IT'S GOOD TO TALK
This charity, which co-ordinates and supports the 202 local Samaritans branches, had to deal with the death of its founder, Chad Varah, in November 2007. Despite this trauma, 2007-08 appears to have been a successful year, with the charity responding to over 5.3 million contacts, extending its SMS text service, and relaunching its website. For the fourth year in a row, the annual report ranks as one of the most transparent on our books. An excellent performance.
QUALITY OF REPORTING
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81 % |
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort. |
SIZE OF CHARITY...
What is this? |
Medium |
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average. |
HIGHEST SALARY
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£80k to £99k |
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars. |
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY
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Yes |
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel. |
But don't just take our word for it...
Reviewed: 2009-04-22 Accounts ending: 2008-03-31
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That's a very good question, thanks for pointing it out! We're not quite sure how this happened, but hopefully it's now been fixed, so in future the Samaritans will appear under more appropriate listings.
Sarah, Intelligent Giving