Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary

Analysis

Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary reported income of £25k and spending of £18k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £25k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transform Counselling (£25k), Echoes of Hope (Youth Step -To-Success) (£25k) and QQS Global (£25k).