CITY OF SANCTUARY UK

Registered charity 1184613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity holds the vision that our nations will be welcoming places of safety for all and proud to offer sanctuary to people fleeing violence and persecution. The charity supports a network of groups, which includes places and regions across the UK. It also supports Streams of Sanctuary which encourage communities of practices or interests to come together to embed the concept of welcome.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR THE CITY OFSANCTUARY NETWORK IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN SUCHWAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. SUPPORTING, PROMOTING AND ORGANISING THE CITY OF SANCTUARY NETWORK,INCLUDING IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF THE NETWORK AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS ORRESOURCES TO ADDRESS THEM;B. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE WORK OF CITY OF SANCTUARY NETWORK TO THE PUBLICAND MEDIA;C. ENCOURAGING CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, REGIONS, AREAS, PLACES, ORGANISATIONSAND INSTITUTIONS TO BECOME WELCOME AND SAFE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OFINFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT;D. ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES ORASYLUM SEEKERS;E. LIAISING WITH OTHER PRIVATE, VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS ONRELEVANT ISSUES2. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: PROMOTINGACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDSINCLUDING PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC,REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free unrestricted reserves were £167,742, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of between £125,000 and £250,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £37,870 for the year, with total income of £495,247. The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRISTOL CITY OF SANCTUARY.

• BRISTOL CITY OF SANCTUARY income £180k
• YORK CITY OF SANCTUARY income £55k
• CITY OF SANCTUARY SWINDON income £67k
• DURHAM CITY OF SANCTUARY income £28k
• NORTHAMPTON TOWN OF SANCTUARY income £101k
• CITY OF SANCTUARY SHEFFIELD income £528k

Side by side with its peers

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