Registered charity (CIO) · Whitehaven
Samaritans of West Cumbria
- 10 trustees
- Income £25k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Catherine Winifred WoodsTrustee · since 2017
- Chris WrightTrustee · since 2023
- Glynis PeacockTrustee · since 2023
- Grahame David Michael Pinches B.A.Dipi.MTrustee · since 2017
- Hazel CushinTrustee · since 2024
- Jennifer PayneTrustee · since 2018
- John Geoffrey EnglandTrustee · since 2024
- Karen LoudonTrustee · since 2023
- Nicholas CarrTrustee · since 2024
- Wendie June JohnsonTrustee · since 2024
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
- Cumbria
- Linked company
- Samaritans of West Cumbria
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£25k£42k
- 2024£29k£44k
- 2023£76k£50k
Earlier years
- 2022£74k£79k
- 2021£74k£49k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 47%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN CUMBRIA 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 · £2,417 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
- Cumbria Community Foundation · £2,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £417
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Catherine Winifred Woods since 2017
- Chris Wright since 2023
- Grahame David Michael Pinches B.A.Dipi.M since 2017
- Glynis Peacock since 2023
- Hazel Cushin since 2024
- Jennifer Payne since 2018
- John Geoffrey England since 2024
- Karen Loudon since 2023
- Nicholas Carr since 2024
- Wendie June Johnson since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Catherine Winifred Woods since 2017
- Grahame David Michael Pinches B.A.Dipi.M since 2017
- Jennifer Payne since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Catherine Winifred Woods since 2017
- Chris Wright since 2023
- Grahame David Michael Pinches B.A.Dipi.M since 2017
- Glynis Peacock since 2023
- Hazel Cushin since 2024
- Jennifer Payne since 2018
- John Geoffrey England since 2024
- Karen Loudon since 2023
- Nicholas Carr since 2024
- Wendie June Johnson 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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
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
- 1171211
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 19 Jan 2017
- Companies House
- Company number CE008857 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01946841357 · Whitehaven@samaritans.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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