STREET TEAMS

Registered charity 1075862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALSALL STREET TEAMS

Works with children & young people at risk of, or affected by exploitation and harm outside of the home, together with families and the community. Contribute to the safeguarding of children, young people & adults up to 25 using a contextual approach. Deliver age appropriate education on risk outside the home & exploitation to children, young people, parents, professionals & the wider community.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH PERSONS, AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN WALSALL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITYOR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(D) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING BY MEANS OF PROVIDING TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORKPLACE SKILLS, AMONGST PERSONS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT BUT WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN WORK BY REASON OF (I) THEIR LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES OR (II) THEIR YOUTH, AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY, OR THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(E) TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY DRUGS, ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ADDICTION OR ABUSE IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(F) TO PROVIDE HELP AND ADVICE TO PERSONS IN NEED IN RELATION TO WELFARE BENEFITS, DEBT AND PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACCOMMODATION AND HOMELESSNESS, THE GAINING AND MAINTAINING OF EMPLOYMENT AND SIMILAR MATTERS IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(G) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL SUFFERING AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, INCLUDING BY MEANS OF PROVIDING ADVICE, COUNSEL, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO SUCH PERSONS IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(H) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF PREGNANCY AND THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AND INTO THE EFFECTS THEREOF UPON WOMEN, WHETHER PHYSICAL, MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND TO PRESERVEAND PROTECT WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND TO PROVIDE ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN AND THEIR PARTNERS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS, DISTRESS OR POVERTY DURING OR AS A RESULT OF PREGNANCY OR FOLLOWING AN ABORTION, MISCARRIAGE, COT DEATH, STILL BIRTH, LOSS OF A CHILD OR SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; (I) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROMTIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Walsall, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a significant financial deficit of £229,410 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by a decrease in income and increased economic pressures on costs. Unrestricted reserves stood at £239,854, which the trustees noted was below their policy target of maintaining 3-6 months of core activity expenditure. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2025) → no going-concern doubt (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03758772 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RACKSTRAW, Ruth — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• DRUMMOND CAMPBELL, Radika Vilma — director, appointed 28/09/2021not on trustee list
• LANE, Christopher Paul — director, appointed 28/09/2021on trustee list
• STONYER, Geoffrey Malcolm — director, appointed 28/09/2021on trustee list
• KIRK, Stephen Maxwell — director, appointed 06/09/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN MAXWELL KIRKchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher Lane
• Geoffrey Stonyer · trustee of 3 other charities
• Maxine Barlow
• Radika Vilma Drummond Campbell
• Ruth Rackstraw

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STREET CHILD.

• STREET CHILD income £22.3m
• STREET CHILD UNITED income £623k
• THE STREETLIFE TRUST LIMITED income £768k
• STREET SUPPORT NETWORK LIMITED income £115k
• CHILDREN FIRST DERBY income £506k
• STREET DOCTORS LTD income £637k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.