SANCTUARY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1198534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REFUGEES, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, AND THOSE WHO HAVE BECOME DISPLACED, BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING SANCTUARY, HOSPITALITY, SAFEGUARDING AND RELIEF

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £42,922 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £131,102 deficit in the prior year. Total funds carried forward decreased to £83,399, with unrestricted funds standing at £83,399 and restricted funds at £0. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities on a going concern basis.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sanctuary Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Benefact Trust — “This website has been supported by funding from the Benefact Trust” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Joneschair
• Andrew Newton
• Catherine Frances Ross

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 ASYLUM WELCOME.

• ASYLUM WELCOME income £1.6m
• REFUGEASE income £300k
• SANCTUARY TRUST LIMITED income £2.6m
• CITY OF SANCTUARY UK income £495k
• GRAVESHAM SANCTUARY CIO income £245k
• REVIVE CIO income £358k

Side by side with its peers

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