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2021-12-31-accounts

Street Pastors (Portsmouth)

Annual Report & Financial Statements for the Year ended 31[st] December 2021

Company No: 06196054

Charity No: 1120012

Contents

Street Pastors (Portsmouth) ............................................................................................ 2 Report of Board of Trustees ............................................................................................ 3 Governance .................................................................................................................... 3 Objects ............................................................................................................................ 3 Main Activities ................................................................................................................. 3 Review of achievements during the year ......................................................................... 3 Street Patrols and Street Pastor Volunteers .................................................................... 3 School Pastors ................................................................................................................ 5 Prayer Support ................................................................................................................ 6 Trustees .......................................................................................................................... 6 One Body Group ............................................................................................................. 6 Public benefit................................................................................................................... 6 Trustee’s Responsibilities in relation to the financial statements ..................................... 6 Financial Review & Reserves Policy ............................................................................... 6 Accounts ......................................................................................................................... 7 Independent Examiner’s Report ...................................................................................... 8 Statement of Financial Activities .................................................................................... 10 Balance Sheet ............................................................................................................... 11 Notes to the Financial Statements ................................................................................. 12

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2020

Street Pastors (Portsmouth)

Board of Trustees:

Geoff Hawkins (Chair) Charles Burns Rev Samantha Duddles Jan Fuller (Resigned 26[th] July 2021) Rev Anne McCabe Tessa Most (Appointed 1[st] July 2022) Tom Thorpe (Appointed 1[st] July 2022})

Registered Address:

St Luke’s Church, Greetham Street, Portsmouth, PO5 4LH

Independent Examiner:

Alan Kidby, AA Accountancy Ltd, 68 Kensington Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0JR

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Report of Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees presents its report and the accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2021.

Governance

Street Pastors (Portsmouth) is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The trustees, who are also the directors of the company, meet regularly, usually 6 times a year. The purpose of these meetings is to set the main priorities for the charity and to oversee the operation of the charity by receiving reports on its activities and finances.

Objects

The objects for which Street Pastors (Portsmouth) is established are:

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Portsmouth and the surrounding area and such other local communities in the United Kingdom and the world as the Trustees may from time to time determine in accordance with the Christian principles contained in the Statement of Beliefs in the Schedule hereto by associating with the statutory authorities and voluntary organisations with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Main Activities

The aim of Street Pastors (Portsmouth) is to contribute towards making Portsmouth a 'kinder, safer city' by providing a service of practical care, friendship and a prayerful presence. We deploy teams of volunteers drawn from local churches on the city centre streets every Friday and Saturday night. We also provide teams of School Pastors during the daytime to 2 schools.

Review of achievements during the year

2021 has continued to be challenging year for the delivery of our services because of the changing restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. This has required a flexible approach to the delivery of Street Pastor patrols in the night-time economy with teams showing great initiative and adaptability on a weekly basis to ensure their safety and remain responsive to the needs of

our community. This is a credit to the commitment and faithfulness of all those involved in this ministry. School pastors have been adversely affected as schools have been in lock down for long periods of time in 2021 and we were unable to operate at all during 2021.

"A rough sleeper who we are familiar with handed us a mobile phone which they had found in the public toilet. At our break at base we charged it up and were able to reunite it with its very thankful and tearful owner outside one of the clubs."

Street Patrols and Street Pastor Volunteers

Throughout the year we have continued to be a trusted, reliable, uniformed presence on the streets of Portsmouth. In partnership with the City Council and the Police we have provided daytime patrols along Southsea seafront for much of the year as the closure of the hospitality industry and night-time economy has meant that our normal activity has not been possible.

Our volunteers are organised into 8 teams with each Street Pastor going out at least once every four weeks. This continues to work well and it is a credit to our volunteers and their willingness to swap and cover when necessary to make up viable teams each week.

