Samaritans of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

Analysis

Samaritans of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. 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 Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley reported income of £29k and spending of £33k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £123k to £29k (-77%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons (£29k), Christ Abundant Life Ministry International (£29k) and Bethel Prayer Fellowship International (£29k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.