Leek & District Samaritans

Analysis

Leek & District Samaritans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leek. It was registered in July 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, Leek & District Samaritans reported income of £21k and spending of £28k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,449 to £21k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 199% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Leek & District Samaritans sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton Trust Community Group (£21k), Bluetonic (£21k) and Hastings & St Leonards Voluntary Lifeguard Club (£21k).

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.