Registered charity (CIO) · Guildford
Guildford Samaritans
- 6 trustees
- Income £113k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- www.samaritans.org/guildford (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£113k£90k
- 2024£103k£148k
- 2023£135k£184k
Earlier years
- 2022£112k£251k
- 2021£98k£101k
Charitable objects
1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN GUILDFORD 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;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; AND3) TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Allen Robert Ruddock since 2022
- Ann Elizabeth Hebden since 2026
- Chloe Alexia Metcalfe since 2024
- Laura Josephine Spoelstra since 2022
- Lynda Clarke Donaldson since 2025
- Rupi Zani since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Allen Robert Ruddock since 2022
- Ann Elizabeth Hebden since 2026
- Chloe Alexia Metcalfe since 2024
- Laura Josephine Spoelstra since 2022
- Rupi Zani since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Lynda Clarke Donaldson since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165037
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 05 Jan 2016
- Contact on the register
- 116123 · guildford@samaritans.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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