CHARITY REPORT FOR JANUARY 2023 TO 31ST DECEMBER 2023
Trustees..
Jonathan McGill - Chairperson
Jenny Davis - Treasurer and secretary
Margaret Travers
Rev Marlyn Travers
Rev David Wood
Registered Office
2 Ethelbert Road, Bromley BR1 1JA
The charity is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 1171291.
The trustees present their report together with the financial statements of the charity
from 1 January 2023 to the year ended 31st December 2023.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The aims of the organization are to advan￿ the Christian faith particularly but not
exclusively by means of canng. listening and helping people on the streets.
Activities - Street Pastors night time Patrols
The primary activity of the charity is to provide patrols of Street Pastors as a service
to the community, to give reassurance, safety and support through listening. caring
and helping. These patrols advance the Christian faith by practical demonstration of
the unconditional love and kindness of God.
The Charity's main activity and objectives for the year has been to continue to go out
on the High Streets of Beckenham, Bromley and Orpington. In September 2023
Bromley Street Pastors moved from going out once a month to twice a month. The
Street Pastors by their weekly presence promote a calming influence on the High
Streets and complement the work of the Police and other emergency services by
providing a supportive presence for potential victims, providing a calming influence
for potential offenders and a positive presence for the vulnerable. We continue to
engage with people who are losl, alone and unwell.
Activities - Prayer Support for Street Pastors. A minister or church leader comes
from the Churches Together in Beckenham lo pray with the Beckenham Slreel
Pastors,. patrols in Orpington and Bromley always starl with prayer and all three
areas finish with prayer at the end of their patrols. Orpington Street Pastors have a
list of people who pray for Street Pastors, and some are on Call when the patrols go
out. Beckenham and Bromley also have churches and prayer groups who undertake
to pray for Street Pastors.
Reporting - Each street pastor patrol has a leader who is responsible for the team
for the night and wriles a report giving details of encounters. conversations. helping
vulnerable people, calming aggressive situations and counting bottles and cans
picked up.
Achievements and Performance- Street pastors are recognized as one of Ihe key
factors in keeping the High Streets calm on a Friday night. They provide a non-
confrontational and supportive service to help those who are vulnerable, for those

the worse for drink, or injured. For example people who may be the worse for drink
are cared for and every effort is made to get them to their home safely either by a
local taxi or by calling a member of Ihe family to come and pick them up.
Street Pastors receive a warm welcome from the public - we have made many
friends over the years and had many happy conversations with all kinds of people.
The regular interaction with the public produces the significant but Inlangible benefit
of reassurance and promotion of safer behaviour. We routinely get many people
thanking us or saying they think Street Pastors is a great idea etc.
There continues to be an improvement in the atmosphere and a measurable
reduction in violent crime in the night times when we are on duty in Beckenham,
Bromley and Orpington. Police have remarked on the reduction in violence on
Beckenham High Street since the Street Pastors started in December 2007 and this
is supported by the fact that there is a reduction of police officers deployed in
Beckenham and Orpington High Streets on a Friday night. The Bromley Street
Pastors having restarted in November 2022 at the request of the police, have
increased in number which enabled them to start to go out on patrols twice a month
during 2023.
Contribution made by volunteers
Street pastors come from 24 churches across the Borough of Bromley and are
uniformed volunteers after training for 45 hours. We had 39 Street Pastors in the
Borough of Bromley. We continued to recover from the lockdowns - Orpington have
been able to return to weekly patrols with a once a month Saturday morning.
Beckenham managed 37 patrols limited by the redU￿d number of Street Pastors,
but more patrols than the previous year. Bromley had 15 patrols. A total number of
178 people were helped on the streets. and in addition there were 51 anti-social
incidents where Street Pastors calmed aggressive situations. 680 bottles were
collected during the year. 4 pairs of flip flops were given out.
FUTURE PLANS
We remain fully committed to maintaining our existing Street Pastor patrols. and are
very pleased that Bromley are out on the High Street twice a month. Our aim is to
have weekly patrols again in both Beckenham and Bromley.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The income from 1 January to 31 December 2023 was £9,616. We were very
fortu nate in receiving a donation from the police of £8,100 primarily given to restart
Street Pastors patrolling Bromley High Street again. We spent £6,367 including
£4,414 on training and kilting out new Street Pastors and £1,805 fees on licence
fees and DBS. We had a closing balance of £9,246.
The charity does not employ any staff.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT GOVERNING DOCUMENT
The Borough of Bromley Street Pastors. governing documenl is a Charitable
Incorporated Organisation Foundation.

Management and recruitment of new trustees
The Managemenl Committee of the Borough of Bromley Street Pastors, who are
also the Trustees of the charily. aim to meet three times a year. All trustees give of
their time freely and no remuneration or expenses were paid in the year.
We aim to recruit new trustees from the churches supporting the charity.
PUBLIC BENEFIT
The charity's trustees have regards to the Charity Commission's public benefit
guidance. The trustees are aware of the guidance and have taken it into account
when making a decision to which the guidance is relevant in the running of the
charity. In any instance where the trustees decide to depart from the guidance they
have good reasons for doing so and this is recofded.
The trustees believe that the charity has provided public benefit through the Street
Pastors, regular patiols in Beckenham. Bromley and Orpington.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The financial statements are set out in the accounts for the period 1st January and
ending 31st December 2023. The accounts have been Presented as a receipts and
payments account.
Members of Trustees at the date Ihe report and the accounts were approved were
Jonathan McGill (Chair)
Jenny Davis - Treasurer and Secretary
Rev Martyn Travers
Margaret Travers
Rev David Wood
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023
The trustees are responsible foi keeping proper accounting records which disclose
with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to
enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable laws and
regulations. They are also responsible for ensuring that the charity maintains an
adequate syslem of internal control designed to provide reasonable assurance that
assets are safeguarded against loss or unaulhorized use and to prevent and detect
fraud and other irregularilies.
ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES..
Signed

Account for Bromley Borough Street
Pastors
Balance Sheet for Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Narrative
Police Grant
Training Contribution
Donations
Training
Uniforms
Licence Fee
DBS
Other
Income
Expenditure
£8,100
£110
£1,406
£1,050
£3,364
£1,600
£205
£148
Total
£9,616
£6,367
Closing bank balance 31st Dec 2022
Total Income
Total Ex
enditure
Closin
Balance 31st Dec 2023
£5,997.00
£9,616.00
£6,367.00
£9.246.00