HASTINGS STREET PASTORS

Registered charity 1148589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HSP

Trained Street Pastors are unpaid volunteers from local churches who offer care & support for individuals, irrespective of race, gender, religion, age or lifestyle in designated public areas within Hastings and Rother. They work with the other local agencies to provide emotional and practical help to members of the public, on Saturday nights and during Community events.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN HASTINGS & ROTHER AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFILL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.2.2TO 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 HASTINGS & ROTHER AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.2.3 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LICENSE AGREEMENT EXECUTED WITH ASCENSION TRUST AND THE CORE VALUES AND MISSION STATEMENT APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN HASTINGS & ROTHER AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 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 AND NIGHT.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£5k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
2012

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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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2021

  • Volunteers: 25

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 03/03/2025, 123 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 12/09/2024, 317 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£5k£12k
31/12/2024£5k£5k
31/12/2023£7k£5k
31/12/2022£9k£9k
31/12/2021£21k£9k

Common questions

Who funds HASTINGS STREET PASTORS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HASTINGS STREET PASTORS as a grant recipient include THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUSTFY2023£800
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUSTFY2024£600
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUSTFY2022£600
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUSTFY2025£400