CELEBRATING SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1099536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CELEBRATING SANCTUARY BIRMINGHAM

A diverse music and arts organisation with a mission to support , develop and celebrate refugee and migrant artists, to engage through community projects with refugees and asylum seekers. Founded in 2 002 we have developed 3 main strands to our work: World Music including Refugee Week, Artist development with refugee and migrant artists, Community Engagement with refugees and asylum seekers. .

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;2) THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY BETWEEN RESIDENTS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AND REFUGEES LIVING IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AREA. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A) FACILITATING CULTURAL EVENTSB) ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE CELEBRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN PARTICULAR A PERSON'S RIGHT TO SEEK SANCTUARY FROM PERSECUTION.

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS AREA.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced significant funding uncertainty after its Arts Council funding ended in August 2024, leading to reduced activity and postponed programme aspects. Despite securing a Postcode Lottery grant and some project-based income, the trustees describe the financial position as precarious due to unsuccessful grant applications. The charity relies on specific project grants and partnerships to continue delivery beyond core costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN KESSEDJIAN DR.
• RABIYAH KAUSER LATIF
• SALLY BATEMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• SANDRA MARY HALL

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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