## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01 April 2024 Period start date To 31 March 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Bradford City of Sanctuary**
## **Charity registration number: 1160553**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|1)To advance the education of the public in
general about the issues relating to
refugees and those seeking asylum;
2)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.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|- Engaging with local organisations via our
Sanctuary Awards programme to ensure
their services are accessible and tailored
towards the needs of asylum seekers and
refugees
- Engagement with local, regional and
national media on asylum issues
- Giving public awareness raising talks
about our work, the wider
asylum system and current developments
- Running occasional awareness-raising
events and providing information stalls at
local events
- Chairing citywide networks to improve
service provision and amplify the voice of
the sector/of lived experience.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to
the Charity Commission’s guidance on
public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|||N/A|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on grant making|||
||||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity had 11 volunteers, whose roles
included trusteeship, participation in our
Sanctuary Award assessment
panels, membership of our lived experience
Advisory Group, and helping run
events/activities or lead on initiatives|
|Other||N/A|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|- Our Sanctuary Awards programme
ensured that key local services are
accessible to and tailored towards the
needs of asylum seekers and refugees.
During the year this included ongoing work
with the local council, Bradford College and
Bradford University, engaging new schools
and sustaining partnerships with awarded
schools and awarding all Bradford Libraries
for the first time.
- Development of our Advisory Group of
people with lived refugee experience, to
ensure our work accurately reflects and
responds to the needs of these groups,
regularly consulting with them to inform and
guide our work.
- Ensuring new arrivals to the city have
access to
key, relevant and timely information via
outreach and promotion of two
websites: ‘Free in Bradford’ and ‘Welcome
to Bradford’
- Engagement with local, regional and
national media on asylum issues to ensure
that accurate information is in the public
domain
- Supporting and resourcing the local
asylum and refugee support sector through
chairing the local network, building capacity,
promoting sector services/sector voice via
engagement with the Local Authority.
- Giving talks to interested groups
- Facilitating displays at other public
events such as the local Peace Fair
- Facilitate monthly ‘_Bradford Community_
_Learning Together_’ sessions providing free
learning opportunities for volunteers and|
staff in the migration support sector.
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|Review of
the charity’s
financial
position at
the end of
the period|Para
1.21|Fund
fund
fund
fund
fund
FUNDS
Balances from last year
39,478
6,607
7,068
3,303
22,500
0
Transfer of Funds
0
(40)
0
i)
)
0
Surplus/deticit ytd
795
5,918 (4,241)
2,586 (15,428)
12,000
BALANCE
40,273
12,485
2,827
5,889
7,072
12,000
ASSETS
Bank balance
27,582
BCP a/c balance
12,357
Equals a/c balance
299
Petty cash
35
TOTAL ASSETS
40,273|
|---|---|---|
|Statement
explaining
the policy for
holding
reserves
stating why
they are held|Para
1.22|The charity’s reserves are identified in our accounts as General
Funds and do not include restricted funds.
Our reserves are held for the following reasons:
for day-to-day operations of the charity;
to provide funds to facilitate the continued operation of the charity in
the event of a shortage of current funding at any given time.
to provide funds for unanticipated opportunities; and/or
to provide cover against unforeseen risks.
