Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 13
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

CITY OF SANCTUARY UK

The charity holds the vision that our nations will be welcoming places of safety for all and proud to offer sanctuary to people fleeing violence and persecution. The charity supports a network of groups, which includes places and regions across the UK. It also supports Streams of Sanctuary which encourage communities of practices or interests to come together to embed the concept of welcome.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/12/23£477£426£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£409£338£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£350£412£-62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£505£542£-37£0£276£1763.91830
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 5 years

cityofsanctuary.org

info@cityofsanctuary.org

01138800002

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£255,800
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£230,000
Unbound Philanthropy£200,000
Tudor Trust£161,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£144,400
AB Charitable Trust£30,000
Postcode Community Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£30,000 25/01/2024
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). City of Sanctuary UK is a UK based organisation that coordinates, supports, and grows networks of welcoming groups, individuals, and other organisations.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£144,400 19/10/2023
36
Grant over 3 years to support influencing change at the national level
Postcode Community Trust - Project Funding
£25,000 29/09/2023
Funding supported over 14 community groups across Wales to be involved in the welcome of refugees and their integration into the community.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to City Of Sanctuary UK
£167,700 12/04/2023
36
£167,700 over three further and final years (£53,600; £55,900; £58,200) towards the London Regional Coordinator (25hpw), the Local Authority Network Coordinator (8hpw) and associated project costs for City of Sanctuary UK initiatives across ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building a welcoming migration movement
£10,000 18/01/2023
City of Sanctuary UK is a growing network of groups, villages, towns, cities and regions across the UK, engaged in activities intended to welcome people seeking sanctuary. They also contribute towards wider movement building through partnership ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£100,000 02/02/2022
For general support of an organization working to build a welcoming culture in the UK for refugees and asylum seekers
Tudor Trust - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£75,000 15/06/2021
36
over three years as continuation funding on an unrestricted basis for a national charity which enables cities and towns, organisations and institutions to develop initiatives that provide welcome and support to people seeking sanctuary
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building a welcoming migration movement
£220,000 08/03/2021
City of Sancutary UK is a growing network of groups, villages, towns, cities and regions across the UK, engaged in activities intended to welcome people seeking sanctuary. This grant supports City of Sanctuary to enhance organisational ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK - Asylum Matters
£2,000 04/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£2,000 03/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
City Bridge Trust - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£88,100 05/01/2021
24
£88,100 over two years (£43,800; £44,300) towards a London Regional Coordinator post (25hpw) and associated project costs to develop and support City of Sanctuary UK initiatives across London.
Tudor Trust - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK - Asylum Matters
£7,000 27/03/2020
12
as a development grant towards the costs of establishing this project, working on campaigning and advocacy for asylum seekers and refugees, as an independent charity
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£100,000 10/02/2020
24
For general support of an organization working to build a welcoming culture in the UK for refugees and asylum seekers, through a national network of local communities and organizations
Tudor Trust - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK - Asylum Matters
£75,000 16/12/2019
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the core costs of Asylum Matters, a project working across England and Wales to link local, regional and national campaigns and advocacy for asylum seekers and refugees
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£15,000 10/10/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. City of Sanctuary UK is an umbrella organisation which supports groups (including villages, towns, cities and regions) across the UK to actively welcoming people seeking sanctuary.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to City of Sanctuary UK
£189,502 17/09/2019
24
Funding campaigns managers at Asylum Matters (hosted by City of Sanctuary) to support small and local refugee and asylum seeker charities to influence change together.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANDREW DOUGLAS WHITE Appointed: 2019
  • ALICE MPOFU-COLES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Phd Student, University Of Reading
  • ANNIE ELISABETH KARUIMBO Appointed: 2024
  • BAL THIARA Appointed: 2023
  • BEN MARGOLIS Appointed: 2020
  • ENIOLUWADA RHODA OLUWAJOBA Appointed: 2023
  • ODUNAYO COMFORT ADEYEMI Appointed: 2024
  • REBECCA JOY NOVELL Appointed: 2021
  • RICHARD MEREDITH WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020
  • YUSUF CIFTCI (Chair) Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/07/2019, number: 1184613
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CITY OF SANCTUARY on 02/07/2020
Main office

City Of Sanctuary UK
PO Box 384
LEEDS
LS26 1GJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR THE CITY OFSANCTUARY NETWORK IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN SUCHWAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. SUPPORTING, PROMOTING AND ORGANISING THE CITY OF SANCTUARY NETWORK,INCLUDING IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF THE NETWORK AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS ORRESOURCES TO ADDRESS THEM;B. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE WORK OF CITY OF SANCTUARY NETWORK TO THE PUBLICAND MEDIA;C. ENCOURAGING CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, REGIONS, AREAS, PLACES, ORGANISATIONSAND INSTITUTIONS TO BECOME WELCOME AND SAFE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OFINFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT;D. ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES ORASYLUM SEEKERS;E. LIAISING WITH OTHER PRIVATE, VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS ONRELEVANT ISSUES2. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: PROMOTINGACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDSINCLUDING PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC,REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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