Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 4

LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE CITY OF SANCTUARY CHARITY ASSOCIATION

Lancaster and Morecambe City of Sanctuary objects are the relief of poverty among Refugees and Asylum Seders living in Lancaster and Morecambe by providing them with grants, items and services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/09/22	£21,819	£20,231	£1,588	85
30/09/21	£31,326	£26,207	£5,119	10
30/09/20	£18,242	£20,171	£-1,929	80
30/09/19	£27,566	£15,825	£11,741	80

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

lancasterandmorecambe.cityofsanctuary.org

admin@lancaster.cityofsanctuary.org

0152432838

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
85 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 Community Fund	£9,944
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£4,980
Co-Operative Group	£2,252
Allen Lane Foundation	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to City of Sanctuary: Band of Brothers
£2,252	22/10/2022	We would like to provide ingredients and a kitchen space for refugee and asylum-seeking men to cook traditional food from their home countries and share with the wider community.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Lancaster & Morecambe City of Sanctuary
£2,000	02/07/2021	£2,000 single grant as a contribution towards the ESOL programme
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Lancaster & Morecambe City of Sanctuary
£4,980	21/09/2020 3	To reduce isolation and loneliness and improve access to learning, in particular English language, through providing access to wifi to asylum seeking households
National Lottery Community Fund - City of Sanctuary ESOL classes
£9,944	22/08/2019 12	City of Sanctuary ESOL classes

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

BASHAR BAKHOU Appointed: 2023

SOMAYEH ROUSTAEI Appointed: 2023

ANGELA ONEK Appointed: 2020

ANNE CLAIRE CHAPMAN Appointed: 2023

DR ELIZABETH ROBERTS Appointed: 2018

JANE LIPPITT Appointed: 2019

JEAN O'NEILL (Chair) Appointed: 2019

LEANNE TAHER-BATES Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2018, number: 1181282

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

105 BARTON ROAD
LANCASTER
LA1 4EN

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS LIVING IN LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH GRANTS, ITEMS, AND SERVICES.

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