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Samaritans of Dunfermline SCIO

SC048206Registered charity from 14 March 2018
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This charity has been established to replace Samaritans of Dunfermline (SC005266). Samaritans of Dunfermline (SC005266) intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Samaritans of Dunfermline SCIO (SC048206).
Charity Information:
Address 22 Townhill Road
Dunfermline
Postcode KY12 0QX
Website www.samaritans.org/dunfermline
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
3. Objects The objects of the Charity are: 3.1 To enable persons in Dunfermline and the surrounding area as well as elsewhere who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those who may be at risk of suicide, to receive confidential emotional support at any time of the day or night in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide; 3.2 To promote a better understanding in society of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide or impaired emotional health; and 3.3 To collaborate with and support Samaritans Central Charity and its affiliated branches in fulfilling these Objects.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Dunfermline Samaritans is a branch of the central Samaritans charity whose vision is that fewer people die by suicide. All our volunteers are recruited and trained in the branch to standards set down by the national organisation. We listen to callers who ring the national freephone number, seeking a safe space to talk through their concerns and provide them with emotional support. We listen to people in a non-judgemental way, empowering them to make their own decisions. As well as our telephone service, we provide face to face outreach in a variety of setting in West Fife. We also help train prisoners to be listeners in Glenochil Prison working alongside our colleagues from Kirkcaldy Branch.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 14 Mar 2018
Main Operating Location: Fife
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Charity Trustees: 5
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of health", "the saving of lives"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £31,609 £34,159 11 Jun 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £16,368 £32,258 26 Jul 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £17,659 £24,205 06 Jun 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £23,617 £24,482 25 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £17,600 £23,890 06 Oct 2025 Yes Download
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Barrie Davies
John King
Denise Martin
Michael Brougham
Craig Stewart
Linda Miller
Barry Hynd
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