Stratford-Upon-Avon and District Samaritans

Analysis

Stratford-Upon-Avon and District Samaritans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stratford-Upon-Avon and District Samaritans reported income of £180k and spending of £171k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £111k to £180k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stratford-Upon-Avon and District Samaritans sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Vamizi Trust (£180k), The Surf Life Saving Association of Wales (£180k) and A G E Action for Gipton Elderly (£180k).