ISLE OF WIGHT STREET PASTORS

Registered charity 1136110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IWSP · filing overdue (register status)

Street Pastors patrol town centres providing help & assistance to people who are suffering the effects of over consumption of alcohol; are at risk of violence; feel unsafe or just value the extra feeling of safety from having volunteer Street Pastors around. School Pastors provide uniformed patrols around local schools. Their role is to provide support to students and a positive adult presence.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) TO PROMOTE WITHIN THE ISLE OF WIGHT THE PROTECTION, SAFETY & EDUCATION OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PHYSICAL OR OTHER DISABILITY OR AGE AND PARTICULARLY PEOPLE CONGREGATING ON THE STREETS & IN PUBLIC PLACES AT NIGHT TIME, IN ORDER TO DISCOURAGE AND MITIGATE ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE COMMISSIONING OF CRIMINAL ACTS. 2) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ALL PEOPLE AT RISK, BUT PARTICULARLY PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND IN PUBLIC PLACES, WHO ARE AT RISK BY REASON OF INEBRIATION OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS DUE TO SUBSTANCE MISUSE, BY THE OFFERING OF GUIDANCE, SUPPORT, PROTECTION AND, AS APPROPRIATE, BY REFERRAL TO RELEVANTLY SKILLED SPECIALIST AGENCIES. 3) TO ADVANCE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY MEANS OF OFFERING CARE, COMPASSION AND RELEVANT PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL HELP WHERE POSSIBLE OR APPROPRIATE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Isle of Wight, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £22,757.27 at the end of 2024, which is above the stated target level of approximately £20,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £396.17 for the year, funded primarily by donations and grants, with no investment income or trading activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (50% of income)
“Donations were the largest source of funds, at £15,302.91, which accounts for 50.1% of our annual income.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £23k)
“Isle of Wight Street Pastors aim to hold free reserves to suffice a bridge of 3 months' full operating costs for our mission, and in addition to cope with a loss of funding for up to 12 months. With a target level of approximately £20,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £10,560 — grants £10,560 (1); 35% of the £30,558 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £10,060 — grants £10,060 (1); 25% of the £40,290 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £9,534 — grants £9,534 (2); 23% of the £40,883 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 03/12/2025, 33 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 04/02/2025, 96 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£31k£31k
31/12/2023£40k£43k
31/12/2022£41k£43k
31/12/2021£45k£41k

Common questions

Is ISLE OF WIGHT STREET PASTORS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £22,757.27 at the end of 2024, which is above the stated target level of approximately £20,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £396.17 for the year, funded primarily by donations and grants, with no investment income or trading activities. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2018£8kIsle of Wight Schools Mentoring Service

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ISLE OF WIGHT STREET PASTORS£31k—0above—no doubt
SHREWSBURY STREET PASTORS FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt
STREET PASTORS (PORTSMOUTH) FY2025£47k——above—no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON STREET PASTORS FY2025£154k—0unclear—noted
EASTBOURNE STREET PASTORS FY2025£42k—0above—no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT FOODBANK FY2025£284k——unclear—no doubt

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