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Registered charity (CIO) · Birmingham

Birmingham Samaritans

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £120k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Birmingham City
Website
www.samaritans.org/branches/birmingham (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£120k£96k
  • 2024£103k£94k
  • 2023£67k£90k
Earlier years
  • 2022£44k£66k
  • 2021£97k£76k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ENABLE PERSONS IN BIRMINGHAM 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.

Grants received

9 grants · £88,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Birmingham City Council · £61,000 (5 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £17,000 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000 (2 grants)

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Board analysis

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.

10 trustees on the board

1.7y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Education/training 9Economic/community Development/employment 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 5Agriculture 1Business services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£120k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1166821
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 28 Apr 2016
Contact on the register
01216225165 · birmingham.director@samaritans.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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