Registered charity · Brecon
HAY,Brecon and Talgarth Sanctuary for Refugees
- 9 trustees
- Income £18k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Margaret BlakeChair · since 2025
- Adil Abdul Majid GatradTrustee · since 2021
- Claire ArmstrongTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Ailsa Dunn MB BS FrcpTrustee · since 2015
- Elisabeth LiffordTrustee · since 2023
- Lawrence DuffyTrustee · since 2015
- Melrose EastTrustee · since 2017
- Meriel GillespieTrustee · since 2025
- Rowland Denis JepsonTrustee · since 2023
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, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- hbtsr.cityofsanctuary.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£18k£25k
- 2023£29k£34k
- 2022£37k£25k
Earlier years
- 2021£14k£20k
- 2020£32k£20k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE/ASYLUM AND A PLACE OF SANCTUARY OUTSIDE THE BORDERS OF THEIR OWN COUNTRIES AND TO EDUCATE THE BRITISH PUBLIC, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND POLICY MAKERS ABOUT THEIR PLIGHT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A PROMOTING IN HAY, BRECON AND TALGARTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THE PROVISION OF PLACES OF RESPITE AND SANCTUARY BY VISITS AND/OR LONGER STAYS FOR PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM OR REFUGE AND THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PEACE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OF OUR COMMUNITIESB ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, VOLUNTARY AND PUBLIC BODIES AND FAITH ORGANISATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROVISION OF RESPITE AND SANCTUARY, AND IN GENERAL IN WELCOMING AND ASSISTING PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM OR REFUGEC PROVIDING ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, LOCAL COMMUNITY, PUBLIC BODIES AND ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THE SITUATION OF PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM OR REFUGE AND WAYS OF ALLEVIATING THEIR DISTRESSD FACILITATING AND CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE OR ASYLUM TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND TO UK SOCIETY AND CULTURE AND CHALLENGING HOSTILITY AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THEME INFORM, ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC POLICIES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROVISION OF REFUGE AND SANCTUARY AND DIMINISH THE DISTRESS OF PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM OR REFUGE.
Grants received
1 grant · £9,740 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 · £9,740
Most recent
- 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 Margaret Blake Chair since 2025
- Adil Abdul Majid Gatrad since 2021
- Claire Armstrong since 2023
- Dr Ailsa Dunn MB BS Frcp since 2015
- Elisabeth Lifford since 2023
- Lawrence Duffy since 2015
- Melrose East since 2017
- Meriel Gillespie since 2025
- Rowland Denis Jepson since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Ailsa Dunn MB BS Frcp since 2015
- Lawrence Duffy since 2015
- Melrose East since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Rev Margaret Blake Chair since 2025
- Adil Abdul Majid Gatrad since 2021
- Claire Armstrong since 2023
- Dr Ailsa Dunn MB BS Frcp since 2015
- Elisabeth Lifford since 2023
- Melrose East since 2017
- Meriel Gillespie since 2025
- Rowland Denis Jepson since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Lawrence Duffy since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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
- 1173570
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 MAR 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07968187012 · hbts4refugees@gmail.com
- 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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