## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 01/01/2025 Period start date To: 31/12/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: LAMBETH STREET PASTORS**
## **Charity registration number: 1185225**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of Lambeth Street Pastors is 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, prevent 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.
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.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|The main work of Street Pastors is to interact with
members of the public during the day (e.g. working with
schools) and at night (helping vulnerable people outside
of pubs, nightclubs, wine bars etc).|
|||Members: Total - 4
Patrols: 1
2 All Church Faith Marches which included Street
Pastors
11 Community prayer/walks around Angel Town|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|The work of the charity appears to be within the
guidance on public benefit.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|2025 was a year when we sought to
replace our administrator who has retired
and we are working on rebuilding our
patrols.
Street Pastors and School Pastors interact
with both young and mature people with
challenging behaviours they encounter
during their patrols on the streets and work
in schools.|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of 2025 we were in a
satisfactory financial position going into
2026 with increased continuing donations .
The outgoing coordinator was the only
person who was paid.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Lambeth Street Pastors doesn’t have a
specific policy re holding money in our
account. All monies donated to the work of
Lambeth Street Pastors are held in our
bank account. Whatever our balance is at
the end of the year we review this to see
how much money we need to raise, if any,
for the following year to ensure that our
financial responsibilities can be met.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|By 31stDecember 2025 we were £2758.01
in credit|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|NA|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|NA|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We don’t have any concerns about the
future of Lambeth Street Pastors.|
**Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Ascension Trust UK Licence Agreement|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Every trustee must be appointed for a term
of three years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the charity
trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have some regards to the skills, knowledge
and experience needed for the effective
administration of their role.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|LAMBETH STREET PASTORS|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1185225|
|Charity’s principal address|19A RICHBORNE TERRACE
LONDON
SW8 1AS|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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9|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Rev Steve Coulson|Chairman||Trustees|
||Margaret Sackey|Trustee||Trustees|
||David Ogbonna|Trustee||Trustees|
||Rosalind Hallifax|Treasurer/Trustee||Trustees|
||Roger Reid|Trustee||Trustees|
||Cleopatra Thomas-
Richards|Trustee|From 5 December 2025||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **N/A**
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **N/A**
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustee**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Rosalind Hallifax **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 01/09/2026
## LAMBETH STREET PASTORS - 2025 ACCOUNTS
|INCOME||EXPENDITURE||
|---|---|---|---|
|Balance brought forward|£1,940.19|DBS checks|£17.00|
|Individual|£120.00|Coordinator payments|£1,533.36|
|Balham Baptist Church|£2,520.00|Coordinator expenses|£95.82|
|St Mark's Kennington|£0.00|Ascension Trust|£676.00|
|St Stephen's South Lambeth|£500.00|||
||£5,080.19||£2,322.18|
|Balance carried forward|£2,758.01|||