Lancaster and Morecambe City of Sanctuary Charity Association

Analysis

Lancaster and Morecambe City of Sanctuary Charity Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Lancaster and Morecambe City of Sanctuary Charity Association reported income of £39k and spending of £22k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £31k to £39k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lancaster and Morecambe City of Sanctuary Charity Association sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Light International Christian Centre (£38k), Unite to Ignite (£39k) and Teens United (£38k).