Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 2

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 1

BRADFORD CITY OF SANCTUARY

- Regular monthly meetings- Engagement with local, regional and national media on asylum issues- Running occasional awareness-raising events- Giving talks to students, churches and other interested groups and running displays at local events- Regularly acting as the 'go-between' for people interested in volunteering with local asylum support projects and the projects themselves

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£25	£23	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£13	£27	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£49	£20	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£28	£27	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£33	£23	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£33	£23	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£24	£14	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£16	£18	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

https://bradford.cityofsanctuary.org/

chair@bradford.cityofsanctuary.org

07505053149

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Support for refugees & asylum seekers

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bradford City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Bradford Sanctuary Seekers Documentary - Resource for schools & colleges
£2,120	08/12/2023	In May 2022 a new project lead came into post and we have significantly upscaled our Schools and Colleges of Sanctuary project in terms of quantity and quality - redesigning the awards process; developing new staff training; and new lessons, ....more In May 2022 a new project lead came into post and we have significantly upscaled our Schools and Colleges of Sanctuary project in terms of quantity and quality - redesigning the awards process; developing new staff training; and new lessons, workshops and resources. Over the last academic year, we trained 220 school staff and delivered workshops to approximately 1500 primary and secondary pupils. One challenge has sometimes been hearing back from schools however, this year we are working in ten schools who we have very positive relationships with. We are also running education workshops with new arrivals in temporary accommodation.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to City of Sanctuary Bradford
£6,000	11/03/2021 24	£6,000 grant, split over two years (£3,000 pa) towards the coordinator post and core running costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Schools of Sanctuary
£8,101	21/06/2018 12	The group will work with schools to increase understanding of why people become refugees and the realities of life an asylum seeker or refugee. This will improve wider community knowledge and community cohesion.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bradford City of Sanctuary
£30,000	14/08/2015 24	over two years as continuation funding towards the salary of a part-time development worker for the Sanctuary in Schools project, which encourages young people and their famiilies to offer a welcome and support to refugees and asylum seekers
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bradford City of Sanctuary
£15,000	04/08/2014	over one year towards the salary of a part-time development worker to support the Sanctuary in Schools project in Bradford

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLEMENTINE CHITULANGOMA Appointed: 2023

ESTHER DOUGLAS Appointed: 2022

KAREN HOLDEN Appointed: 2018

ROSIE MACPHERSON Appointed: 2020

SUSAN NAYLOR Appointed: 2023

WILL SUTCLIFFE (Chair) Appointed: 2008

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2015, number: 1160553

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR23: 6 days late,

Main office

C/O TOUCHSTONE METHODIST CENTRE
4 Easby Road
BRADFORD
WEST YORKSHIRE
BD7 1QX

Objectives

1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM; AND2)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN BRADFORD WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN BRADFORD

Data Sources

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