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2023-12-31-accounts

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t CONSTITUTION
ADOPTED 8OCTOBER 2009(REVIEWED 11
FEBRUARY 2014)amended
to allow Electronic meetings
(2020)
How the chafiiy is constituted TRUST
REAPPOINTED
ANNUALLY AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Additional
governance
issues
(Optional
information)
You may choose to indude
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
iimited
by guarantee,
registered at Alpha House, 158Garth Road,
Morden, London, SM4 4TQ.
~ policies and procedures
adopted forthe induction
and The following
policies and procedures
are provided to each new charity
trustee
training oftrustees; ~
Newcastle
Upon Tyne Street Pastors Constitution
October 2008
~ the charity*s organisational (Reviewed
February 2014).
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structure
and any wider
network
with which the charity
works;
reiationship
with any related
parties;
trustees'
consideration
of
major risks and the system
and procedures
to manage
them.
The SixTrustees form the Management
Commits. The Trustees formally
meet a minimum
offour times a year. All Trustees give their time
voluntariiy
and receive no remuneration
or other benefits during the year.
AStreet Pastor Co-ordinator
is employed
for three days aweek. The
principal
roles and responsibilities
ofthe Co-ordinator
is to recruit and
organise training for new SPs, iiaise with current SPsto resource weekiy
patrols, assist in the development
ofworking
protocols with the police, the
local council and other agencies, speak on the work ofStreet Pastors to
other organisations
and to fund-raise
forthe work ofStreet 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
include banking of
receipts and organising
payments,
producing
monthly
management
reports, preparing
and submitting
Gilt Aid claims, preparing
an annual
report for presentation
at the Annual General Meeting, and submitting
an
Annual
Return forthe Charity Commission.
Fundraising
research
is also
undertaken.
Street Pastors Newcastle works 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.
a
Northumbria
Police, in strategic
planning
for the nighttime
economy
and other ad hoc events.
~
Northumbria
Police, by releasing
resources for more pressurised
matters.
~
The Ambulance
Service, by providing
basic first aid, thus reducing
ambulance
calls.
~
FSNE Medical 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 totheir Outreach Team.
a
St Nicolas' Cathedral,
who provide a city centre office space and an
operational
base.
~
Nexus -patrols
in and around
Haymarket
/i' Eldon Square Bus
Stations.
The objects ofthe Street Pastors Newcastle as set out in the 2009
Constitution
and reviewed
in 2014are
Toadvance 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 tothe 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 or senriices ofany
kind including
through
the provision ofcounselling
and support
in
Newcastle
upon Tyne and in such other parts ofthe United
Kingdom or
the world as the Management
Committee
may from time totime think fit.
Toadvance 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 parilcularly
but
not exclusively
by means ofcaring, listening
and helping
people on the
streets and at various venues d
and ni ht.
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Summary of
achievements
the main
ofthe charity
2023 Serving the people of Newcastle's
night time
experience
filled with happiness
&Sadness.
economy was ajoyful
during the year
2023
Ma/e 294
Female 295
Total Vulnerable
persons helped
Contacts —chats etc. 6030
Bottles/glasses
picked
up 3813
Bottles ofwater given out 751
First aid 29
Foil Safety blankets 521
Flip Flops given out 471
Anti-social behaviour 10
Altercation
s
21
Faith conversations 70
CCTV calls received 40
Calls from Door staff 108
Briefstatement ofthe
charity*s policy on reserves
The Trustees aim to maintain
reserves equivalent
toat least 6 months of
expenditure.
Details ofany funds materially
in deficit
None
Further financial
review details
(Qptional information)
You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
The charity*s main sources ofincome are
relevant about:
~
the charity's
principal
sources offunds (induding
any fundraising);
~
how expenditure
has
~
individual
donations
and gift aid
~
Donations
by local churches and related groups
~
Voiunteer
contributions
for uniforms
and training
~
A grant from the Police and Crime Commissioner
via Northumbria
Police
supported
the key objectives
ofthe charity; General Fund
~
investment
policy and
objectives including
any
ethical investment
policy
adopted.
Total income for2023amounted
tok27,314.43adecrease off19,695.05
ofincome 2022247,009.52.The reason forthe decrease was the
completion
ofthe PCC grants for Safer streets forwomen 8 Safer
transport.
However, we received K20,000from Northumbria
Police for
2023.
Total expenditure
for2023 amounted
toF38,211.22 increase of
K2,625.71 compared to 2022 F35,582.51.The main areas ofexpenditure
are the Co-ordinator's
salary, the service charge, licence fee Operational
costs &Training.
These are unavoidable
costs tothe running ofthe
charity
in 2023.
A deficit off10,896.79was reported
in 2023, compared
with a surplus
of
f11,427 in 2022.
Unrestricted
reserves at 31 December 2023are K16,024.76which are
held in cash with Reliance Bank. They amount to9months of
expenditure.
The Trustees have set a minimum
6-month financial reserve target,
which based on current expenditure
leveis is F3,184.26 per month.
Ifthis
were reached, then the Trustees would seek to implement astrategy to
secure the charity's
financial
viability. Based on pessimistic
assumptions
this situation
will be reached
in mid-2024
Restricted Fund
This relates to a project undertaken
by PCC —Safety ofWomen at Night
(SWAN), administered
by Northumbria
PCC F100was received, to be
utilised
in 2023.

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