Rotherham Samaritans
22 Percy Street
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S651ED
Charity Registration Number
1173826
Annual Report & Financial Statements
for the 12 Months Ended
31 March 2024

Rotherham Samaritans
Annual Report & Financial Statements
for the 12 month period ended 31 March
2024
Contents
Page
Trustees, Report
1to3
Statement of Officers, Responsibilities
Independent Examiner's Report
Receipts and Payments Accounts
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Notes to Accounts
8t011

Rotherham Samaritans
Trustees, Report
for the period ended 31 March 2023
The officers present their report and the financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2023
Governance
From 1 $1 October 2017 Rotherham Samaritans has been a Charitable Incorporated Institution (CIO)
with charity registration number 1173826. Prior to that, it was an unincorporated charity, called The
Samaritans of Rotherham charity, number 1057161. It is also an independent affiliated branch of
The Samaritans which is a legally constituted company limited by guarantee, not having a share
capital and whose registered office is situated at The Upper Mill, Kingston Road, Ewell, Surrey,
KT17 2AF
The administration, control and management of the Rotherham Samaritans are vested in a local
Director together with a number of Trustees, no less than three and not rnore than thirteen. The
Trustees, together with the Secretary and Treasurer, are elected by the members at the AGM.
Principal Objective
To enable persons in Rotherham 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.
Investment Powers
Under its constitution the charity has the power to make any investment which the trustees see fit.
Reserves
The reserves policy is to maintain sufficient unrestricted cash reserves to continue operating for at
least eighteen months in the unlikely event of our receiving no income from any source, as well as
designated reserves where there are potential commitments that cannot be met by anticipated
future income alone. The funds are held as short term investments as shown in the statement of
Assets and Liabilities on page 7. The Reserves policy is shown in full on page 11 along with an up-
to-date appraisal against actual funds held.
Accounting Policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in
accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP>, Accounting and Reporting for
Charities published in 2005 and applicable accounting standards. These accounts have been
prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis. All grants and voluntary income are accounted for
gross when received. All expenditure is accounted for and when paid. Direct charitable expenditure
includes the direct cost of activities. Where cash costs relate to more than one functional category.
they have been split as appropriate.

Rotherham Samaritans
Trustees, Report (Continued)
for the period ended 31 March 2024
Trustees
Trustees during the year were..
David Pinder
Andy Scott
John Glynn
Mark Smith
Fiona Wilson
Steve Wilson
Director
Treasurer
The trustees are recruited from the charity's membership. They must be volunteers who have
undertaken a course of preparation and had sufficient experience of the charity to afford proper
direction in accordance with its defined purposes. Trustees are given a copy of the Charity
Commission guidelines for trustees and are required to complete Samaritans on-line training.
Director's Report
Rotherham Samaritans is a small. independent charity affiliated to the National Samaritan Charity.
As such, the branch is self-sustaining, and continues to function entirely through the work of unpaid
volunteers, most of whom are active, trained listeners who answer telephone calls on the Samaritan
crisis line. but who also fulfil all the legal and financial duties necessary to maintaining and running
the charity.
The branch has had a successful year in terms of volunteer retention and recruitment. There were
41 listening volunteers on the list on December 31 st 2023, which compares to 42 on the list in
December 2022. This is due largely to good retention levels among volunteers. It has become more
difficult to attract new volunteers post COVID19. In 2023, 15 new volunteers started training. Seven
completed basic training and became branch members.
The branch is stable financially. Our financial security has been helped by continued grant support
from the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board who have expressed appreciation for the support
which we give to Mental Health practitioners and GPS in supplementing their care for patients,
particularly those with Mental Health problems or who have expressed suicidal thoughts. In
recognition of this, the board have worked with us to develop an innovative partnership (The
Rotherham Samaritans Wellness Check Pathway) whereby counsellors, Mental Heallh crisis team
members and other specialist carers are able to refer particular patients to the Rotherham branch
for supplementary Samaritan support at times when specialist support is not available to them. A
portion of the grant money is used to fund the dedicated answerphone service but also for publicity
material which is made available in NHS sites. In 2023, 218 people were referred for Samaritan
support via this Pathway. Samaritans and ICB both recognize that this has been a very successful
project.
Our volunteers, working in pairs, cover 48 hours of telephone listening shifts in 14 sessions every
week. Telephone contacts form the backbone of Samaritan work. As with all Samaritan branches,
calls can be directed to us from any part of the United Kingdom and Ireland at any time of the day or
night and on every day of the year. We no longer answer emails. and the face-to-face contacts in
the branch have not been reinstated post COVID19. We have however built up a team of
volunteers who are trained to offer emotional support at venues away from the branch. We have

