Registered charity (CIO) · Luton
Luton, South Beds and Harpenden Samaritans
- 5 trustees
- Income £46k (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
- Luton
- Website
- www.samaritans.org/branches/luton (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£46k£47k
- 2024£31k£45k
- 2023£45k£44k
Earlier years
- 2022£45k£50k
- 2021£43k£40k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN LUTON, SOUTH BEDS AND HARPENDEN 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.
Grants received
2 grants · £12,344 total360Giving 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
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £12,344 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Zachary Dover Chair since 2024
- Donald Lewis Hearn since 2024
- Jennifer Mills since 2026
- Sim Gill since 2026
- Vanessa Louise Godden since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Donald Lewis Hearn since 2024
- Jennifer Mills since 2026
- Sim Gill since 2026
- Vanessa Louise Godden since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Zachary Dover Chair since 2024
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
- 1170449
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 29 Nov 2016
- Contact on the register
- 020 8394 8300 · zach1279@lutonsamaritans.org
- 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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