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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

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 a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£22£22£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£19£21£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£27£20£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£20£22£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£19£22£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£21£18£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£15£18£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£17£17£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.burytownpastors.org.uk

info@burytownpastors.org.uk

07594334215

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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 supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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
  • DEREK WILLIAM GADD Appointed: 2019
  • JOHN LEONARD SULLIVAN (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • MRS JO COPSEY Appointed: 2007
  • PHILIP MARTYN LLOYD-JONES Appointed: 2018
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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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