Registered charity · Birmingham
Celebrating Sanctuary
- 4 trustees
- Income £49k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Website
- www.celebrating-sanctuary.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£49k£80k
- 2024£166k£148k
- 2022£178k£177k
Earlier years
- 2021£84k£123k
- 2020£99k£51k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
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.
Grants received
8 grants · £125,928 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £55,600
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £41,270 (5 grants)
- Postcode Local Trust · £25,000
- Birmingham City Council · £4,058
Most recent
- Postcode Local Trust
- Birmingham City Council
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Alan Kessedjian DR. since 2023
- Rabiyah Kauser Latif since 2019
- Sally Bateman
- Sandra Mary Hall since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Rabiyah Kauser Latif since 2019
- Sandra Mary Hall since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Alan Kessedjian DR. since 2023
- Rabiyah Kauser Latif since 2019
- Sandra Mary Hall since 2018
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1099536
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 SEPTEMBER 2002.
- Contact on the register
- 01214728153
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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