# ASHFORD STREET PASTORS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1162670
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 15, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1162670


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Willesborough Baptist Church, Hythe Road, ASHFORD, Kent
- **Postcode:** TN24 0QR
- **Phone:** 07507675874
- **Email:** ashford@streetpastors.org.uk
- **Website:** https://streetpastors.org/locations/ashford



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION ARE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF  AND BEYOND AS THE TRUSTEES MAYFROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHARITY LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AS FOLLOWS: (1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STREET PASTOR LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE "ASCENSION TRUST" THROUGH:(I) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC PASTORAL CARE SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES, GIVING GUIDANCE, SUPPORT AND SIGNPOSTING WHICH ASSIST IN PRESERVING PUBLIC ORDER, AVOID ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE HEALTH AND BY(II) ENLIGHTENING OTHERS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY THROUGH RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF ECCLESIASTICAL RELEVANCE TO COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC LIFE, MOBILIZING THE CHURCH ECUMENICALLY TO UNITY OF WORSHIP AND TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY CARRYING OUT THE MISSION AND OUTREACH WORK OF THE GOSPEL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(2) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH RAISING AWARENESS, PROMOTING, SUSTAINING AND INCREASING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE, THROUGH THE PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH FORMAL TRAINING, INFORMAL TALKS AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN VOLUNTARY SERVICES, ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND THE STREET PASTOR URBAN TRINITY PRINCIPLE OF CHURCH, POLICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** Ashford Street Pastors are a body of volunteers from many churches in and around Ashford who go onto the streets on Friday and Saturday nights between 10pm and 4am, to take care of those who have, for whatever reason, become vulnerable and as a result are not able to take care of themselves. Our philosophy is: Caring, Listening, Helping.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Kent



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £13891 | £19063 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £20759 | £17777 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £14385 | £28674 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £19449 | £18681 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £26952 | £16766 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Thanabalasooriya Shanmugam** (Chair) — appointed July 31, 2021
- Caroline Marshall — appointed July 23, 2020
- Lesley Stacey — appointed July 15, 2015
- ROB SAUNDERS — appointed Jan. 22, 2015
- Robert Stephen Peirson-Webber — appointed July 31, 2021
- Susan Boulden — appointed July 20, 2017
- Terry Golding MBE — appointed Sept. 19, 2023