Samaritans Brierley Hill Branch

Analysis

Samaritans Brierley Hill Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brierley Hill. 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Samaritans Brierley Hill Branch reported income of £31k and spending of £29k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £40k to £31k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Brierley Hill Branch sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for Social and Economic Thinking (£31k), Devon Memory Cafe Consortium (£31k) and Invictus Trust (£31k).