PORTSMOUTH CITY OF SANCTUARY

Charity number: 1192913
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Helping vulnerable people of all backgrounds

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £139,969
Total expenditure: £125,417

Total income includes £15,345 from 2 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

40 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Hampshire
  • Portsmouth City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 December 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Samet Chering-Alves Trustee 30 September 2024
None on record
Claire Elizabeth Perry Trustee 11 October 2023
None on record
Patience Mutunami Trustee 25 March 2023
None on record
Shamila Tabitha Dhana Trustee 23 January 2023
Citizens Advice Solent East
Received: On time
David Handley Trustee 01 August 2021
King George V Memorial Hall
Received: On time
Golam Chowdhury BEM Trustee 01 December 2020
None on record
Malcolm Little Trustee 01 December 2020
None on record
Denise Heather Callender Trustee 01 December 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £50.65k £88.78k £42.34k £139.97k
Total expenditure £29.66k £56.66k £79.02k £125.42k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £17.22k £750 £4.85k £15.35k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 15 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 15 July 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 14 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 14 September 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 02 December 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 02 December 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 25 July 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 25 July 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Dec 2020 as amended on 20 Feb 2023 as amended on 02 Dec 2024

Charitable objects

1. To advance the education of Portsmouth Post Code citizens in general about the issues relating to migrants and their dependents seeking sanctuary in the city. 2. To advance the education and training of those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status and their dependents in need thereof, so as to assist them in life and to adapt and integrate within a new community. 3. To relieve poverty amongst those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status, particularly by the provision of donated nappies, toiletries, food, and other similar items. 4. The promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit by the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of age, status, race, sex, and sexual orientation. 5. The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among those seeking sanctuary who are socially excluded on the grounds of their social and economic position, by providing and/or coordinating services and facilities to advance them in life and assist them to adapt and integrate within a new community.

Contact information

Address:
Portsmouth City of Sanctuary
St. Lukes Church
Greetham Street
SOUTHSEA
Hampshire
PO5 4LH
Phone:
07521423618
Email:
info@portsmouth.cityofsanctuary.org
Website:

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