Samaritans of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

Analysis

Samaritans of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in December 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 of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland reported income of £201k and spending of £165k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £152k to £201k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Transforming Autism Project (£201k), Love Support Unite Africa Foundation (£201k) and Learn and Thrive (£201k).