SWINDON STREET PASTORS Swindon Street Pastors Trustees Annual Report
Swindon Street Pastors Charitable Incorporated Organisation Charity number: 1197404
Trinity Centre Stonehill Green Westlea Swindon SN5 7AR
Trustees
Andrew Winson – Chair Babatunji Fagbongbe – Vice-Chair Chris Donohoe – Treasurer Pauline Palmer – Prayer Coordinator Mark Wood – NTE Lead Linda Thomson – NTE Lead
Objectives and activities
A group of Christian volunteers from various churches across Swindon. Working independently, but with the full support of the Local Authority and the Police, and working closely with security and door staff of the pubs and clubs, we patrol the Town Centre on Friday and Saturday nights. We are not there to preach, but to show the love of the Lord Jesus and help vulnerable people. Swindon Street Pastors follow the governance set down by the Ascension Trust, the governing body behind Street Pastors nationally.
Achievements and performance
The last year has been significant one with the restructuring retraining of the team completed and two patrols per month recommenced post COVID in February.
A recruitment drive was commenced in Q4, which resulted in 5 volunteers commencing the training which is expected to be complete during 2023, enabling us to put out a third team each month.
Financial review
The previous 3 years income and expenditure are as follows:
Swindon Street Pastors - Charitable Incorporated Organisation Charity Number: 1197404 Trinity Centre,Stonehill Green,Westlea,Swindon,SN5 7AR https://streetpastors.org/locations/swindon/
| Expenditu | Net | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | re | Income | ||
| 2020 | (part year) | £3825 | £590 | £3235 |
| 2021 | £5995 | £2010 | £3985 | |
| 2022 | £360 | £2402 | -£2042 |
The trustees have recognised the need to ensure an ongoing income stream in order to
Reserves are held in the current account and are set at two time the previous year’s expenditure, or projected current year’s expenditure if higher. For 2023 that is £4810
Structure, governance and management
The trustees were registered with the Charities Commission in January, and following a restructure in Q2 a new chair and vice –chair were appointed, to allow the existing chair to step down for a while.
Regular Trustees meeting were held and minutes kept to ensure the Management, Financial integrity, Admin, Training, Improvements for the NTE volunteers were addressed.
Exemptions from disclosure; and
Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others.
None
Swindon Street Pastors - Charitable Incorporated Organisation Charity Number: 1197404 Trinity Centre,Stonehill Green,Westlea,Swindon,SN5 7AR https://streetpastors.org/locations/swindon/
Swindon Street Pastors
Registered Charity 1197404
Annual Accounts
1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022
Independent Examlners Report for Recelpts & Payments Accounts to the Trnstees of Street Pastors Swlndon forthe perlod 01 lanuary 2022 - 31 December 2022. Report Date.. 24th luly 2023 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts ofstreet Pastors Swlndon for the year ended 31st December 2022. I have completed my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wlth the examination which glves me cause to believe that In any material respect the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. lessica Baker 67 Cozens Grove Shrivenharn Oxfordshire SN6 8FS
Swindon Street Pastors Income and Expenditure Statement - 2022
Star8ng Balance as at 1 Jan 2022 11420.17
Income
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Dona,on - Personal 300
Dona,on - Church 60
Dona,on - Other 0
Grant 0
Loan 0
Interest 0
Training 0
Other 0
Total 360
Expenditure
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| Expenditure | ||
|---|---|---|
| AT Fees | 800 | |
| Training Costs | 701.9 | |
| Equipment | 0 | |
| Uniforms | 0 | |
| Management & Admin | 163.88 | |
| CRB checks | 132.5 | |
| Insurance | 0 | |
| Other | 604 | |
| Total | 2402.28 | |
| Closing Balance | as at 31 Dec 2022 | 9377.89 |
| Any income or expenditure received or related to ac3vity in the year to 31 Dec is | ||
| included in these accounts | (specifcally the Q4 Licence fee for the Ascension Trust) | |
| even though they may be cleared in the next accoun3ng year |
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