Samaritans of North Herts & Stevenage

Analysis

Samaritans of North Herts & Stevenage is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in June 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, Samaritans of North Herts & Stevenage reported income of £35k and spending of £41k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £61k to £35k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 235%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 North Herts & Stevenage sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Locke Oliphant Martineau Eversley Charity (£35k), Rapha Medica Project (£35k) and Muslim Support (£35k).