LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE CITY OF SANCTUARY CHARITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1181282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lancaster and Morecambe City of Sanctuary objects are the relief of poverty among Refugees and Asylum Seders living in Lancaster and Morecambe by providing them with grants, items and services.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS LIVING IN LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH GRANTS, ITEMS, AND SERVICES.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £4,660 in unrestricted funds at the end of the year, having incurred a net deficit of £8,212 against unrestricted income. The trustees report that the charity has no paid staff and does not rent office space, stating it therefore does not need to maintain any reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lancaster and Morecambe City of Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jean O'Neillchair
• Angela Onek
• Anne Claire Chapman
• Bashar Bakhou
• Dr ELIZABETH ROBERTS
• Jane Lippitt
• Jennifer Maclennan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Somayeh Roustaei

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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