# BRADFORD CITY OF SANCTUARY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1160553
- **Other names:** BCOS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 18, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1160553


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O TOUCHSTONE METHODIST CENTRE, 4 Easby Road, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE
- **Postcode:** BD7 1QX
- **Phone:** 07505053149
- **Email:** chair@bradford.cityofsanctuary.org
- **Website:** https://bradford.cityofsanctuary.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** 1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM; AND2)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN BRADFORD WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** - Regular monthly meetings- Engagement with local, regional and national media on asylum issues- Running occasional awareness-raising events- Giving talks to students, churches and other interested groups and running displays at local events- Regularly acting as the 'go-between' for people interested in volunteering with local asylum support projects and the projects themselves

**Area of benefit:** IN BRADFORD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £56086 | £55291 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £37559 | £31285 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £24725 | £23451 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £13203 | £27461 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £49357 | £20274 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Amanda Church-Mcfarlane** (Chair) — appointed April 5, 2026
- Amy Byrne — appointed July 1, 2025
- Clementine Chitulangoma — appointed Sept. 25, 2023
- Esther Douglas — appointed April 21, 2022
- Karen Michelle Holden — appointed May 16, 2018
- Rosie MacPherson — appointed Aug. 24, 2020
- Susan Naylor — appointed Sept. 25, 2023
- Zoe Katsilerou — appointed June 27, 2025