SANCTUARY FAMILY SUPPORT
Sanctuary Family Support provides:- 1-1 support, advice, counselling, advocacy, home visits, referrals, peer to peer group, relapse prevention, health & wellbeing workshops, holistic therapies, drug education and information, sign posting, family cohesion activities.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a surplus of £37,441 for the year ended June 2025, with total income of £174,668 and total expenditure of £137,227. Free reserves stood at £26,877, which the trustees state is sufficient to cover their stated policy target of three months' running costs and redundancy provisions totaling £19,822.
What the accounts disclose
“National Lottery Community Fund - 80,000” — page 14
“It is the policy of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves at a level to cover redundancy provision and three months’ running costs should no further funding be received.” — page 6
Funders the charity credits
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/08/2015)
Trustees
- MADELEINE VAZ DIPCchair
- DRUSILLA CLARKE LLB, DIP C
- JUNE HUDSON
- Roy Davis CIPD
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £175k | £137k |
| 30/06/2024 | £162k | £101k |
| 30/06/2023 | £103k | £94k |
| 30/06/2022 | £87k | £84k |
| 30/06/2021 | £92k | £83k |
Common questions
Is SANCTUARY FAMILY SUPPORT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £37,441 for the year ended June 2025, with total income of £174,668 and total expenditure of £137,227. Free reserves stood at £26,877, which the trustees state is sufficient to cover their stated policy target of three months' running costs and redundancy provisions totaling £19,822. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SANCTUARY FAMILY SUPPORT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SANCTUARY FAMILY SUPPORT as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND, THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUND.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £10k | 27% of core running costs over 1-year at a charity supporting families of substance abusers in Liverpool. |
| SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND | FY2023 | £2k | |
| THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUND | FY2024 | £2k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 05/11/2025 | £50k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/08/2024 | £240k | Sanctuary - Supporting and Stabilising lives |
| Postcode Lottery | 29/04/2024 | £25k | Unrestricted Funding |
| UK government | 19/06/2020 | £4k | VSCE CMC Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 26/06/2019 | £267k | Supporting and Stabilising Lives Succession Programme |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/08/2015 | £9k | New Horizon |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 27/02/2015 | £255k | Sanctuary - Supporting and Stabilizing Lives |