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

Objects

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;(“THE BENEFICIARIES”) BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(1) PROVIDING SANCTUARY, HOSPITALITY, SAFEGUARDING AND RELIEF, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY WORKING WITH AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO, FAITH GROUPS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS, CHARITIES AND BY WORKING WITH BUSINESSES, PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS SO THAT THE NEEDS OF THE BENEFICIARIES ARE MORE EFFECTIVELY MET;(2) INFORMING, EDUCATING AND ADVOCATING FOR SANCTUARY, HOSPITALITY, SAFEGUARDING AND THE RELIEF OF THE BENEFICIARIES; AND(3) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING POSITIVE INCLUSION AND INTEGRATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES BY PROVIDING:(A) ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO HELP BENEFICIARIES ADAPT AND SETTLE IN THEIR NEW FAMILY SETTINGS AND COMMUNITIES; AND(B) ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO FOSTER GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BENEFICIARIES.

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

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

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 7.2 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 (3.2%) (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

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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