Registered charity (CIO) · Leicester
Leicester City of Sanctuary
- 9 trustees
- Income £121k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Anthony Peter HobsonChair · since 2017
- Anne SeniorTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Poojaben ShahTrustee · since 2025
- Jessamyn Helen WitthausTrustee · since 2024
- Judy QeisTrustee · since 2026
- Peter James WilliamsonTrustee · since 2024
- Sarah JonesTrustee · since 2022
- Sherri Sau-Yee Wong HearingTrustee · since 2024
- Sultana TaibTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Leicestershire, Leicester City, Rutland
- Website
- LEICESTER.CITYOFSANCTUARY.ORG (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£121k£107k
- 2025£87k£78k
- 2024£88k£101k
Earlier years
- 2023£91k£109k
- 2022£79k£80k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY IN LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND, ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND TO PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM OR SANCTUARY.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST REFUGEES, PEOPLE SEEKING SANCTUARY AND PEOPLE REFUSED ASYLUM IN THE UK, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, RESIDING IN LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE OR RUTLAND.3 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR TRAINING, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.4 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
Grants received
13 grants · £441,757 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 Community Fund · £363,213 (2 grants)
- Postcode Places Trust · £25,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £13,894
- Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation · £10,650 (5 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Places Trust
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Rev Anthony Peter Hobson Chair since 2017
- Anne Senior since 2022
- Dr Poojaben Shah since 2025
- Jessamyn Helen Witthaus since 2024
- Judy Qeis since 2026
- Peter James Williamson since 2024
- Sarah Jones since 2022
- Sherri Sau-Yee Wong Hearing since 2024
- Sultana Taib since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Anthony Peter Hobson Chair since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Rev Anthony Peter Hobson Chair since 2017
- Anne Senior since 2022
- Dr Poojaben Shah since 2025
- Jessamyn Helen Witthaus since 2024
- Judy Qeis since 2026
- Peter James Williamson since 2024
- Sarah Jones since 2022
- Sherri Sau-Yee Wong Hearing since 2024
- Sultana Taib since 2025
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.
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
- 1172819
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 02 May 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07810023659 · contactus@leicester.cityofsanctuary.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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