SOUTHAMPTON STREET PASTORS

Registered charity 1137759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide patrols of trained volunteers to give reassurance, safety & support through listening, caring and helping on the streets of Southampton. We work in the NTE, Schools, Community in partnership with police, council & others. We began in 2009 working nights in the city centre, in 2012 we expanded to work in schools patrolling as pupils leave and into the community in the early evening.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN SOUTHAMPTON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TOTHE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLEWORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SOUTHAMPTON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OFFAITH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SOUTHAMPTON AND IN SUCHOTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAYFROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANSOF CARING, LISTENING AND HELPING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND AT VARIOUSVENUES DAY AND NIGHT.

Area of benefit: SOUTHAMPTON

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £14,689 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted funds to £91,050. The trustees state that a reserve of four months of expenses is sufficient for long-term viability, and the current unrestricted reserves exceed this threshold. However, the accounts note a dependency on securing future funding to replace the phased withdrawal of a grant from Southampton City Council.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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
• 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
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southampton Street Pastors (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael David Sarsonchair
• Dr David Butler · trustee of 1 other charity
• KEITH POWERS
• Marian Elizabeth Astley Weston
• Simon John Orton
• Trevor James Edwards

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• STREET PASTORS (PORTSMOUTH) income £47k
• STREET PASTORS NEWCASTLE income £45k
• SHREWSBURY STREET PASTORS income £46k
• PRESTON AND SOUTH RIBBLE (NORTH) STREET PASTORS income £23k
• ISLE OF WIGHT STREET PASTORS income £31k
• EASTBOURNE STREET PASTORS income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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