# SAMARITANS OF PLYMOUTH, EAST CORNWALL AND SOUTH WEST DEVON

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1173658
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 3, 2017
- **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=1173658


## Contact

- **Address:** SAMARITANS, 20-21 OXFORD PLACE, PLYMOUTH
- **Postcode:** PL1 5AJ
- **Phone:** 01752253950
- **Email:** ADMIN@PLYMOUTHSAMARITANS.ORG.UK
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 3.1 TO ENABLE PERSONS IN PLYMOUTH, EAST CORNWALL AND SOUTH WEST DEVON 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; 3.2 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; AND 3.3 TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Samaritans vision is that fewer people die by suicide. We provide a non judgmental listening ear for anyone in distress or despair. People contact us by phone, email, text and face to face at our branch. Our work is based at our office near Plymouth city centre,  however we also do outreach within the local community in schools, colleges, prison, the workplace and homeless centres.




## 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

- Cornwall
- Devon
- Plymouth City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £70385 | £52739 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £74851 | £76625 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £86246 | £34654 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £54973 | £66563 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £70563 | £33908 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Amanda Jane Gregory — appointed Sept. 26, 2024
- Andrew Martin Pusey — appointed Sept. 26, 2024
- David Pearce — appointed July 22, 2022
- Ian Trotter — appointed Sept. 26, 2024
- Norman John Holmes — appointed July 17, 2025
- Randall Williams — appointed May 28, 2025
- Sarah Jane Harriet Arden Fekry — appointed July 17, 2025
- Sharon Wenona Cox — appointed July 9, 2025
- Susan Jeanette Buchanan — appointed Sept. 26, 2024
- Susan Margaret Anderson — appointed July 6, 2023