Huddersfield Samaritans

Analysis

Huddersfield Samaritans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in January 2017, 9 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, Huddersfield Samaritans reported income of £60k and spending of £136k, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £55k to £60k (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Huddersfield Samaritans sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Swan Mountain Trust (£60k), Turkey Lane and Monsall Neighbourhood Centre (£60k) and Shaheed Udham Singh Welfare Trust (Birmingham) (£60k).

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.