SANCTUARY FAMILY SUPPORT

Registered charity 1161537 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£175k
Latest spending
£137k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: National Lottery Community Fund (46% of income)
“National Lottery Community Fund - 80,000” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' running costs and redundancy provision (held: £27k)
“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
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k27% of core running costs over 1-year at a charity supporting families of substance abusers in Liverpool.
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2023£2k
THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUNDFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery05/11/2025£50kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund16/08/2024£240kSanctuary - Supporting and Stabilising lives
Postcode Lottery29/04/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
UK government19/06/2020£4kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/06/2019£267kSupporting and Stabilising Lives Succession Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2015£9kNew Horizon
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2015£255kSanctuary - Supporting and Stabilizing Lives