Registered charity (CIO) · Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells and District Samaritans
- 6 trustees
- Income £36k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Kent
- Website
- www.samaritans.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£36k£31k
- 2024£40k£62k
- 2023£32k£39k
Earlier years
- 2022£32k£44k
- 2021£29k£54k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ENABLE PERSONS IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FEELINGS OR DESPAIR, INCLUDING THOSE WHOI 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 COLLABORATEM WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Ann Elizabeth Swain Chair since 2025
- Michael John Wheatley since 2020
- Michael Johan Nijhuis since 2024
- Penelope Joan Lawne since 2022
- Richard Dix since 2026
- Susan Mary Simmons since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Susan Mary Simmons since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Ann Elizabeth Swain Chair since 2025
- Michael John Wheatley since 2020
- Michael Johan Nijhuis since 2024
- Penelope Joan Lawne since 2022
- Richard Dix since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Susan Mary Simmons since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168382
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 22 Jul 2016
- Contact on the register
- 116 123 · committee@twsams.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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