Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Reasonable growth: +1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 6

ASHFORD STREET PASTORS

Ashford Street Pastors are a body of volunteers from many churches in and around Ashford who go onto the streets on Friday and Saturday nights between 10pm and 4am, to take care of those who have, for whatever reason, become vulnerable and as a result are not able to take care themselves. Our philosophy is helping, caring listening.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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 and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 9 years

https://streetpastors.org/locations/ashford

ashford@streetpastors.org.uk

07507675874

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£14	£29	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/21	£19	£19	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/20	£27	£17	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/12/19	£16	£16	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
31/12/18	£27	£21	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	19
31/12/17	£12	£11	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£24	£18	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashford Street Pastors
£14,000	07/08/2020 24	towards two years' salary costs of a part time Co-ordinator for a project providing support to disadvantaged and vulnerable people on the streets in Ashford.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashford Street Pastors
£20,000	08/09/2016 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing support to disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Surrey

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

CAROLINE MARSHALL Appointed: 2020

LESLEY STACEY Appointed: 2015

ROB SAUNDERS Appointed: 2015

ROBERT STEPHEN PEIRSON-WEBBER Appointed: 2021

SUSAN BOULDEN Appointed: 2017

THANABALASOORIYA SHANMUGAM (Chair) Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/07/2015, number: 1162670

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o Willesborough Baptist Church
Hythe Road
ASHFORD
Kent
TN24 0QR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION ARE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF AND BEYOND AS THE TRUSTEES MAYFROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHARITY LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AS FOLLOWS: (1) 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, AVOID 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 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(2) 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.

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