The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Samaritans

Registered charity 219432 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey

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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.

15 trustees on the board

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (4)

13
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 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 16Business services 7Education 5

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£27.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 9.0 in 2021

328 from 225 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
7%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.samaritans.org
Emailadmin@samaritans.org
Phone020 8394 8300
AddressTHE SAMARITANS, THE UPPER MILL, KINGSTON ROAD, EPSOM, KT17 2AF

Finances

£27,517,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£28,222,275£22,048,454
2022£27,445,047£27,755,875
2023£23,922,279£27,944,395
2024£24,617,393£25,897,672
2025£27,517,000£28,048,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) TO ENABLE PERSONS 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 FROM APPROPRIATELY TRAINED SAMARITANS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDE; AND(B) 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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/04/1963AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/07/1966AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/09/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/02/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/07/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/01/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/07/2011NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 APR 2016 as amended on 24 Apr 2018 as amended on 12 Oct 2019 as amended on 31 Oct 2020 as amended on 13 Nov 2021

Trustees (15)

15trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Samaritans · 00757372 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 11/04/1963

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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