Durham City of Sanctuary

Analysis

Durham City of Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Durham City of Sanctuary reported income of £28k and spending of £36k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,849 to £28k (+252%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 224%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Durham City of Sanctuary sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hereford Allotments and Leisure Gardeners (£28k), Myddle Village Hall (£28k) and The John Young Charitable Settlement (£28k).