SADDLEWORTH STREET PASTORS ANNUAL RETURN JANUARY 2025- DECEMBER 2025
Registration number: 1183119
Address: 35, Saint Anne’s Crescent, Grasscroft, Oldham OL4 4JH
Trustees:
Rev. John Rosedale (Chairperson) 10, Ambrose Close, Diggle, OL3 5XG
Rev Audrey Lee (Treasurer) 2, Halls Cottages, Greenfield, OL3 7AJ
Mr Frank Boocock (Non-office bearing trustee) 65, Stockport Road, Lydgate, OL4 4JJ
Mrs Janette Hodgkinson (non-office holding, member of the Street Pastor Team) 7, Spring Street, Uppermill OL3 6AA
Structure:
The management committee is made up of 7 people:
The Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, one non office holding trustee and three non-trustees: the Co-ordinator, a member of the Street Pastor Team and a member of the Prayer Support Team.
The committee meets at least 4 times a year.
Trustees – Chair, Treasurer and two non-office holding trustees (1 a Prayer Pastor and the other a Street Pastor.
All trustees are re-elected every three/four years at the AGM held in June each year.
Charitable purpose:
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To provide 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 and avoiding anti-social behaviour.
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We are an ecumenical group of volunteers who wish to be out in the community, caring, listening and helping people.
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We patrol the local village of Uppermill once a week on a Saturday evening throughout the summer (April – September and December. The rest of the year every alternate Saturday night. The village has a very lively night-time economy which can result in anti-social/drunken behaviour and can leave members of the public vulnerable. We can also patrol during community events such as the Whit Friday band contests and the Rush Cart festival where a calming influence and a positive presence is beneficial to the public
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and fosters community safety. We have begun to patrol on Bank Holiday Sundays as publicans reported they were very busy on those evenings.
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We liaise with the security staff and publicans. We aim to help and support them and act on their assessments of the situation in the village so we can go to areas where we will be most helpful.
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We liaise with the local police delivering regular reports of our patrols. This supplies the police with information about local issues/ incidents they may be unaware of, helping them to secure public order.
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Street Pastors patrol in a set uniform distinguished by the street pastor logo. This sometimes elicits questions from the public about our Christian faith. When asked to, we share our faith in Jesus and his love for everyone. We provide pastoral care as the “Church in action” in public places. We support the spiritual, social, emotional, physical and mental well-being of all individuals who are in need of care – this is of public benefit.
Statement of accounts
| Saddleworth Street PastorsAccounts |
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| Balance 1/01/2025 | £3,300.03 |
| Income Jan – Dec 2025 | £2,274.50 |
| Expenses Jan- Dec 2025 | £1,267.15 |
| Balance 31/12/2025 | £4,307.38 |
Income received – £2,274.50. Included in this figure are:
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£75 regular monthly donations by Direct Debit
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Donations from churches: £1,132.00
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Remaining balance made up of individual donations and donations following talks
Expenditure
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Ascension Trust £800 annually for insurance
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The recruitment and training of new Street Pastors costs approximately £150pp and we do provide all volunteers with the required uniform. The decision was made to fund these outgoings for all SPs although if individuals wished to contribute, they would have the opportunity to do so.
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The decision was made to use the company 31Eight to provide our DBS checks. The annual fee is £120 and then each individual check costs £34.
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Our bank balance at the end of the year was £4,307.38
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A. Lee (Treasurer) SJ Titmuss (Co-ordinator)
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