The trustees have set a target for reserves to equate to a minimum of three
months expenditure|
|Amount of
reserves
held|Para
1.22|£12,485|
|Reasons for
holding zero
reserves|Para
1.22|N/A|
|Details of
fund
materially in
deficit|Para
1.24|N/A|
|Explanation
of any
uncertainties
about the
charity
continuing as
a going
concern|Para
1.23|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal||
|---|---|
|sources of funds (including|Para 1.47|
|any fundraising)||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|---|---|---|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustee recruitment is via advertising a role
description in relevant local channels,
vetting of applications and references by
the current trustees, and appointment by a
resolution passed at a
properly
convened
trustees’ meeting|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
We have a wide range of
policies covering employment, finance,
safeguarding, equality and diversity, data
protection|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We are members of, but legally and
organisationally independent of, the
national City of Sanctuary movement|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|None|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Bradford City of Sanctuary|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1160553|
|Charity’s principal address|Registered Address:
C/o Touchstone, 4 Easby Road, Bradford, BD7 1QX|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||William Sutcliffe|Chair||Trustee Board|
||GeoffreyHale|Treasurer||Trustee Board|
||Rosie
MacPherson|||Trustee Board|
||Susan Naylor|||Trustee Board|
||KayHolden|||Trustee Board|
||Esther Douglas|||Trustee Board|
||Clementina
Ngoma|||Trustee Board|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** None
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|None|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
## **Other optional information**
None
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Tina Brocklebank
**Position (eg Secretary,** Director **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
5.01.2025
|**BRADFORD CITY OF SANCTUARY**
**2024/25**
**INCOME**
Give as you Live
Gif Aid
Grants
Other donatons
Other income
_Adjustment (1)_
Total income
**EXPENDITURE**
Employment Costs
Schools Worker
Admin Worker
Director
Pensions
Payroll admin
Sub-total
Freelance staf
Recruitment & HR Support
Ofce Rental
Room Hire
Events
Employees' expenses
Advisory group expenses
Trustee and volunteer expenses
Training
Travel
Telephone
Printng
IT
Subscriptons
Insurance
Equipment
Miscellaneous
_Adjustment (1)_
Total expenditure
**SURPLUS (DEFICIT)**|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**TOTAL**
1,592
466
47,496
3,459
3,073|General
Fund
1,592
466
0
3,459
968|Admin
Fund
0
0
7,150
0
100
_(100)_|Schools
Fund
0
0
23,351
0
0|Director
Fund
0
0
4,995
0
0|New Dir
Fund
0
0
12,000
0
0|RWGGT|
|||||||||0
0
0
0
2,006|
|||**56,086**|**6,485**|**7,150**|**23,351**|**4,995**|**12,000**|**2,006**|
|||16,694
9,452
16,042
3,199
406|0
0
0
0
0|0
9,452
0
717
69|16,694
0
0
1,266
158|0
0
16,042
1,217
178|0
0
0
0
0|0
0
0
_0_
_0_|
|||45,793|0|10,238|18,118|17,437|0|0|
|||2,819
152
0
224
2,441
892
655
166
318
87
213
609
250
224
342
0
106|0
0
0
0
395
0
0
166
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
106
_(100)_|479
26
0
38
0
152
111
0
54
15
36
103
43
38
58
0
0|1,100
59
0
87
0
348
256
0
124
34
83
237
98
87
133
0
0|1,241
67
0
99
0
393
288
0
140
38
94
268
110
99
150
0
0|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0|0
0
0
0
2,046
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0|
|||**55,291**|**567 **|**11,391**|**20,765**|**20,423**|**0**|**2,046**|
||||||||||
|||**795**|**5,918 (4,241)**||**2,586 **|**(15,428)**|**12,000**|**(40)**|
_(1) Unqualified expenditure reimbursed_
**BALANCE SHEET**
|**FUNDS**
Balances from last year
Transfer of Funds
Surplus/defcit ytd
**BALANCE**
**ASSETS**
Bank balance
BCP a/c balance
Equals a/c balance
Pety cash
**TOTAL ASSETS**||**TOTAL**
39,478
0
795|General
Fund
6,607
(40)
5,918|Admin
Fund
7,068
0
(4,241)|Schools
Fund
3,303
0
2,586|Director
Fund
22,500
0
(15,428)|New Dir
Fund
0
0
12,000|RWGGT|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||0
40
(40)|
|||**40,273**|**12,485**|**2,827**|**5,889**|**7,072**|**12,000**|**(0)**|
|||27,582
12,357
299
35
**40,273**|||||||
||||||||||
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Report to the trustees
Bradford City of Sanctuary CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
31# March 2025
Charlty no
(If any)
1160553
Set out on pages
(rernemb8r lo indude* the pag*¥ numbots of addilK>nal sh*olsl
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3110312025L)L) i l YYYY.
