Kettering and District Samaritans

Analysis

Kettering and District Samaritans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. 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 2026, Kettering and District Samaritans reported income of £27k and spending of £31k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £22k to £27k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kettering and District Samaritans sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucestershire Older Persons Association (£27k), Christoforos Charity Foundation (£27k) and Rural Community Responders (£27k).