SAMARrrANS
CTrEster arKI Dlstrlct
Chester & District Samaritans CIO
Registered charity number;
1170862
REPORTS AND FINANaAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31st Mar¢h 2022
Reglstered office:
36 Upper Northgate Street
CHESTER. CHI 4EF

Chester a District Samaritans CIO
REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended .
31st March 2022
CONTENTS
PAGE
Trus*ees' annual report
Independent examiner's report
Reserves Policy
Balance sheet
Statement of f inancial activities
Notes to the f inancial statements
The following pa9¢s do not forni part of the financial statements
Dctallcd statcment of f irKincial activities
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Th¢ trLOte¢s present their repwt and *he uroudited fiMn¢ial statemer¢t$ of the dwrity for th¢ year e￿Ied
31st Ilrnch 2022.
LEGAL sfATUS
ChutEr ond District Samaritons CIO 1$ re9iSter¢d with the Clwity Commtsslon. The WsterÉd
Number is 1170862. Th¢ chorlty 1$ governed by its kults. which are in force srnce th¢ clwity was registered
on 20 December 2016. It cam¢ Into operation on l April 2017 when it took over thE aPErotions. ossets ond
liabilities of the fortner charity Somaritans of Ch¢ster a District (Reg. ￿. 2564601. Thi$ ¢han9e took plae¢ at
th¢ behest of the Sanwitans Central Chority to improve the operation of th¢ swwi¢& Ch¢stw a Distrirt
SamOrit¢￿ is on off iliated brnnch of sornorita￿ Central Ckwity.
OBJECW OF CHEsfEk & tsISTRIcf SAMARrrANS
Samarltan% 4xlst to wlde e•nfldontlal siwt to 9olw IhrW •4$1$ omd tn dow of ta
thelr I1￿* to b*frlvd *h¢ lon*. di3tr•sged and d•spalrln9. 365 doys a year.
Th¢ Trust¢u tr¢ r¢quir¢d to k¢¢p o g¢nvol ￿nk occount ard any othv accounts for $pecifl¢ Purp)￿, All
money Mt required for current expenses sholl Ix invtsted. Th¢ r¢servu policy Is d¢s£rib¢d on pag¢ 4.
It has a curr¢nt acc¢>unt with HSBC Bank pk far branch gernral ￿￿n$¢5 A second a¢count used by Frierds
for fund.raising actlvities closed HSBC $tarted +Jpptyln9 ch¢w9es to each current account. Thve li
al$0 a savings t)¢¢ount with Vtrgin Momy.
Chester a District Somarit¢uts a branch leadership team consisting of Truste￿ and Deputy Directors. The
Trustees elected by the branch membership and ore responsible for rnaintoinin9 the branch premi$es and
all the facilities necessary for the continued safe ond $ec4we operation of the listenln9 servlce. There are
usually six Truste¢s: The Director, Tr¢asLThr, S¢tr¢try and thre¢ oth¢rs who tak¢ r¢sponsibi1sty for fund-
ryising, Heolth a Safety ond buildiry moint¢rKYK& The Deputy Dir¢¢tors appointed by *he Director to look
after specific *Jreos of branch optrations.
The full leadership te4m me¢ts ot least fw timu p¢r yew bu* th¢ frustees and f>lre¢tor$ also me¢t
s¢parat£ty as and when requir¢d.
THE TRUSTees
Th¢ trustees who t¢bw¢d th¢ ¢h¢rity durSng th¢ p¢riod w¢r¢ os hliow$:
tjirector / c￿1￿
frwurer
Secretary
Seon
John
kavenscroft
Mil
Smith
Nrcol
6rimshaw
Mrs
Michael
Beverty
Bermrd
Trustee
Trustee
Mr$

