# SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 219432
- **Other names:** THE SAMARITANS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00757372](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00757372)
- **Registered:** Aug. 28, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=219432


## Contact

- **Address:** THE SAMARITANS, THE UPPER MILL, KINGSTON ROAD, EPSOM
- **Postcode:** KT17 2AF
- **Phone:** 020 8394 8300
- **Email:** admin@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO ENABLE PERSONS 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 FROM APPROPRIATELY TRAINED SAMARITANS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDE; AND(B) 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.

**Activities:** Samaritans is the coordinating body for the 201 Samaritans branches located across the UK and Ireland.  Samaritans provides a safe place for people to talk, round the clock, every single day of the year. People can get in touch by phone, email, letter or by visiting a branch. Volunteers also do outreach work, for example, at festivals, prisons, hospitals and schools.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Guernsey
- Ireland
- Isle Of Man
- Jersey
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Millar |  | March 31, 2022 |
| Andrew Donnell |  | Nov. 1, 2022 |
| Annie Kent |  | Sept. 25, 2021 |
| Dr Anushtayini Sivananthan |  | Aug. 4, 2021 |
| Dr Rosie Jane Allister |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| Ella Mae Harriet Dorfman |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| Hester Mary Wain |  | July 23, 2021 |
| John Drew |  | Dec. 18, 2023 |
| Keith Leslie |  | Jan. 1, 2021 |
| Philip Charles John William Cliff |  | March 30, 2019 |
| Richard Bartlett |  | Oct. 1, 2023 |



## Linked charities

- BOGNOR REGIS CHICHESTER AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS (219432-10)
- THE SAMARITANS OF BRIDLINGTON AND DISTRICT (219432-11)
- THE SAMARITANS OF BUXTON AND HIGH PEAK (219432-12)
- THE SAMARITANS OF CROYDON AND SUTTON (219432-13)
- DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS (219432-14)
- DONCASTER SAMARITANS (219432-15)
- FESTIVAL BRANCH OF THE SAMARITANS (219432-16)
- NORTH WEST SURREY SAMARITANS (219432-17)
- ROCHDALE, OLDHAM AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS (219432-18)
- THE SAMARITANS OF BASILDON AND THURROCK (219432-19)
- THE SAMARITANS OF LEEDS (219432-20)
- THE SAMARITANS OF SOUTHPORT AND DISTRICT (219432-21)
- THE SAMARITANS (BURY BRANCH) (219432-22)
- THE CARDIFF AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE SAMARITANS (219432-23)
- SAMARITANS OF CHELMSFORD AND MID-ESSEX (219432-24)
- GLOUCESTER AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS (219432-25)
- THE SAMARITANS OF GREAT YARMOUTH (219432-26)
- THE SAMARITANS OF ISLE OF WIGHT (219432-27)
- THE SAMARITANS OF LOWESTOFT AND WAVENEY DISTRICT (219432-28)
- SAMARITANS OF NORTH EAST WALES (219432-30)
- THE SAMARITANS OF REDBRIDGE (219432-31)
- THE SAMARITANS OF SOLIHULL (219432-32)
- THE SAMARITANS OF SUNDERLAND (219432-33)
- SAMARITANS OF STOCKPORT (219432-34)
- THE SAMARITANS OF (TYNESIDE) (219432-35)
- THE SAMARITANS OF WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT (219432-36)
- SAMARITANS OF WALSALL AND DISTRICT (219432-37)
- SWINDON AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS (219432-38)
- THE SAMARITANS OF NORTHUMBRIA (219432-39)
- THE SAMARITANS OF FARNBOROUGH &amp; DISTRICT (219432-4)
- BEXLEY &amp; DARTFORD SAMARITANS (219432-40)
- SAMARITANS OF BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE (219432-41)
- SAMARITANS OF HAVERING (219432-42)
- THE SAMARITANS OF MANSFIELD AND DISTRICT (219432-43)
- TEESSIDE SAMARITANS (219432-44)
- SAMARITANS OF MEDWAY GRAVESHAM AND SWALE (219432-45)
- THE SAMARITANS OF ABERYSTWYTH AND MID WALES (219432-47)
- THE SAMARITANS OF BOURNEMOUTH AND DISTRICT (219432-48)
- THE BRENT SAMARITANS (219432-49)
- THE SAMARITANS, SCUNTHORPE BRANCH (219432-5)
- LINCOLN BRANCH OF THE SAMARITANS (219432-50)
- THE SAMARITANS OF NORTHALLERTON AND THE DALES (219432-51)
- THE BEDFORD SAMARITANS (219432-52)
- THE SAMARITANS OF GRIMSBY, CLEETHORPES AND DISTRICT (219432-53)
- THE SAMARITANS OF WARRINGTON, HALTON AND ST HELENS (219432-6)
- BANBURY AND DISTRICT SAMARITANS (219432-7)
- SAMARITANS OF BARROW, FURNESS AND SOUTH LAKES (219432-8)
- THE SAMARITANS OF BASINGSTOKE (219432-9)