Responslbllltles and basls As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
of report
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examlnerfs
statement
I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in. any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records", or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete th8 words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Datè:
q_S-202
Name:
Relevant professlonal
qualification(s) or body (if
any);
A.A.T.
IER
Oct 2018
Address:
I f IJJI OTrJ
YoLk
Yow 8r
Qi
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief detalls
of any Items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018
|**BRADFORD CITY OF SANCTUARY**
**2024/25**
**INCOME**
Give as you Live
Gif Aid
Grants
Other donatons
Other income
_Adjustment (1)_
Total income
**EXPENDITURE**
Employment Costs
Schools Worker
Admin Worker
Director
Pensions
Payroll admin
Sub-total
Freelance staf
Recruitment & HR Support
Ofce Rental
Room Hire
Events
Employees' expenses
Advisory group expenses
Trustee and volunteer expenses
Training
Travel
Telephone
Printng
IT
Subscriptons
Insurance
Equipment
Miscellaneous
_Adjustment (1)_
Total expenditure
**SURPLUS (DEFICIT)**|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**TOTAL**
1,592
466
47,496
3,459
3,073|General
Fund
1,592
466
0
3,459
968|Admin
Fund
0
0
7,150
0
100
_(100)_|Schools
Fund
0
0
23,351
0
0|Director
Fund
0
0
4,995
0
0|New Dir
Fund
0
0
12,000
0
0|RWGGT|
|||||||||0
0
0
0
2,006|
|||**56,086**|**6,485**|**7,150**|**23,351**|**4,995**|**12,000**|**2,006**|
|||16,694
9,452
16,042
3,199
406|0
0
0
0
0|0
9,452
0
717
69|16,694
0
0
1,266
158|0
0
16,042
1,217
178|0
0
0
0
0|0
0
0
_0_
_0_|
|||45,793|0|10,238|18,118|17,437|0|0|
|||2,819
152
0
224
2,441
892
655
166
318
87
213
609
250
224
342
0
106|0
0
0
0
395
0
0
166
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
106
_(100)_|479
26
0
38
0
152
111
0
54
15
36
103
43
38
58
0
0|1,100
59
0
87
0
348
256
0
124
34
83
237
98
87
133
0
0|1,241
67
0
99
0
393
288
0
140
38
94
268
110
99
150
0
0|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0|0
0
0
0
2,046
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0|
|||**55,291**|**567 **|**11,391**|**20,765**|**20,423**|**0**|**2,046**|
||||||||||
|||**795**|**5,918 (4,241)**||**2,586 **|**(15,428)**|**12,000**|**(40)**|
_(1) Unqualified expenditure reimbursed_
**BALANCE SHEET**
|**FUNDS**
Balances from last year
Transfer of Funds
Surplus/defcit ytd
**BALANCE**
**ASSETS**
Bank balance
BCP a/c balance
Equals a/c balance
Pety cash
**TOTAL ASSETS**||**TOTAL**
39,478
0
795|General
Fund
6,607
(40)
5,918|Admin
Fund
7,068
0
(4,241)|Schools
Fund
3,303
0
2,586|Director
Fund
22,500
0
(15,428)|New Dir
Fund
0
0
12,000|RWGGT|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||0
40
(40)|
|||**40,273**|**12,485**|**2,827**|**5,889**|**7,072**|**12,000**|**(0)**|
|||27,582
12,357
299
35
**40,273**|||||||
||||||||||
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Report to the trustees
Bradford City of Sanctuary CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
31# March 2025
Charlty no
(If any)
1160553
Set out on pages
(rernemb8r lo indude* the pag*¥ numbots of addilK>nal sh*olsl
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3110312025L)L) i l YYYY.
Responslbllltles and basls As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
of report
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examlnerfs
statement
I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in. any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records", or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete th8 words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Datè:
q_S-202
Name:
Relevant professlonal
qualification(s) or body (if
any);
A.A.T.
IER
Oct 2018
Address:
I f IJJI OTrJ
YoLk
Yow 8r
Qi
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief detalls
of any Items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018