258th Birmingham St Annes Scout Group
Charity 1186015
Overview
Summary
258th Birmingham St Annes Scout Group appears to be a locally rooted youth-development organisation whose role extends beyond running activities: it provides a structured setting in which young people can develop civic responsibility, social capability and personal potential. Its stated reach across West Heath and surrounding villages suggests it may act as a neighbourhood-level bridge between young people and wider local, national and international communities, using both programmes and physical space as part of its offer.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Longbridge and West Heath
Confidence: low
Direct evidence identifies regular delivery of all listed Scout sections from The Scout Hut in West Heath. The charity's own Charity Commission activity description also identifies West Heath as its service area. However, the supplied evidence does not establish that this activity falls within the Longbridge and West Heath ward.
- The Scout Association official group directory — 258th Birmingham St Annes West Heath
Lists Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts as meeting weekly at The Scout Hut in West Heath/Birmingham. - Charity Commission Register of Charities — 258TH BIRMINGHAM ST ANNES SCOUT GROUP, charity 1186015
States that the group promotes Scouting in the West Heath area of Birmingham and provides buildings/facilities, services, and education/training for children and young people. - Birmingham City Council — New ward maps 2024
Identifies Longbridge and West Heath as a current Birmingham ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission description refers to 'surrounding villages', but does not name them or establish whether the group delivers regular services there rather than drawing members from them.
- No current evidence was found of additional regular meeting venues, outreach sites, or operational partnerships beyond The Scout Hut.
- The Charity Commission's broad 'Birmingham City' operating-area classification does not, by itself, demonstrate citywide delivery.
- The supplied evidence does not establish whether the group's West Heath activity falls within the Longbridge and West Heath ward.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, annual report, or official group communications identifying any regular activities or venues outside The Scout Hut.
- Official evidence naming the surrounding villages in which the group actively delivers Scouting, if any.
- Evidence of any formal partner-led provision that materially extends the group's operational reach.
- Official evidence connecting the group's West Heath activity to the Longbridge and West Heath ward.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A place-based route into wider citizenship
The group appears to use a local Scouting presence to connect young people with responsibilities and identities beyond their immediate neighbourhood. Its model combines rootedness in West Heath with an explicit orientation toward local, national and international community membership.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation's value may lie not only in youth provision, but in helping young people translate local participation into broader civic confidence and connection.
Show evidence
“The Group promotes Scouting in the West Heath area of Birmingham and surrounding villages.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity aims to support young people as responsible citizens and members of local, national and international communities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Physical space may be integral to the delivery model
The provision of buildings, facilities or open space suggests the group may offer a stable local base as well as organised youth activities. This may make it an important piece of community infrastructure, rather than solely a programme provider.
Why it matters
A reliable venue can enable regular relationships, outdoor activity and potential collaboration with other local groups; understanding this asset is important when assessing the area's civic capacity.
Show evidence
“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission
A broad developmental remit, with limited evidence of its practical emphasis
The organisation presents youth development as physical, intellectual, social and spiritual, indicating a deliberately whole-person approach. However, the available evidence does not show which dimensions receive most attention in practice or who is currently reached.
Why it matters
This distinction matters because a broad mission can support many forms of local value, but partnership opportunities and unmet needs cannot be identified without knowing the group's actual delivery pattern.
Show evidence
“The charity promotes the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's work is education and training.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which ages, communities and villages are actively reached, and whether any groups are underrepresented.
- Whether its facilities are shared with other organisations or available for wider community use.
- What partnerships, volunteer capacity and current programme activities sustain its local role.
Remaining uncertainties
- Programme timetable, membership numbers and demographic information over time.
- Information on premises, local partnerships, referral relationships and community use.
- Annual reports or impact evidence describing young people's experiences and outcomes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Group promotes Scouting in the West Heath area of Birmingham (and surrounding villages) and follows the aims of the Scout Association - to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local national and international communities.
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL; AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.