RESULTS
The fivKncial results for the year, and the cTrwyity's fironcial position ot the end of the year are shown rn the
attached f inoncial statements.
ACHIEVEMwrs
Ch¢ster aTh4 r)istrict Sanwitons are awiloble to provide confidentiol emotional support for ptople who dre
¢xperiencirs feelirgs of distress or deswr including those which may lead to suicid& This s¢Nice 1$ provided by
an overage of 100 listenir#J volunteers bocked by 12 support volunteers whose primary aim 1$ fund-raisiryj.
The branch would normally be open to visitors from 10:CLI until 18.'1)J everyty of the yeor. Unfortunaety. owin9 to
Covid-19 restrictions, it has not been possible to meet face-tovface callers this year. Durir9 this period 11880
t¢l¢Pho￿ ¢¢)ntaets hdv¢ b¢¢n r¢e¢iv¢d ond 1750 4-mails resp)nded to. The bron¢h has olso wtlclpoted In the
trlal of the on-lin¢ chat servic¢ and bttn mannlr9 4 shlfts per week far thls service dealiw with 793 contacts.
Outreach- We have started to get back out within our comrnunities to develop conloctj. show who we are, and
show our $upport to ¢ommunity events. Th¢ Outreo¢h ond Publi¢ity t¢¢vns hov¢ b¢¢n on the ball this yeor with
9¢tting us out to som¢ k¢y community ¢v¢nts dnd we need to push this further to help our local ¢ommunitles with
support for th08e in emotional need.
Prison T¢¢un - Our &moriton troined List¢n¢r t¢oms have continued to offer vital sirpp)rt to men who are
stru991iry to cope with their tim¢ in prison. Th¢ covfD pttndemic made occ¢ss to Listeners probl¢matic ot times
but it 1$ now r¢turniry to normal, althou9h Covtts ha8rft 9on¢ tjway. Off l¢ers have worked wlth our Ll$teMrJ to
ensure. where possible. tlwt when a prisoner osks for a Listener. he is oble to see on¢.
Statistics that the risk of dyirg by suicide Is signif icantly higher In UK prisons than In the general
populotion Our vision. both Listeners and Samaritans is that fewer p¢opl¢ di¢ by $ui¢ide
Fundlng was provided from a variety of sources. We benef Ited from d0Th3tlons by W¢stminstr¢r Foundation ond
Timpsons others. fn September 2019. the branch was chosen by stoff on the Eaton Estote. F￿rt of the
6rosvenor Estotg, to b¢ thelr Adtspted Chgrity for two ye¢rs. Owing to Covid and the105s of some f und-rai$ing
opportunlti¢s. thls perlod was extended unt51 D¢¢. 2021. W¢rkln9 wSth the Friend$ 9r(iup. thi$ conne¢tion continued
to rolse substontlal funds for the branch even In thue dlff Icult tlrnes,
A more detailed description of our activitiu con be found in th¢ Ann￿1 Report submitted to our 2022 A61&
INDEP&40ENf EXAhlINEk
Dovid Whrtehead wos confirmed as the Independent Ex(ttniw at the 2021 A61A
SW•d by •f th• TA￿t••1
Honorory S¢¢retory

INDEPENf)Ebif EXAMINER'S UNQUALIFIED REPORT
TO THE TrUSTEES OF CHESTEk AND bIsTrIcr SAMARrrANS ao
CHARrry NUMBER: 1170862
I report on the accounts of Chester & Distri¢t son￿rit￿n$ cro (the Chtsrity) for the year ended
31st Morch 2022. The Cknrity pr¢kKires receipts payments accounts and an income less
than £250,(JJ) in the relevont fiTrinciol yeor,
AEsK#+￿IBIL1TIES AND BASIS OF RWRT
As the trustees of the CFwity, you are rEsponsible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the requir¢Thw¢ts of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act).
I report rn rupect of ry exaMIMtion of the Charity's accounts corritd out L*kl¢r seetion 145 of
the 2011 A¢t ard in carrying ry examirffjtion I Fwve follow¢d all the ttpplicable Directions given
by the Chority Commission thjer se¢tron 145{5)(b) of the Act.
INf)>ENtsENf EXAMINER'S STATEMwr
Z have completed ry examimtion. I confirm that no th￿terIal ￿￿tter5 have come to ry att¢ntion in
connection with tht examlnation 9ivln9 me Cause to beli¢ve in any ntherial respect tlh3t:
l. accothtting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by s¢¢tion 130 of the
Act: or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and knve ¢ome across no other ￿￿tterS in connection wlth the examination to
which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin9 of th¢
tcounts to be reached.
David Whiteh
F.¢.C.A.
21 Hi9hkinder Rottd
ighton
Chester CH3 6DH
Pa9e 3.

Chest¢r a Dlstri¢t Samaritans CIO
RESERVES POLICY
The brnnch ¢urrently holds cash reserves of £150.037
These reserves are deemed necessary for 3 purposes:
Support for on*oing operations. The branch is helivily reliant on fund-raising for income
and this can be voriable depending on the success of particular fund-raising initiatives.
It is. therefore, deemed sensible to maintain reserves equivalent to opproximotely 18
months expenses dt minimum operating Costs (£50,CM)O) to protect the operations of the
branch agall￿t Significant fluctuations In income.
A small fund that can be used to for urtexpected outlays on maintenance of existing
premises. Thi$ has been set at £10,000.
3 Our income has again been above expectation, mainly due to the support from Eaton
Estates. whilst expenditure hos been within budget with little spent on capitol projects
leading to o rise in the level of our reserves. 2022-23 will be a much more difficult fund-
raising challwse whilst costs will rise so it is antscipated that the level of reserves will
fall over the coming year.