visited the local football stadium twice for pre-match promotions., we have visited the local railway
station and have had a presence at two local shows. We have also developed a link with the Social
supermarket group which meets in Rotherham Minster. Samaritan volunteers attend sessions of this
group.
Our links with other local charities, particularly those working to reduce the incidence of suicide,
remain very strong, as do our links with Rotherham Borough Council and the South Yorkshire Police
and Crime Commissioners office. This concerted work in suicide prevention seems to be effective
as the number of people taking their lives in Rotherham has been falling since 2019.
We continue to comply with Samaritan protocols and standards, including in respect to premises
and equipment. Health and Safety, Data protection and safeguarding. We are also working to
comply with Samaritans new EDI standards.
The members of the branch have retained a good ethos of mutual support and a strong team spirit
which is one of the key strengths of the branch.
By order of the Trustees
i7,Lr Zirf
David Pinder
Director

Rotherham Samaritans
Statement of Officers, Responsibilities
for the period ended 31 March 2024
Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the officers to prepare financial
statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities
during the period and of its financial posilion at the end of the period. In preparing financial
statements giving a true and fair view, the treasurer must follow best practice and"
(a)
select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.
(b)
make reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates,.
(c)
state whether applicable Accounting Standards of Recommended Practice have
been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial
statements" and
(d)
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate
to assume that the charity will continue in business.
The officers are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose, with reasonable
accuracy, the financial position of the charity, and which enable them to both ascertain the financial
position of the charity and ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
and consider that the charity comfortably meets the published criteria.
The following financial report covers the accounts for the charity which operated under the name of
Rotherham Samaritans (1173826). The charity changed its name half way through the financial
year 2017-18 from the Samaritans of Rotherham (1057161).
Bankers
Natwest Bank,
27 Effingham Street.
Rotherham
S65 1AU
Independent Examiner
Tom May
8 Stonely Brook.
Ravenfield,
Rotherham
S65 4QY

Rotherham Samaritans
Independent Examiner's Report
I report to the trustees of Rotherham Samaritans on my examination of the accounts for the year
ended 31 March 2024 which are set out on pages 6 to 11
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with
the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the
2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the
Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent Examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to
which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
Tom May
8 Stonely Brook,
Ravenfield,
Rotherham
S65 4QY
LO i(512024

Rotherham Samaritans
Receipts and Payments Account.. Year ended 31st March 2024
2023-24
Restricted
2022-23
Total
Unrestricted
Total
Notes
R¢¢eipts
Donations. Legacies and Similar Resources
Grants & Funding Received
Fund Raising ActilAties
Refunds
Bank Interest
3.864
25,000
1.708
-20
501
3,864
25.000
1,708
-20
501
4,644
21,000
2.237
440
163
Total Receipts
31,053
31,053
28,484
Payments
C￿stS of Charitable Acliwilies
Centre Refurbishment
Cost of Fund Raising
Governance Costs
16,575
5,981
22,556
17,783
2.028
1,708
8,348
329
10,120
329
10.120
Total Payments
27.024
5,981
33,005
29,866
Nat Incorne I (Expenditu￿) for Year
4.029
-5,981
-1,952
-1,382
Represented By..
Cash & Bank Balances as at 1 sl April 2023
72,301
5.981
78,282
79,664
Cash & Bank Balances as al 31st March 2024
76,330
76.330
78,282
Net Movem8nt in Funds Thi$ Year
4.029
-5,981
-1,952
-1,382

