2025-09-01-accounts - Thurrock Street Pastors

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1[st] September 2024 31st August 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by egistered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Thurrock Street Pastors	Thurrock Street Pastors



	1204651

	Grays Baptist Church
	Hathaway Road
	Grays
	Postcode	RM17 5LA

Registered charity number (if any) 1204651

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
AnthonyAshley	Chair
Chris Carter	Treasurer
Andrew Blakey	Secretary
Dr Samuel Sao
Niyi Olujobi		Ended 03 April 2025
David Peterson
Temisan Meyiwa Onisile		From 03 April 2025

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	Name Address




Name of chief executive	or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO Foundation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Thurrock Street Pastors is the local expression of the National Charity set up by the Ascension Trust

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The provision of public pastoral care services to help people on the streets and in other public places. Enlightening others about Christianity through raising awareness and understanding.

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

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meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society

The main aims for this year has been to see patrols on the streets 1, Number of volunteers available to patrol. 21 2. Number of patrols. Patrols started on the 4[th] of April and there have been 22 patrols. Most patrols had 4 people. 1 had 2 people 4 had 3 and 2 had 5. 3. Number of hours Total volunteer hours on patrol are 249 hours Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Thurrock Street Pastors trustees adopted the policies provided by Ascension Trust after review and amendment in regard to new government guidelines on data protection and safeguarding. Changes were notified to Ascension Trust.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year	The founding supporting organisations were  Grays Baptist,  Grays Team Ministry,  Church of His Presence,  Christ City Church and  Wellcome Church. This fulfilled the Ascension Trust requirement of at least four Christian denominations: Baptist, Anglican, Congregationalist and two Independent. Highlights “Hey Pastor come and talk to my mate he needs Jesus”. Praying peace for people and seeing their demeanour changing. People chasing after us to say how they feel peaceful mow. “People have noticed our presence and they’re willing to speak to us”. “Our presence in the community since we started is highly noticed”. People stopping us to ask what is a Street Pastor. Two Street pastors who had moved into the area seeing us on patrol and wanting to join Thurrock Street Pastors. “I’ve really appreciated getting to know folk from other churches while we’ve been out on patrol and we’ve had some good conversations.” People negotiating their shift pattern so they are free on Friday evenings. Linking up with the local police. Linking up with homelessness workers . Up skilling people on what was on offer in Grays for the homeless.

Section E Financial review

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To maintain a reserve of a years running costs Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

At present, the charity’s principal sources of funds are grants

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s)
Andrew Blakey
Full name(s) Tony Ashley
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair
etc)
Date
23/12/24
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Charity Name Thurrock Street Pastors

No (if any) 1204651

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period 1st Sept 2024 31st Aug 2025 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Donations - - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - Total receipts - A3 Payments Training 489 Clothing 2,613 Volunteers 50 overheards 384 - - - - - Sub total 3,536 - - Sub total - Total payments 3,536 Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,536 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 12,139 Cash funds this year end 8,603 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 489 2,613 50 384 - - - - - 3,536 - - - 3,536 - 3,536 - 12,139 8,603	Last year to the nearest £
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		- - - - - - - - - -	489	2,861
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	-		8,603	12,139

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details Bank Balance Details Details Details Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 8,603 - - - - - 8,603 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Tony Ashley Andrew Blakey Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
		Tony Ashley	12/23/2025
		Andrew Blakey	12/23/2025