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Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol

Bristol City of Sanctuary

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £102k (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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
Website
www.bristol.cityofsanctuary.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£102k£43k
  • 2024£37k£19k
  • 2023£31k£35k
Earlier years
  • 2022£35k£28k
  • 2021£42k£23k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROMOTING AND/OR CO-ORDINATING SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY 2. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES LIVING OR WORKING IN BRISTOL AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY ACTING AS AN UMBRELLA AND RESOURCE FOR LOCAL REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES, 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND HUMAN RIGHTS.4. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PEOPLE SEEKING SANCTUARY.

Grants received

9 grants · £37,500 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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

5.3y median 7y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 9Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£102k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1177122
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 12 Feb 2018 as amended on 15 Aug 2019
Contact on the register
07341218773 · info@bristol.cityofsanctuary.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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