Rotherham Samaritans
Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the year ending 31 March 2024
2023.24
Restricted
Toial
2022-23
Unrestricteil
Total
Monetary Assets
Natwest Current Account
Natwest Legacy A¢counl
Virgin Money Charity Account
Petty Cash
11.091
100
65,139
11,091
100
65,139
8,182
100
70,000
76,330
76,330
78,282
Non Monetary Nssots
Land & 8ulldlngs
Based on recent sales of adjoining property. the Iruslee5 estimate that thè value 0122 Percy Street Is £125,000
Fixtures & Fittings
The Charity ttas use of various fixtures and fittings. including computer5 and office equipment, p￿[ChaSed over the years and
written off In the year of purchase. The cost and market value of these sundry assets are not Significant lo the Charity.
Liabilitie$
Genèral Officè Contribution
The Central Office contribution based on income during 2023-24 is estimated to be £8,251 This becomes due before Ihe end
of 2024.
Entry Fobs
A deposit Is collected from Volunteers in lieu of their branch entry fobs. Thi5 Is reclairnable when 8 volunteer leave5.
Approved by the Trustees on17ia I l¥and signed on their behalf by
Director
I2.<.￿tI$ )AJ.) PI.w )£R

Rotherham Samantans
Notes on the Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024
2023-24
Restricted
2022-23
Total
Lsnrestricted
Total
1. Donations
Anonymous and under £50
Deposits Dn Fobs
Donations Gift ￿ded
Individuals
Organisalions
107
50
2.195
412
1,100
3,864
107
50
2,195
412
1,100
3,884
90
90
2.069
149
2.246
2. Grants & Funding Received
Arnold Clark Community Fund
SY CCG
Pears Funding ICOI
1.000
20.000
25,000
25.000
25,000
25,000
21,000
3. Income from Fund Raising Actlvlties
Christmas Cards
Copper Jar
Giving Siles
Public Even15
Public Events Gift Aided
Samaralho
Sams Collection Houses
Sarah Millican Concert
Tax Reclaimed IGIft Aided Donations)
64
64
82
23
629
99
571
115
27
27
290
290
717
1,328
1.708
1,328
1,708
2,237
4. Refunds
RMBC Council Tax
General - Refund of Fob deposits
440
-20
-20
-20
-20
440

Rotherham Samaritans
Notes on the Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024
2023-24
Restricted
Total
2022-23
Unrestricted
Total
5. Direct Charitablo Activity
Centre- Building
7,335
952
8,287
E ill
6,821
8,797
2,165
17.783
Centre- Operation
Centre- Telecommunications
7,871
1,369
16,575
4,558
471
S.981
12,429
1,839
22.556
5.1 Centre . Building
Self Employed Cleaner
Cleaning- Materials
Cleaning- Windows
Council Tax
Furniture & Fith'ngs
Insurance
Kitchen Equipment
Maintenance
Security
Utilities- Electricity
Ulililie5 - Gas
Utilitie5 Water
Waste Disposal
1,255
53
120
494
1,236
856
239
1.494
53
120
494
1.236
856
1.296
63
463
819
1.742
339
2.081
901
114
639
2,168
166
192
6,821
573
827
178
176
155
43
750
982
221
7,335
952
8,287
5.2 Centre- Operation
Advert151ng & Recruitment
Computer Consumables
Computer Systems Software
Computing Equipment
Courses Conferences &Training
Outreach & Awareness
Printing Stationery & Postage
Refre5hmenls- Other5
Refreshments- Volunteers
Support Material
Trains l Taxs
Mileage- Volunteers
Mileagè- Interim Director
Volunteer Team 8uildinglRecognilion Events
85
593
678
1.694
116
1,634
2,000
1,526
672
2,524
4,158
2.000
2,389
926
66
250
10
272
808
125
382
143
933
4,009
40
265
8,797
863
254
66
16
234
266
1.098
103
139
369
1,238
356
7,871
356
12.429
4.558
5.3 C•ntr•- T•l•communications
Inlemet & Telephone- Percy Street
Phone - Director
Select Service5
1.249
120
471
1.719
120
1.992
120
53
2,165
1,369
471
1,839