Chester a District Samarttans CIO
BALANCE SHEET
2022
2021
FfxED ASSETS
204,805
219.866
CURRENT AssEfs
Bank
150,037
134.356
CREDITORS
NET CURRENT ASSETS
150.037
134,356
NET ASSETS
354,842
354,222
REPRESENTED BY..
TOTAL FLNDS
354.84Z
354.222
The f inanciol stdlements set out On pag¢s 6 to 9 were approv¢d by the Trwt¢es on
30 Au9USt 2022 ond were signed on their behalf by:
Sean Reav¢ns¢roft
Diretlor
John Milnes
Treasurer

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Chester a District Samaritans CIO
Y¢ap ¢nd¢d 31¥t Mqr¢h 2022
The fiTrJnciol statements hove been prepared under the historical cost cohv¢ntion on a fte¢eipts a Payments
basis. 9tnernlty as s¢t our in Charity Commiss¢gn 9uidanre CCI6.
The tnwle¢s lrn tok*n I￿Vant09e of th¢ ¢xemptlon ih Fimncidl R¢F•rtin9 5tandord No l (r¢vis¢d) from
In¢1￿11￿9 a c￿￿ flow statement In the tinanctal stot¢ments •n the grounds that th¢ charity is smoll.
Depreciation is calojktted so os to write off the cost of on asset. l¢ts tts estlmated residwl value, ov¢r the
useful ¢(onomic lif¢ ¢f that asset beapin9 in mind that *h¢ office ¢quipment 1$ in us¢ 24 hows per day. An
osset list been set up to a5d cdculatioTr ot th¢ deprecialon for each It¢m.
Freehold Fyoperty
Office Equipment
Pi¥tur¢s & flttlfigs
S¢¢ below
25%
lox
In June 2015. the FYop¢rty subjected to a revaI￿tton ty a eharttred surv¢yor. The outeome of thls
th2t the turrent volut of the prop¢rty, if Sold on the open nwket. w&$ £165.C¥JO.
Th¢r¢fore. this is th¢ wlue which is Thxv displayed in th¢s¢ accounts. ￿ further revoltthion I￿$ been
corried out in 202U22.
ToTal Fund$ 2022
Totol Funds 2021
Voluntory donotigm
Covid-19 6rants
Friends of the Sowwitons
HMPPS prison te¢im grant
Gift Aid Tox Contribution
Other income
27.460
28.010
17.135
26.085
2x18
4.407
274
44207
15.517
4.331
3J05
355
50,769
2022
2021
Bank int¢resF recelvttbl¢
113
419

SUPPORT COSTS
rotal Funds Totd Funds
2022
2021
Cleaning contract
Off ice costs
Head Office Funding
Direct Costs
1.536
29,213
6,328
11.023
48,10)
2,448
30,748
4.017
12.286
49.499
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENbED
Cleanin9
contract
Other
Total Funds Total Funds
2022
2021
Depreciatlon
Fundraisirvj
Publicity
Support Costs
1.550
612
1.550
612
658
5.410
1.536
1,536
15,784
15,784
30.780
32,942
48,ICrf)
50.262
49.499
55.567
Particulars of employees:
The avernge Nmber of staff employed by the charity duriNJ the f ir￿￿la[ year
amounted to..
2022
2021
Number of support staff
P(KJe 8.

TANSW FIXED ASSErs
Freehold
property
Office
Ewipment
Fixtures a
fittin9S
Total
OST
At 31sF Morch 2021
Assets disposed of
Additlons
At 31st March 2022
165.000
25.811
IH.241
335.052
723
26.534
723
335,775
165,0(Xi
144,241
DEPRECIATION
At 31st March 2021
Assets dlsposed of
Chorge for the year
At 31st Murch 2022
19,613
95,573
115.186
2,699
22.311
13,085
108.658
15.784
130,970
NET BOOK VALUE
At 3tst March 2021
At 31st Ilarch 2022
165,000
165.CQO
6,198
4,222
48.668
35,583
219.866
204.805
CREDrroRS: Anmths falliry wlthln on¢ year
2022
2021
Creditors
ANALYSIS OF NEf ASSErs
Taryjible
fixed ass¢ts
Other n¢t ossets
Total
UnrLstricted Restricted Desi9nated
Total f￿d$
204,805
150,037
354,842
Pfyje 9.