SANCTUARY IN CHICHESTER CIO

Registered charity 1181855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANCTUARY IN CHICHESTER

Provision of practical, social and pastoral support to refugees and asylum seekers in the Chichester area. This includes a weekly Drop-In, Befriending, English tuition, a football-based project for young men and a Pathways to Independence project. Support and signposting are also offered to those families currently hosting refugees from the war in Ukraine

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£277k
Latest spending
£251k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a strong position for delivering on its strategic aims, supported by a dedicated team of staff, trustees, and volunteers. The trustees have identified a specific financial risk regarding potential new asylum accommodation and have proactively created a £40,000 reserve to mitigate the cost of a paid staff member. The document does not disclose total income, expenditure, or unrestricted reserves figures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£277k£251k
31/05/2024£166k£210k
31/05/2023£150k£123k
31/05/2022£132k£52k
31/05/2021£31k£44k

Common questions

Is SANCTUARY IN CHICHESTER CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a strong position for delivering on its strategic aims, supported by a dedicated team of staff, trustees, and volunteers. The trustees have identified a specific financial risk regarding potential new asylum accommodation and have proactively created a £40,000 reserve to mitigate the cost of a paid staff member. The document does not disclose total income, expenditure, or unrestricted reserves figures.

Who funds SANCTUARY IN CHICHESTER CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SANCTUARY IN CHICHESTER CIO as a grant recipient include SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2021£20kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2022£15kRefugees
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIOFY2024£10k
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIOFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/02/2026£423kSupporting refugees and asylum-seekers in our community.
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2024£94kSanctuary in Chichester - supporting hotel-based asylum seekers
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2022£241kSupporting refugees and asylum seekers in Chichester
UK government11/08/2020£8kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SANCTUARY IN CHICHESTER CIO£277k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
Refugee Support Group FY2025£973k—0unclear—no doubt
REVIVE CIO FY2025£358k—0below—no doubt
WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
REFUGEE ROOTS FY2025£326k—0unclear—no doubt

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