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Registered charity (CIO) · Wigan

Samaritans of Wigan

Samaritans of Wigan is a registered charity (number 1170589) based in Wigan, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Christopher Maj since 2025. Latest income £37k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £37k (2025)
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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
Wigan
Website
www.samaritans.org/branches/samaritans-wigan (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£37k£26k
  • 2024£18k£21k
  • 2023£16k£22k
Earlier years
  • 2022£24k£25k
  • 2021£32k£20k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN WIGAN 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

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

3.3y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£37k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1170589
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 06 Dec 2016
Contact on the register
01942 367453 · wigan.director@samaritans.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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