City of Sanctuary Sheffield

Analysis

City of Sanctuary Sheffield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, City of Sanctuary Sheffield reported income of £528k and spending of £455k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £304k to £528k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, City of Sanctuary Sheffield sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Womens Consortium (£528k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of Aldridge, Diocese of Lichfield (£528k) and RNLI Lifesaving Endowment (£528k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, donations and legacies 12%, trading 2.3% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £296k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.