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At the end of 2021 we had 37 active Street Pastors, and 4 Street Pastors who were shielding. Recruitment and training during 2021 was very difficult in 2021 as only 2 new Street Pastors were trained. By the end of December 2021, we had 26 women and 15 men.

Training of new Street Pastors "We chatted with door staff who has been in the job for over continues twice a year and is ten years now. He told us he's feeling a bit rough around the carried out regionally, this is edges and his job is getting to him a bit more as time goes proving to be an efficient way of on. He seemed glad to have someone to say that to. We offering our new Street Pastors told him we hoped he had a good night." excellent training. The training is provided by the police, emergency services, mental health

practitioners, church leaders and youth workers to name a few. It ensures that our Street Pastors are well equipped to deal with the various scenarios they encounter on the streets.

Contacts on the Streets and Referrals

As a part of our partnership with Portsmouth City Council we continue to provide statistical records of “meaningful contacts” and referrals.

The tables below show the level of activity for the past 5 years.

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Category 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Alcohol/Substance 152 70 307 404 282
Vulnerability 73 125 382 601 702
Vulnerable – self inflicted 29 14
Active Calming 46 17 60 35 28
Passive Calming 23 16 56 83 60
Total 323 242 805 1,123 1,072
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Each of the above categories show the main reason for an incident being recorded as a contact. Each contact is only categorised once even though in some cases there are multiple reasons, consequently the totals reflect the total number of incidents but not the complexity, duration or number of individuals of each incident.

Street Pastor patrols work with the Police to identify predatory behaviour around the NTE, this includes monitoring vehicles used by potentially predatory occupiers. Our teams also engage with women who are being spoken to by predatory males outside clubs and alert CCTV and the Police to those individuals who gather outside clubs to prey on the vulnerable.

“As we walk through Guildhall Square, we saw a man sat on the steps. We begin to talk to him and he told us his name, and explained that he is an alcoholic who has been in and out of prison. We sit and chat with him for over 30 minutes and he explains that he is a Christian and we have a long faith conversation including prayer, and the man prayed for us.”

With the closure of the night-time economy throughout the lockdowns and our teams patrolling during the day, we met a different demographic. Consequently, the data are completely different from previous years. We did meet vulnerable individuals on our daytime patrols but almost all the alcohol/substance contacts happened within the nighttime patrols.

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Referrals

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Referrals 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Door Safe Staff 10 2 15 25 14
CCTV 7 6 25 24 29
Police 21 5 9 22 17
Safe Space 26 8 15 31 37
Other Agencies 14 2 6 4 6
Total 78 23 70 106 103
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Contacts made

The total contacts made for 2021 was 2,495 compared with 1,995 in 2020. This included 1,621 conversations and 116 faith conversations.

Bottles and Broken Glass

Sweeping up broken glass and picking up bottles is a small but significant action that keeps the pavements and roads clear of that type of hazard or potential weapon. During 2021 we picked up 2,630 bottles and broken glass. In 2020 we picked up 5,760 bottles and broken glass.

“We spoke to a male in his early 20s who was looking for his friend. He was concerned as they had become separated, and his friend was on his own and intoxicated. When he last spoke to his friend, he was unable to describe where he was but had messaged a picture which we recognised as the Guildhall doors. There was no sign of him at the top of the steps and we spent some minutes 15 minutes trying to locate him without success. We took his phone number so that if we came across his friend, we would be able to call him to reunite them."

Flip flops, Water and Blankets

Again, a small part of what we do, but

the contacts we make when handing out supplies such as flip flops are very rewarding. We did not hand out flip flops or water from the start of the pandemic in line with our risk assessments. However, during 2021 we handed out 175 pairs of flip flops, all of which made a difference to the safety of someone’s feet. We gave out 174 bottles of water, again a wonderful way to make contact. The emergency blankets we give out are primarily for the street homeless and help to retain body heat but are also useful as a ‘modesty’ blanket for covering up vulnerable people; we gave out 17 of these.

