A G Asman Trust
Charity 522841
Overview
Summary
A G Asman Trust appears to be a geographically focused grant-maker for Birmingham young people, with a distinctive historic mandate rooted in Christian youth clubs and camps. Its current activity suggests a broader enabling role: funding both individual young people and youth organisations, including those supporting disability and a wide range of charitable purposes. The trust’s time-limited legal structure may make its resources unusually contingent, reinforcing the value of understanding how it prioritises grants and sustains local impact.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission activity statement says the trust donates to individual young people and/or youth clubs in the Birmingham area only, but the Commission's separate 'where the charity operates' field also lists Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. This creates uncertainty about the current boundary of grant-making activity.
- No current grant list, beneficiary list, annual report narrative or project information was identified that locates grants within particular Birmingham wards or the City Centre.
- No material delivery partnerships were identified. The trust appears to operate through grants to young people and youth clubs rather than through directly delivered services.
- The registered contact address should not be treated as an operational site. The Charity Commission record states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
Additional evidence needed
- A current grant register or trustees' annual report identifying recipient clubs, camps or individual grants and their Birmingham locations.
- Confirmation from the trustees of whether grants are currently restricted to the City of Birmingham or extend across the wider West Midlands local-authority areas listed on the Charity Commission register.
- Details of any recurring recipient organisations or referral partners that materially shape the trust's operational reach.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A local funder with two routes to impact
The trust appears to strengthen Birmingham youth provision both directly, through grants to individual young people, and indirectly, through grants to clubs and other youth organisations.
Why it matters
This dual model may allow it to respond to immediate personal barriers while also supporting the local groups that create longer-term opportunities and relationships for young people.
Show evidence
“Donate to individual young people and/or clubs for young people in the Birmingham area only.”
Source:Organisation“Makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
Historic Christian roots may sit alongside a broader present-day remit
Its founding purpose is explicitly Christian and focused on boys and youths, while the recorded current beneficiaries and purposes suggest a potentially wider practical scope, including disabled young people and varied forms of support.
Why it matters
This may affect who sees the trust as relevant, which organisations approach it, and whether its historic identity remains an active grant criterion or principally a governing legacy.
Show evidence
“Organising, assisting and making grants to those clubs and camps founded upon approved Christian principles and of a Christian character for the boys and youths of the beneficial area, under 19 years of age.”
Source:Charity Commission“Children/young People, People With Disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
The trust may face an unusual horizon for long-term civic contribution
Because capital and property revert to the donor’s male heirs under the will, the trust appears to operate with a legally constrained lifespan rather than as a permanently endowed local funder.
Why it matters
This could shape grant strategy: the trust may need to balance preserving resources with making timely investments in Birmingham’s youth infrastructure.
Show evidence
“This is a 'time-charity' ... capital and property of the trust reverts to the male heirs of the donor.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether Christian character remains a practical requirement for grants.
- Which needs, neighbourhoods or age groups within Birmingham receive funding.
- The trust’s grant size, frequency, decision process and remaining lifespan.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent grant awards, including recipient type, purpose, amount and location.
- Current eligibility guidance and trustee reports explaining how the charity objects are interpreted.
- Financial accounts and governing documents showing assets, expenditure and the time-charity arrangements.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
DONATE TO INDIVIDUAL YOUNG PEOPLE AND/OR CLUBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA ONLY
Charity objects
ORGANISING, ASSISTING AND MAKING GRANTS TO THOSE CLUBS AND CAMPS FOUNDED UPON APPROVED CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND OF A CHRISTIAN CHARACTER FOR THE BOYS AND YOUTHS OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA, UNDER 19 YEARS OF AGE. (NOTE - THIS IS A 'TIME-CHARITY' I.E. UNDER CLAUSE 11 OF THE WILL OF CAPITAL AND PROPERTY OF THE TRUST REVERTS TO THE MALE HEIRS OF THE DONOR.)