2022-12-31-accounts - Street Pastors Newcastle

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				Trustees'	Trustees'	Trustees'	Annual Report	Annual Report	Annual Report	for the period	for the period
					Period		start	date		Period end date
			Frtrm		Day 1st		Month Year Januany 2022		TO	Day 21st	Morlth December	Year' 2022
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					Charity	name				Street Pastors Newcastle
	Other	names charity is known					by				spn
	Registered		charity number			(ifany)		1132511
		Charity's		principal address				Cathedral	House,
								42-44 Mosley Street
								Newcastle	upon Tyne
								Postcode			NE1 1DF

Trustee name	Office (ifany)	Dates acted if not forwhole I'
The Revd Dr Robert	Chair
Charles irwin Ward
Mr Frederick Michael
Johnson
The Revd Mark Sharman
The Very Revd Vincent		1stJan —31stOctober
Geoffrey Miller
Ms Heather Murphy	Acting
	Secretary
Mr John Smee

	Type ofgoverning document	CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 OCTOBER 2009 (REVIEWED 11 FEBRUARY 2014}amended to allow Electronic meetings (2020)
	How the charity is constituted	TRUST
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	Trustee selection methods	REAPPOINTED ANNUALLY AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:		Street Pastors Newcastle operates as part ofa national network of Street Pastor organisations under license from the Ascension Trust, a company limited by guarantee, registered at Alpha House, 158Garth Road, Morden, London, SM4 4TQ.
~	policies and procedures adopted for the induction and	The following policies and procedures are provided to each new charity trustee
	training oftrustees;	Newcastle Upon Tyne Street Pastors Constitution October 2009
~	the charity's organisationai	(Reviewed February 2014).
	structure and any wider network with which the charity works;	The SixTrustees form the Management Committee. The Trustees formally meet a minimum offour times a year. All Trustees give their time voluntary and received no remuneration or other benelits during the year.
~ ~	relationship with any related parties; trustees* consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.	A Street Pastor Co-ordinator is employed forthree days a week. The principal roles and responsibilities ofthe Co-ordinator is to recruit and organise training for new SPs, liaise with current SPsto resource weekly patrols, to assist in the development ofworking protocols with the police, the local council and other agencies, to speak on the work ofStreet Pastors to other organisations and to fund-raise for the work of Street
		Pastors. An integral part ofthe role isto regularly brief the Management Committee on the work and development ofthe initiative within the area
		and to ensure that the Management Committee comply with charity law, the Licence Agreement and the various Street Pastors' policies, procedures and guidelines.
		A Treasurer supports the work ofNSP. Responsibilities indude banking of receipts and organising payments, producing monthly management reports, preparing and submitting Gift Aid daims, preparing an annual report for presentation at the Annual General Meeting, and the submitting an Annual Return forthe Charity Commission. Fund raising research is also undertaken.

	Street Pastors Newcastle work in partnership with the following	Street Pastors Newcastle work in partnership with the following
	~	Newcastle City Council, by signposting vulnerable persons to
		Changing lives, Housing Advice, Children's Services and Domestic
		Violence.
	~	Newcastle City Council: working/updating the Rough sleeper
		Coordinator.
	~	Northumbrtia Police, in strategic planning forthe night time economy
		and other ad hoc events.
	~	Northumbria Police, by releasing resources for more pressurtsed
		matters.
	~	The Ambulance Service, by providing basic first aid, thus reducing
		ambulance calls.
	~	St John's Ambulance / FSNE by offering frontline first aid and working
		in their Mobile Medical Unit located in the city centre.
	~	Licenses premises/door staff and hoteliers, by caring for vulnerable
		people entering or leaving their premises.
	~	Changing Lives, by referring the homeless to their Outreach Team.
	~	St Nicolas' Cathedral, who provide a city centre office space and an
		operational base.
	~	Nexus —Metro patrols in and around Newcastle, including Haymarket
		& Eldon Square Bus Stations.
	The objects ofthe Street Pastors Newcastle as set out in the 2009
	Constitution and reviewed in 2014 are
		To advance education in accordance with Christian principles	by
	such means as the Management Committee may consider appropriate		in
	Newcastle upon Tyne and in such other parts ofthe United Kingdom or
	the world as the Management Committee may from time to time think		fit
	and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable
	according to the law ofEngland and Wales and are connected with the
		charitable work ofthe Charity.
Summary ofthe objects ofthe charity set out in its governing document		To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision offunds goods orservices ofany kind including through the provision of counselling and support in
		Newcastle upon Tyne and in such other parts ofthe United Kingdom	or
		the wortd as the Management Committee may from time to time think	fit.
		To advance the Christian Faith in accordance with the License
		Agreement executed with Ascension Trust and the Core Values and
		Mission Statement appearing in the Schedule hereto in Newcastle upon
		Tyne and in such other parts ofthe United Kingdom orthe world as the
		Management Committee may from time to time think fit particularly but
		not exclusively by means ofcaring, listening and helping people on the
		streets and at various venues da and ni ht.