Presentations and talks

With the closure of churches and community centres we were unable to deliver the usual number of talks and presentations. However, some of our Street Pastor volunteers have given talks at their own churches.

School Pastors

Due to school lock-down and restrictions on visitors we were unable to operate any school patrols

Training

The School Pastor Coordinator and one School Pastor attended an online mentoring course and three volunteers attended Refresher Training in November, both courses were organised by and held at Isle of Wight Street Pastors.

"We were approached by a small group of two boys and one girl (all Year 7) with whom we had spoken on previous occasions. The girl remembered that one of us had the same name as her and she was pleased to be able to talk to her again."

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Prayer Support

The support offered by Prayer Pastors cannot be emphasised enough. Our Prayer Pastors support the work of Street and School Pastors whilst the teams are out on the streets, they are either at the patrol base or at home, praying for the teams and sometimes being asked to pray for a specific situation. We currently have over 20 active Prayer Pastors.

At the start of the pandemic, we decided to have a weekly prayer email and encourage everyone to pray together at home at 7.30pm on Mondays. This has continued throughout with a weekly email of support and encouragement going to all Street, School, Prayer Pastors and Trustees.

Trustees

Our board of Trustees have a responsibility for effective governance of the Charity and to ensure that we operate in a way that holds true to our stated aims and objectives. Street Pastors Portsmouth is in a strong position with a highly skilled group of Trustees who bring a diverse mix of skills and experience. Three of our Trustees have first-hand experience of being Street Pastors.

We continue to ensure our Trustees are interdenominational, throughout 2019 they were drawn from various denominations: Roman Catholic, Anglican and the Salvation Army.

One Body Group

The original vision for a Christian response to the night-time pub and club environment was born out of the “One Body” group of city-wide church leaders and continue to have spiritual oversight for Street Pastors Portsmouth. Throughout the year we are regularly represented at monthly meetings of One Body and continues to receive support and encouragement from the wider church leadership there, again these meetings have been held monthly online.

Public benefit

The Trustees confirm they referred to the public benefit guidance published by the Commission when reviewing the aims and objectives of Street Pastors (Portsmouth) and in planning future activities. All the trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no private benefit from this.

Trustee’s Responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustee to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustee is required to:

Financial Review & Reserves Policy

During the year total income received was £35,027 with expenditure of £29,210 giving an operational surplus of £5,817. This is largely due to a grant from the National Lottery and which must be used on training and recruitment by June 2022. Expenditure was broadly the same as the previous year.

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The Trustees aim to have a minimum of 6 months operating costs in reserve at any time which it is currently achieving.

Accounts

The trustees confirm that the accounts comply with:

The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. It is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by the Board of Trustees

Signed ...................................................................... Date 5[th] May 2022

Geoff Hawkins Chair of Street Pastors (Portsmouth)

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to th• trusteesldlrectorsl members ol Street Pastors (Portsmouth) On accounts for tho year •ndod 31 December 2021 Charlty no.: 1120012 Company no.: 06196054 S•t out on pag•s I r8POrt to the Charity trustees on my examinatlon of the accA)unts of tho Company for th8 yaar ended 31" December 2019 R•sponslbllitl•s and bas18 of report As the charity's trustee8 of the Company (who are 8180 the director3 of the company for the purpose8 01 company law), you are ￿SpOnsible for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Companies Act 2006 ("the 2006 Act"). H8ving satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are nol required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible lor Independent examination. I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under s8Ction 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ("the 2011 Act.). In carying out my examination. I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commi$sion (under section 1451511b} of the, 2011 Aci. Independent examinerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no Tnateri81 matter8 have comè to my attention which gives me Cause lo believe that accounting records were not kept in accordance wrth 88¢tion 386 of Ihe Companies Act 2006, or tha accounts do not accord wllh 8u¢h record8'. or the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under Section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Yrue and fair. view vthich is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. or •the accounts have not been prepared In attordance V*ith the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by chariti88 in attord8n&8 wrth FRS102. I have no concerns and have come a(¥oss no other matters in conneclion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in orde enable a proper understanding of Ihe accounts lo be reached. Slgnod: 31" MarGh 2022 Nam•: by IER October 2018

