Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +9
    Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

    CELEBRATING SANCTUARY 

    A diverse music and arts organisation with a mission to support , develop and celebrate refugee and migrant artists, to engage through community projects with refugees and asylum seekers. Founded in 2 002 we have developed 3 main strands to our work: World Music including Refugee Week, Artist development with refugee and migrant artists, Community Engagement with refugees and asylum seekers. .
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/12/22£178£177£1n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/12/21£84£123£-40n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/12/20£99£51£49n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/12/19*£86£93£-7n/an/an/an/an/a15
    31/12/18*£69£61£8£0£0£0n/a06
    31/12/17£11£9£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/16*£24£39£-14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/15£47£57£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/14?£42£26£15£0£0£0n/a00
    01/12/13£16£31£-15£0£0£0n/a00
    30/11/12*£62£41£21£0£0£0n/a00
    30/11/11?*£27£26£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/10£2£2£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/09*£58£62£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/08£8£17£-9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/07£30£28£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/06£78£82£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/05£66£86£-20£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/04£96£74£22£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 21 years
    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Services for refugees & asylum seekers
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    Where it operates
    • Birmingham City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 10 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£55,600
    The Foyle Foundation£20,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,720
    Birmingham City Council£4,058
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Foyle Foundation - Arts
    £20,000 28/11/2023
    towards core programme costs over the next 12 months with a focus on Artist Development and New Works
    Birmingham City Council - Erdington Lunar Society
    £4,058 21/09/2023
    to provide a forum for members of the local community interested in acquiring/sharing knowledge in various subjects such as history, art, literature, science, and economics. The sessions run weekly ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Celebrating Sanctuary
    £55,600 23/12/2021
    We Are Birmingham 2022 - Celebrating Sanctuary
    National Lottery Community Fund - Coming Together
    £9,720 07/05/2021
    The funding will be used to engage refugees and asylum seekers in creative activities. Online events and workshops will be used to reduce isolation and help communities to start interacting again.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Welcome
    £8,500 27/04/2018
    12
    A community arts engagement event will be funded to support people from the refugee and asylum seeker community. This will create new relationships and improve cultural understanding.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/09/2003, number: 1099536
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; AR19: 38 days late, AR18: 42 days late, AR16: 22 days late, AR12: 7 days late, AR11: 120 days late, AR09: 57 days late,
    Main office

    79 WITHERFORD WAY
    BIRMINGHAM
    B29 4AN

    Objectives

    1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;2) THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY BETWEEN RESIDENTS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AND REFUGEES LIVING IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AREA. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A) FACILITATING CULTURAL EVENTSB) ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE CELEBRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN PARTICULAR A PERSON'S RIGHT TO SEEK SANCTUARY FROM PERSECUTION.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    WEST MIDLANDS AREA.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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