# SAMARITANS OF PORTSMOUTH AND EAST HAMPSHIRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1173720
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 7, 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=1173720


## Contact

- **Address:** Samaritans, 296-298 London Road, Portsmouth
- **Postcode:** PO2 9JN
- **Phone:** 023 9269 6975
- **Email:** portsmouth@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org/branches/portsmouth



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN PORTSMOUTH AND EAST HAMPSHIRE 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:** Samaritans provides a safe place for people to explore their thoughts and feelings without fear of being judged. This can be done in an anonymous way. We can be contacted by telephone, email, text or by visiting the Branch for face to face conversation.Portsmouth also visit local schools, are in partnership,with Queen Alexandra Hospital,GP practices and Veterans Outreach Support and Network Rail




## 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

- Portsmouth City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £108249 | £102654 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £86112 | £78165 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £92306 | £79383 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £80813 | £42980 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £112814 | £50672 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Warren Lee Cooper** (Chair) — appointed April 7, 2025
- Andrew Gilbert — appointed Oct. 16, 2025
- Brian George Stevely — appointed Sept. 21, 2021
- Jordan Alexander Fretter — appointed April 1, 2025
- Kelvin Foster — appointed Oct. 16, 2025
- Mary Noble — appointed Sept. 24, 2024
- Paula Jane Hassett — appointed Oct. 16, 2025
- Steve Fryer — appointed Sept. 24, 2024