Registered charity (CIO) · Nelson

Samaritans of Pendle, Burnley, Craven and Rossendale

11 trustees
Income £44k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where: Lancashire
Registered: 2016

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£44k£57k
2024£48k£61k
2023£58k£69k

Earlier years

2022£68k£62k
2021£103k£55k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 75%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 TO ENABLE PERSONS IN PENDLE 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; 3.2 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; AND 3.3 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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

3.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

Andrew Macpherson Buchanan since 2022
Mark Steven Beard since 2021

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 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 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£44k latest income · spending exceeded income 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: 1170861
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 20 Dec 2016
Contact on the register: 01282617018 · pendle@samaritans.org
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 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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