Hastings City of Sanctuary

Analysis

Hastings City of Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in October 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Hastings City of Sanctuary reported income of £23k and spending of £4,769, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2026, income fell from £73k to £23k (-68%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hastings City of Sanctuary sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Moz (£23k), Phyllis Eileen Brooks Charitable Trust (£23k) and The Eden Dora Trust for Children with Encephalitis Ltd (£23k).