Proclaimers Sanctuary

Analysis

Proclaimers Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tilbury. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Proclaimers Sanctuary reported income of £43k and spending of £30k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £40k to £43k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Proclaimers Sanctuary sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young Voices Foundation (£43k), Acts Life Cluster (£43k) and Oromo Evangelical Church of London (£42k).