Relevant professional qualificatlon(sl or body (if any): Fellow of the Association of International Accountants Address: 68, Kensington Road Copnor Portsmouth P02 OJR Sectioii B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of ¢harity accounts.. directions and guidance for éxaminers). Glv• here brlef d•talls of any It8m8 that tha examSn8r wl•h88 to dlsGlose. IER October 2018

Street Pastor5 Portsmouth Detailed Statement of financial actlvitles tor the ear ended 31 December 2021 Street Pastors Sch¢>ol Pastors TOTAL FUNDS Restrbcted Uniestrlrted UnrÈstrthd ffuthds fund$ fvnds funds 2011 2020 IrKomlno R•sourc•s Grant Natlonal Lottery Grant Portsmouth City Counc51 tor 2019 Grant from Pollce & Crime Comrnissbn 15,(X]O 15,0(X) 15.C#)O Donatknns Churthes & otheT or8anlsatlons Individuals not 8ift alded Indivlduals 81ft aided Interest recelved HMRC Tox recoverable glft ald 4,446 450 2,097 io 524 7,527 4,446 450 2.097 io 524 35,027 5,170 1,770 3,079 770 30,789 27.500 Incorne from Investments Bank Interest recelvable Total In¢omln8 r•sour¢•s 27,51X) 7,527 35,027 30,789 A•wurces Exp•nws Salary admlnlstrator5 CJRS recovery from HMRC Employer's Nl oneosts recovery Employer'5 penslon orKo45 Staff welfare Recrultment and advertlslng Prlntlng and statlonery Offlte equlpment, coplef lea1• Telephone Postage and Internet costs General offite expenses Trustee5' meetln8 expenses Rent- Oasis Centre Oepretiation Tr•vel £05t5 and lafe5 Ascen51orb Trust support Tralnln8, caterln& unlforffls Street 8lveaways Donatlons to other charf(le5 ConSu￿anCY servl£es- CCPAS Accountancy- A¢countakKv Book-keeplna and payroll 19,325 19441 281 12811 205 5,320 11,0261 24,645 11.9701 281 12811 205 13,5691 258 12581 365 112 26 138 135 823 187 264 251 32 9L 362 362 1,117 150 1,117 150 236 1,071 238 353 50 182 1,515 2,228 1.071 68 353 170 166 500 1,990 166 500 1.990 218 1,933 Total resources txpondtd 18.586 29.210 31,745 5uiplusl ID•fi¢tl forth• y••r 8,914 1.443 14.540) 5.817

Company ntsmber Charity number 6196054 1120012 Street Pastor5 Portsmouth Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2021 31.12.2021 31.12.2020 Flxed ￿$•ts Office eoulpment Ori8ifial tost Accumulated depreclatlon 12,0941 450 11.9441 Current •SMts Cash at bank Cash ITr hand HMRC- 81ft ald tax due In ndry debtors 31,409 16 524 24,409 16 1,877 31,949 26,302 Current Ilab115tl•s Trade crediiors FIMRC- tax and Nl NEST penslon Ilablllty Accrued exptn5e5 Ascension Trust Ilablllty 535 188 72 403 1.043 Nrt current •sts 31.226 25.259 31,676 25,859 C•ptt•l •nd R••Y¥•i Proflt and Loss account Less dellclt from unrestrlcted funds Add surplu5 frorn unrestricted funds Add surplu5 Iforn restrlcted fund5 e55 deflclt frorn restrkted fund5 25,859 26,815 School Pastor5 Street Pa5tOfS Street Pa5tor5 School Pastors 14,5401 1,443 8,914 13,6361 1,776 5.817 19561 31.676 25,859 For the year ended on 31 D￿ember 2021 the company was entkled to exemption from èvdlt under sectlon 476121 of the Companles Act 2(M)6 relatln8 to the small ¢ompafiles re8ime. The members have not requlfed the cornpany to obtaln an audn In accordance wlth sectlon 476of the Companles Att 2006. The dlrectors acknowledge theli respon$lblllty for. l. ensurlng the company keeps accountlng whlch comply with section 386 2. preparlng accounts which give a true and fiar vlew of the state ol affalrs of the company as at the end of the financial year, in accordance wlth the requirements of 5ecttons 394 and 395. and which cornply with the requirements of the Companies Att relating to account5 50 far as 15 appllcable to the cornpanv. 3. These accounts have been prepared In accordance with the provlsfjons of Part 15 01 the Cornpanles Act 2(>)6 applicable to cornpanie5 subject to the small companies regime. roved bythe t¥)ard ofi 2&L 2021 and s*ned on thelr behaK by ins. Chair of Trustees