	2022
Vulnerable persons helped	335
Contacts —chats etc.	5689
Bottles/glasses picked up	2905
Bottles ofwater given out	602
First aid
Foil Safety blankets	363
Flip Flops given out	592
Anti-social behaviour
Altercations	14
Faith conversations	56
CCTV calls received	54
Calls from Door staff	100
Metro —Chats with People	1418

Briefstatement ofthe charity's policy on reserves	The Trustees' aim to maintain reserves equivalent to at least 6 months of- expenditure.
Details ofany funds materially in deficit	None
Further financial review details	(Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where	The charity's main sources ofincome are
relevant about:
~ the charity's principal sources offunds (including any fundraising); ~ how expenditure has supported the key objectives	a Individual donations and gift aid ~ Donations by local churches and related groups ~ Volunteer contributions for uniforms and training ~ Support via the Governments Coronavirus job retention scheme a A grant from the Police and Crime Commissioner via Jesmond SP
ofthe charity;	General Fund
~ investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.	Total income for2022 amounted to 547,009 (513028 in 2021)an increase of533,981 (360%).The reason forthe increase Northumbria Police were able to give 528,438 (2021 &2022) from the night time levy, plus a number ofPCC projects (56999).
	Total expenditure for2022 amounted to 535,582 (620,161for2021)an increase of515,421 (76%).The main areas ofexpenditure are the Co- ordinator's salary, the service charge, licence fee & Uniforms. These are
	unavoidable costs and account for79%ofthe running costs ofthe charity in 2022.
	A surplus of511,427was reported in 2022, compared with a deficit of 63,133in 2021.
	Unrestdicted reserves at 31 December 2022 are 526,921 which are held in cash with The Salvation Army's Bank, Reliance Bank. They amount to 9 months ofexpenditure.
	The Trustees have set a minimum 6-month financial reserve target, which based on current expenditure levels isf2,965 per month. Ifthis were reached, then the Trustees would seek to implement a strategy to secure the charity's financial viability. Based on pessimistic assumptions this situation will be reached in mid-2023
	Restricted Fund
	This relates to a project undertaken by PCC —Safety ofWomen at Night (SWAN), administered by Northumb ia PCC and the Elsie Davis trust. . F11,998was received, to be utilised in 2022.

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										Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds			Endowment funds	Totalfunds			Lsstyear
										tothe	nearest E	tothe nearest		5	tothe nearest y.	tothe	nesrest	5	tothe nearest 5
A1 Recei ts
Donations - individuals											3,920						3,926		4,005
Donslions - o snissdons											2,100						2,100		3,198
Gift Aid											505						505		535
Volunteer Contribugons																			100
Grants											28rt38		11,998						13,162
Other											42								28
u to			ross income					or AR)			35,011		11,998				47,009		21,028
Asset an		investment					sa	es
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			Total		race/			pts			35,011	11,990				-	47,00g		21,020
A3pa men Salary Costs											15,916						15,916		13,607
Ascension Trust	Licence Fees										2,915			000			3A15		874
uniforms													3,566				4420
Operelionel Coals											855		1A83						515
Training
Oflice Adminishshon											373			615
Service Charge											4,500						4,500		4,000
fund(sling											73							73	95
Bank charges											103							103
Return ofgrants													2,937				2,937
Miscellaneous inc		ex	grslis payments								152							152	199
					Sub fotal						26A82		9,201						20,101
A4Asset and		investment
					Sub total
			r err			r
Net ofreceiptsf(payments)											8,629		2,797				11,426		867
AS Transfers		between			funds
A6 Cash funds			last	year		end					1 .695		8,000				6,	5	25, 28
Cash funds this					year			end					10,797				30,121		26,695

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Categories	Details			Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds
Bf Cash funds	Bank			toheanrst f. 27,324		to	nesnwtf 10,797	to nearest f.
		Total	cash funds	27o174			10,797
	(agree	Dalances with rvoupts and paymenls
			account(s»
				Unrestricted		Restricted		Endowment
B2Other monetary assets	Details			funds to rlmlleet f		to	funds nearest f	funds to hear8st f.
B3Investment assets	Details			Fund to which asset helen a	Cost lophonag			Current value 'onal
B4Assets retained forthe	Details			Fund towhich asset baton 8	Cost (optrorlell			Currentvalue o 'nal
charity's own use
B5Liabilities	Details			Fund to which lia il re&a	Amount due o 'ona			When due 0 I II I
Signed by one ortwo trustees on behalf ofafthe trustees		Signature		Print	Name			Date of
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