THE CLOCK TOWER SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1146777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Sanctuary's mission is to prevent young homeless people from becoming part of the long term homeless population.We provide:1) Crisis Support Services - access to food, showers, laundry, computers, telephone, postal service etc.2) Move-On Support -- to help a young person become unstuck, to unlock their potential and prevent further decline

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 25 YEARS IN EAST SUSSEX THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SHELTER AND SUPPORT.

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 · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at an unrestricted deficit of £54,207 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £478,771 to £424,564. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £201,820, which is above the stated policy target of a minimum of three months' operating costs. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 10/11/2023, 10 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Clock Tower Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• OneFamily — “OneFamily, one of our longtime corporate partners, have supported our day centre in a number of ways; whether it;s food and toiletry donatio…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 15.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander REESchair
• Alexandra Stewart
• Andrew Haicalis
• Laura Pugh
• Lisa Ellwood
• Mousumi Kanjilal Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mx Izzi Lerwill
• Neil Sharp
• Paul Dent · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Colman
• Tina O'Donnell

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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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 SANCTUARY FOUNDATION.

• SANCTUARY FOUNDATION income £100k
• SANCTUARY MENTAL HEALTH SOCIETY income £43k
• GRAVESHAM SANCTUARY CIO income £245k
• THE CLOCKWORK CHARITABLE TRUST income £71k
• CITY OF SANCTUARY UK income £495k
• SANKTUS income £55k

Side by side with its peers

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