Rotherham Samaritans
Notes on the Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024
2023.24
Restricted
Totsl
2022-23
Unrestricte
Total
e. Centre- Refurbishment
Building Work
Fixtures & Fittings
2.028
2.028
T. C05t of Fund Raising
Christmas Cards
Rolherham Show
Equipment
Gambling Licence
General Expenses
64
266
64
266
87
1501
120
329
329
1,708
Gov•rnanc• Costs
Administration
Geneial OfFice Contribution
Gifts
35
8,313
10,120
10.120
10,120
10,120
8,348
9. SYCCG Grant- FY2023
The SYCCG grant was originally split £14K Restricted and £6K
Unreslricled. This recognise5 that the grant agreement document
specifically emphasises the Pathway and the wider prornotion tsl
Rotherham Sarnaritan5 activitie5. At 1 st April 2023 there wa5
£5,981 of th15 grant remaining as restricted.
Costs associated with the building loverheadsl should have had
40% allocalecl as Restricted.
Centre Operation costs overall should be allocated 40% Reslri¢ted
concentrated Printing, Postage & Slalionary. Support Material
and Travel. In the case of Travel it Is argued that volun18ers need
to be at the branch to rnake Pathway calls therefore 400/0 is
classified Restricted Including tax cos15 lolfrom the branch
Allocation of Telecommunication costs shoulcl be tnade on the basis
that, line rental for the dedicated line and m05t outgoing ca115 result
from the Pathway, are Resliicled.
10. SYCCG Grant- FY2024
Renewal of the Grant has enabled full identification as an ordinary
activity of the Trust
10

Rotherham Samaritans
Notes on the Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024
11. RESERVES POLICY
The truste85 have set a level equivalent lo 18 months of operating costs as a
desired level of reserve. This fund is a contingency designed lo protect the fvlure
operation of Rolherham Samantans In the event of.
a sudden reduction In Inctsm8 andlor
from the effects of any unforeseen variations In its Income and
expenditure
The Iru5t8e5 have also designated reserves where there are potential
commitmen15 that cannot be mel by anticipated future Income alone. These
reserves are broken down Into a number of funds thai relate lo..
a major building repair fund eg. Roof
an asset ￿place1T}ent fund lo replace IT and furniture a5 r8quired
a decorating fund In ￿spect of the April painting of the building
front exterior
potential lo ￿Quire Increased expenditure not evidenced by the 18
months of historic costs
the possible requI￿rnent to refund volunteers fob deposits
The amount5 of reserves are specified in a table as follows..
Unrestricted
Fund5
representod
by=
Desirèd
Reserves
Balance as
at 31° March
2024
Description ol Funds
General
purpose
reserve fund
Fund5 to provide tashflow and meet
unforeseen expenses Based on
approx. 18 rnonlhs of expenditure.
£50,000
£61,330
Burlding Major
Repair fund
£10.000
£10.000
Prowsion to fund a major ￿pair to
building eg Roof
Asset
Replacement
Provision to replace IT and fumilure
a5 required
£2,500
£2,500
Building
Decoration
Fund
£7, 000
£1,000
Provision for decoration of the
building front 8xierior
NHS Pathway
expzn5ion to
GP'S
Funds lo cover additional expen¢5ilure
associalecl with roll-out of NHS
pathway lo GP Surgenes
£i.ooo
£1,000
Volunteers
Fob Deposits
£500
£500
Provision to cover refund of Fob
Deposits lo Volunt8ers
Total
£65.000
£76,330