LINCOLN STREET PASTORS Chair of Trustees report 24-25
Registration Number 1122451
Address
St Benedict’s Church St benedict’s Square High St Lincoln LN5 7AR
Current Trustees
Joy Liddle Rev Richard Billinghurst Dr Ian Lacy Audrey Beverley Fiona Duerden Lindsey Slapp
Objectives of the Charity
To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the people of Lincolnshire, including but not limited to:
a.
The advancement of the Christian religion b.
The promotion of public safety and prevention of crime
c. Relief of poverty and sickness
Achievement and Performance
We fulfil these objectives by patrolling the streets of Lincoln City on Saturday nights from approximately 10.30 pm until 2.30am looking after people who use the nighttime economy of the city
This last year has continued to be difficult for Lincoln Street Pastors. We have had to stop our patrols this year on Friday nights. We continue to staff Saturday evenings where possible Our numbers of Street Pastors have dwindled over the year from sixteen to fourteen. This is despite numerous efforts by our Co-ordinator and current Street Pastors speaking in church services and any meetings where there are Christians present. Numbers of Prayer Pastors remain low at nine and some Street Pastors are prepared to be Prayer Pastors if necessary. Our Co-ordinator Melanie continues to keep in contact with all the volunteers through her regular newsletters
We have struggled to recruit enough volunteers to return to our shift pattern of every Friday and Saturday. Our prayer pastors remain on Zoom as this seems most
convenient for them and is effective. Recruitment still appears to be affected by the change to online training, which is organised by our umbrella body, Ascension Trust. This requires attendance for several hours on a Saturday morning via Zoom. Participants are reporting that it is not particularly engaging and that Saturday mornings are difficult for attendance as it is family time. Negotiations with Ascension Trust have resulted in some limited acknowledgement of the problems. Our two new volunteers are now fully trained, and we are hopeful that local training will be a possibility soon.
Our coordinator is an active participant in strategic partnerships in the city including those with the police, city council and Lincoln business improvement group. These groups welcome her expertise, and she is a member of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s independent panel for violence against women and girls. Violence and drug dealing are significant issues in the city at night. The police welcome our involvement with them in such situations.
She continues to be part of the coordinating bodies for churches in Lincoln such as Transform Lincoln and Churches together in
Lincoln. We recruit our Street & Prayer Pastors as well as Trustees from these places.
Grants
We continue to receive funding from various sources including the Police and Crime Commissioner, the local Co-operative society and donations given after speaking engagements.
We will only accept funds which accord with Christian principles. We are however not able to cover our expenses from our current funding sources and are therefore dipping into our reserves. We have not been able to secure any more funding for this financial year. Consequently, our reserves continue to diminish. Next year however we may well be entitled to grants which we have had in the past.
Our coordinator has continued to improve our presence on social media and kept up the profile of Lincoln Street Pastors via social media, BBC Radio Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Live ,the local digital newspaper. She has good relationships with local radio, and they have published bulletins about our work in the city. Her work in schools about “Safety using the nighttime economy” is well
received and she continues to try to extend the number of schools willing to host these events.
Our management committee remains the same and we have not been able to do any succession planning. This is a need for the near future as we need younger members soon for them to become familiar with the organisation before our current members step down
It remains to be seen what will happen in the future. Our focus will need to be on recruitment and retention of both Street and Prayer pastors and helping them to feel confident and equipped to undertake patrols. We hope that returning to local training may assist us in doing this
Audrey Beverley Chair Lincoln Street Pastors Oct 25 for the year 24-25
LINCOLN STREEf PASTORS Income and Expenditure Account, for the full year to 31st March 2025 INCOME last ear Grants Police and Crime Commissioner Total Grants £ 7,500 £ 10,OCM).00 7.500 10,000.00 Donations Partner Churches Other Church Giving Non-church Group Giving Individual Giving Donations Gift Aid Uniform donations Total Donations 434 2,639.66 126.00 1,000.00 30.16 50 25 514 3,795.82 685 £ 685 Bank Interest 585.96 £ £ 14,381.78 5,090.86 £ 19,472.64 585.96 £ 8,699 £ 9,810 TOTAL INCOME Excess Expenditure over Income £ 18,508 LINCOLN STREEf PASTORS Income and Expenditure Account, for the full year to 31st March 2025 INCOME last ear Grants Police and Crime Commissioner Total Grants £ 7,500 £ 10,OCM).00 7.500 10,000.00 Donations Partner Churches Other Church Giving Non-church Group Giving Individual Giving Donations Gift Aid Uniform donations Total Donations 434 2,639.66 126.00 1,000.00 30.16 50 25 514 3,795.82 685 £ 685 Bank Interest 585.96 £ £ 14,381.78 5,090.86 £ 19,472.64 585.96 £ 8,699 £ 9,810 TOTAL INCOME Excess Expenditure over Income £ 18,508
EXPENDITURE Trainin ando eratin Street supplies Mobile phones & top ups ZOOM subscription Training fees ID bad8es Uniforms DBS Searches Total trainin ando 195 192.31 488.00 £ 468 £ 144 18.(K) ratin costs 698.31 ment Coordinator salary costs Pension Contributions Travelling and subsistence Staff training Payroll services Administrator bursary Total em ment costs £12.374 371 £ 13.103.40 393.13 178.60 175 285 198 198.IK) 1.433.80 £ 1.348 14,751 15.306.93 Office E ui ment and Ex Office expenses Office Equipment Total Off ice costs enditure 137 291.08 137 291.08 Fees and Administration Independerit Examiner (Auditor) fee Governance costs Treasurer Honorarium Insurance Bank charges Total Fees and Administration Costs 830 892.00 224.32 60.00 224 1.114 1,176.32 Franchise Ascension Trust Total Franchise costs 800.(KI 800.00 Promotional Total Promotional costs Premises Utilities Total Premises Costs 1,200.(X) 1,200.00 £ 18.508 TOTAL EXPENDITURE £ 19.472.64