￿1 value. over th¢
useful ecorrf>mic life of that dsset btarin9 in mind that the office equipmen* is in use 24 hour$ per doy. An
asset list b¢¢n #t up to aid calcuhtion of the deprtciaion for each item.
Freehold property
Off ice Equipment
Fixtur￿ a fitting8
Se¢ b¢low
257.
io%
In June 2015, the property subjected to a revol￿tiOn by o clwter¢d surv¢yor. Th¢ outcome of *hi$
$urvey was that the current Vdluc of the property, if sold on the open m<Yket. now £165,OCKJ.
Therefore. thla is th¢ volue which 1$ now di$ployed in these accounts. No further revalwtion ha$ be¢n
carried out in 2020121.
To*ol Funds 2021
Total Fund$ 2020
Voluntary donations
Covid-19 Grants
Friends of the Samaritons
HMPPS prison teom gront
Gift Aid To¥ Contribution
Other i*come
28.010
17.135
26.085
2568
4.407
274
78.478
21,489
13,243
4,634
2,605
268
42,238
IKrEREST RECEIVABLE
2021
2020
Bonk ifjteT¢str receivoble
419
601

SUPPORT COSTS
Total Funds Total Funds
2021
2020
Cleaning contract
Off ice costs
Head Off ice FuTh4iThJ
Direct Costs
2,448
30.748
4,017
12,286
49.499
2.435
30,236
6.641
15.076
54,387
Cleani
Total FuNts Total Funds
2021
2020
contract
Depreciation
cosF$
FupKIraisiNJ
Publicity
Support Costs
658
658
3.650
254
5.410
5.410
2.448
2.448
15.724
15,724
31.326
37.394
49.499
55.567
54,387
58,292
Particulars of employees:
The average r•Jmber of staff employed by the charity duriry the fir#Jncid year
t]mounted to:
2021
2020
Number of support slaff
P&Je 8.

TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Freehold
Office
property Equipment
Fixtures &
fittirgs
Total
COST
At 31st March 2020
Assets disposed of
Additions
At 3tst March 2021
165,OCMJ
19.342
126.779
311.121
6.469
25.811
17.462
144.241
23.931
335,052
165.(KKI
DEPRECIA TION
At 31st March 2020
Assets disposed of
Char9e for the year
At 31st March 2021
16.986
82.476
99.461
2,627
19.613
13.098
95.573
15.724
115.186
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31st March 2020
At 3tsf Marth 2021
165.OCrf)
165.Crf)O
2,356
6.198
44.304
48.668
211,659
219.866
2021
2020
Creditors
ANALYSIS OF ￿ ASSErs
Tawible
f ixed <tsset$
Other net assets
Totol
Llrrestricted Restricted Desigvjted
Total funds
219,866
134356
354.222