Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 7

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 3

TOWN PASTORS (BURY ST EDMUNDS)

Bury Town Pastors express their Christian faith by patrolling the bar and club area of Bury St Edmunds town centre on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm to 4am, offering care and assistance in a non-judgmental and unconditional way. They seek to be a positive, friendly presence on the streets, offering support to vulnerable people, de-escalating potential trouble and helping to keep people safe.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£19	£21	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	56
31/03/22	£27	£20	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/21	£15	£15	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	79
31/03/20	£20	£22	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	85
31/03/19	£25	£20	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/18	£19	£22	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£21	£18	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£15	£18	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£17	£17	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.burytownpastors.org.uk

info@burytownpastors.org.uk

07594334215

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
56 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Suffolk Community Foundation - Bury Town Pastors
£3,000	16/06/2021 11	Towards core running costs of the organisation, to keep vulnerable people safe at night in Bury St Edmunds.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Bury Town Pastors
£3,000	13/05/2021 11	Towards core running costs of the organisation, to keep vulnerable people safe at night in Bury St Edmunds.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BENJAMIN ROGER GREEVES Appointed: 2021

JOHN LEONARD SULLIVAN (Chair) Appointed: 2017

DEREK WILLIAM GADD Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: STILL GOOD FOOD,

MRS JO COPSEY Appointed: 2007, Other trusteeship: TOWN PASTORS,

PHILIP MARTYN LLOYD-JONES Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: SOUTHGATE CHURCH BURY ST EDMUNDS SUFFOLK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2014, number: 1157108

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

Sundial House
Bargate Lane
West Row
Bury St. Edmunds
IP28 8PS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN BURY ST EDMUNDS SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANS OF CARING, LISTENING AND HELPING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND AT VARIOUS VENUES DAY OR NIGHT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED TO THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.

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