Company number Charity number 6196054 112(XJ12 Street Pastors Portsmouth Note5 to the abbreviated ac(ountslor the year ended 31 December 2021 i Aryountk¥ pdld The accounts ha¥e been prepared under the hlstorlcal cost convention and In accordance with the Flnancial RepDrtln8 Standard and the Companies Art 2006. StrretPastors (Portsmouthl Is a chafitabsecornpany limlted byguarantee and Is below the audlt threshold for the Companles and Charrtles Att. Unrestrlcted fund5 are general fvtsnds whkh caTr be used for Street P8stors ordlnary purposes. Restrlrted funds are funds raised specltlaccty In respert of a Safespace contract. Planned aivln& fund raislng and donatlons are recognised when re£elved. Tax refunds are reco8nised when the Incomlng source to whlch they relate are due. Grants are accounted for when (he charfty Is legally efttIt￿d to the arnounts due. All other Incorne Is reco8nlsed when It Is re£elvable. All IrKomlng resources are accounted for gross. D•predatlon Flxed a35et are depreclated on the basls o12SX of the reduclng balance. T•nglble Flxed a￿￿ts A5 at 31 December 2020 Addltion5 Dlsposals As at 31 December 2021 Depredrtbon As at 31 December 2020 Addltlons Dlsposals As at 31 Decern￿r 2021 150 N•t book v•h As at 31 Oecember 2020 As at 31 Oecember 2021 6CIJ 450 A5censlon Trust &Jpport st￿et Postor$15 a nation•1 or8an15ation set vp by A5censlon Trust In London. Street Pastors IPort5rn0Uthl Is under the umbrella ol A5£e•sion Trust and has been supported bythe Ascenslon Trust In the initlal setup and ongoing running. The payment to Ascension frust covers th55 ongoing SYPPOrt, linka8e to the natlonal webslte aTrd the expanslon of Street Pastor$ natlonalfy. Tralnlw and unlfon Costs shown are net of the repayments made by Indfvldual st￿t Pastors forthelr vnfftsrms.

Company number Charity r%umber 6196054 1120012 Street Pastors Portsmouth Surplus c4rrled ton¥ard OwlnB to the uncertaln nature ol fundin& the Trustees alrn to have carrfed fovward 5urpluse5 equwalent tg 51x months runnlng c05ts. 31.12.2021 31.12.2020 Debtors.. lallln8 dye w￿h1n on• y•ir HMRC- tsx recoverable 524 1.877 Sundry debtor 524 1,877 31.12.2021 31.12.2020 Crndltorn: fillln8 du• In ¢Jn• y•ir Tr•de and 5undrycredltors 723 1,043 723 1,043 Tr•ns•rtlons wlth Dlr•rtors •nd r•l•t•d p•rty dlxlosurns Non• Ultlm•t• wntrollln8 Int•r• The company Is undèr the control of its members. No onè member ha5 sufflclent votlnB rlghts to control thls cthar1tab￿ company.