C￿ster arKI Dlstrlct Chester a District Samaritans CIO Registered charity number: 1170862 REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st March 2025 Reglstered off ice: 36 Upper North9ate Street CHESTER. CHI 4EF Chester & District Samaritans CIO REPORTS ANt) FINANcfAL STATEMENTS For the year ended '. 31st March 2025 CONTENTS PAGE Trustees, annual report Independent examiner s report Reserves Policy Balance sheet Statement of f inancial activities Notes to the f inancial statements The followin9 Pages do not form part of the f inancial statements etai led statement of f inancial activities 10.11&12 Chester & District Samaritans CIO TRUSTEES, REPORT The trustees present their report and *he unaudited f inancial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31st March 2025 LEGAL STATUS Chester and District Somaritans CIO is registered with the Charity Commission. The Registered Charity Number is 1170862. The charity IS 9overned by its Rules, which are in force since the charity was reglstered on 20 December 2016. It came into operation on l April 2017 when it took over the operations. assets and liabilities of the former charity Samaritons of Chester a District {Reg. No. 256460). This chan9e took place at the behest of the S¢maritans Central Charity to improve the operation of the service. Chester a District Samoritans is an aff iliated branch of Samaritons Central Charity- OBJECTIVES OF CHESTER a DISTRICT SAMARrrANS Samaritans exist to provide eonfidential support to anyone 90in9 through crisis and in danger of takin9 their own lives and 9row our branch to better support our local community. 365 days a yetsr. INVESTMEMf POWERS AND REsTrI￿LON5 The Trustees are required to keep o general bank account and any other accounts for specific purposes. All money no* required for current expenses shall be invested. The reserves policy is described on page 4. It has a current account with HSBC Bark plc for branch general expenses. There is also a savingsaccount with Vir9in Money. THE BRANCH LEADERSHIP TEAM Chester & District Samuritons has o branch leadership team consisting ¢f Trustees and Deputy Directors. The Trustees are elected by the brJn¢h membership and are responsible for maintainin9 the branch premises and all the faci lities necessary for the continued safe and secure operation of the listenin9 service. There are four Trustees.. The Director, Treasurer (who also takes responsibi lity for building rnaintenance), Se¢ret¢ry and onother who takes responsibi Sity for Health & Safety. Responsibility for fund-raising is token on by The Director currently. The Deputy Directors ore appointed by the Director to look after specif ic areas of branch operations. The full leadership team meets at least four times per year but the Trustees and Jirectors olso meet separately as and when required. THE TRUSTEES The trustees who served the charity durin9 the period were as follows.. Director / Chair Secretary Trustee Trustee Treasurer Secretary Lynne Barbara Steffan Bernard Simon Sally-marie Cosey Smith koughsed9e Woods Barrett RobertS*4•wios Mrs (to 5 Au9 24) (to 31 August 241 Mrs {From 6 Aug 24) i¥ Poge l. RESULTS The f inGncial results for the year. and the charity's f iTh2nciol position at the end of the year are shown in the ottoched f inoneiol stotements. ACHIEVEMENTS Chester ond District Samoritans ore available to provide conf identiol emotional support f or people who are experiencing f eelings of distress or desprtir including those which may lead to suicide. This servite is provided by an averoge of 92 listening volunteers bocked up by 11 support volunteers whose primary aim is f und-raising. During this period 15,577 telephone contacts have been recÉived and 689 e-mails responded to. The branch has continued to support the on-line chat sÈrvice deoling Wlth 968 contacts. Our oUtr￿Ch t￿rn have olso supported 69 people face to face ot events held in the Chester and tsistrict area. Outreoch - We have continued to work within our communities to develop contacts, show who we ore, and show our support to community events. The Outreoch teom hove ttttended some key community events and we will continue to push this further to help our local communities with support for those in emotional need. Prison Team - Our Samaritan trained Listener teams have continued to of fer vital support to men who ore struggling to cope w1th their time in prison. Of f icers have worked with our Listeners to ensure. where possible, ttr￿* when o prisoner asks for o Listener, he is oble to see one. Statistics show that the risk of dying by suicide is signif icontly hi9her in UK prisons thon in the general populotiox. Our vision, both Listeners and Samoritons is that fewer people die by suicide. Fundin9 was provided f rom a voriety of sources. We benef ited f rom donotions by Paywl Giving fund. Tarporley kotary Club, Bristol Myers Squibb, among others as well as generous donotions from private benef actors. Fund-roising wos again dif f icult during the year. A more detailed description of our activities can be f ound in the Annual keport submitted to our 2025 A6M. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER David Whiteheod wos conf irmed os the Independent Exominer at the 2024 AGM Si9nEd by order of the T￿￿11•y Honorary secretory Pa9e 2. INt)EPENDENT ExA￿NER's UNQUALIFIED kEPOkT ro THE TkUSTEES OF CHESTEk DfsTrTcf SAMAkITANIS CIO CHARfi7 WMBEk.. 1170862 i I'CVPI-1 thc ocroiinls ol thtstcr & Districl Somoritons CIO (the Chorityl fo.. thp ypor endp4 31¥t IAftrch ?:5 Thr Cha.-ity p.-ewrcs rrif Ipts ond poymrnt.¥ tsccounl_% ond hod an inromE. le.ss thon f ?50 (XX) In the rplp.vnnt E5PONSTSfLrrtES AND 8A5fS OF REpcfftr 4$ ". h¢ rrL