Identity & Authority: Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH) – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH)

(https://www.samh.org.uk) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 21, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
11 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
73% Reputation

Authority is well-established through longevity (1923) and named leadership (Billy Watson). However, a small gap exists in structured data; the schema_json is a basic WebSite type rather than a detailed NGO or Organization schema with sameAs links to regulatory filings. Named individuals like Arvind Salwan and Jack Carlin lack Person schema to solidify their digital authority footprint.

Marketing claims are highly connected to demonstrated reality. The claim of providing ‘over a million hours of support’ is a massive performance metric that is corroborated by the scale of employing 550 staff. Unlike most nonprofits that use vague emotional appeals, SAMH ties its impact to specific events like the 2026 election and the death of Scott Hastings.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Scottish Action for Mental Health",
    "url": "https://www.samh.org.uk/"
}
/information/sitemap/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/information/accessibility/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/donate/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/information/contact-us/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/information/work-with-us/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
2Review mentions (all pages)
6External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 0 1
/information/sitemap/ 0 1
/information/accessibility/ 2 1
/donate/ 0 1
/information/contact-us/ 0 1
/information/work-with-us/ 0 1
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