Samaritans of Salisbury and District

Analysis

Samaritans of Salisbury and District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in July 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.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Samaritans of Salisbury and District reported income of £62k and spending of £65k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £54k to £62k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Samaritans of Salisbury and District sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leukaemia Unit Appeal Fund for the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley (£62k), Caistor Arts and Heritage Charity (£62k) and Transforming Lives (£62k).