Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Birmingham Samaritans is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives.
Birmingham Samaritans (number 1166821) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Birmingham Samaritans do?
Samaritans provides completely confidential emotional support 24-hours a day by telephone, face-to-face, email and text, at festivals and outside our centres in prisons, hospitals, schools and workplaces and with the homeless through a network of over 200 branches in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Birmingham Samaritans acts as one of these branches.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Birmingham Samaritans
Answers Birmingham Samaritans gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Birmingham Samaritans's highest-paid staff paid?
Birmingham Samaritans's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Birmingham Samaritans as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Birmingham Samaritans's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Previous names on the register
Samaritans LTD Birmingham
Where it says it operates
Birmingham City
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
Linked funds and trusts
The register records these funds under parent charity number 1166821. They are not counted as separate charity registrations in this directory. Check each linked record for its purposes.
What causes is Birmingham Samaritans registered for?
Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Why is there no Clarity Score for Birmingham Samaritans yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Birmingham Samaritans.
An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity.
The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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The register data used for this profile lists Birmingham Samaritans as a registered charity (number 1166821) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Birmingham Samaritans's charity number?
Birmingham Samaritans's charity number is 1166821. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1166821?
Search 1166821 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Birmingham Samaritans do?
Samaritans provides completely confidential emotional support 24-hours a day by telephone, face-to-face, email and text, at festivals and outside our centres in prisons, hospitals, schools and workplaces and with the homeless through a network of over 200 branches in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Birmingham Samaritans acts as one of these branches.
Does Birmingham Samaritans have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Birmingham Samaritans. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Birmingham Samaritans?
Birmingham Samaritans's website listed in our register data is https://www.samaritans.org/branches/birmingham/. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Birmingham Samaritans's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Birmingham Samaritans's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Birmingham Samaritans?
The register records Birmingham Samaritans as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Birmingham Samaritans's trustees paid?
Birmingham Samaritans's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was Birmingham Samaritans previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Birmingham Samaritans: Samaritans LTD Birmingham.
When was Birmingham Samaritans registered as a charity?
Birmingham Samaritans was entered on the register on 28 April 2016.