Al Falah Community Support Centre
Charity 1150221
Overview
Summary
Al Falah Community Support Centre appears to be a faith-rooted local institution whose role extends beyond worship into community infrastructure for Small Heath and nearby Birmingham neighbourhoods. Its stated model combines a mosque and religious education with facilities, services and advice intended to improve local conditions of life. The available evidence suggests it may be positioned as a bridge between Muslim community life, broader neighbourhood welfare and local voluntary or statutory partners, although its actual partnerships and service reach are not yet evidenced.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Balsall Heath West
Confidence: medium
A Birmingham City Council planning record identifies premises in Balsall Heath West and records Al-Falah Community Centre as applicant for its continued permanent use as a place of worship and education centre. The Charity Commission's current record says the charity owns and/or leases land or property, and its latest available activity description continues to describe worship and religious education. This reasonably supports Balsall Heath West as an operational area, but current site-specific service information is not publicly available.
- Charity Commission Register of Charities, Al Falah Community Support Centre (charity 1150221)
The register provides a current contact address and states that the charity owns and/or leases land or property. - Birmingham City Council planning application 2014/04867/PA
Records premises in Balsall Heath West, with Al-Falah Community Centre as applicant for the continued permanent use of the premises as a place of worship and education centre. - Al Falah Community Support Centre trustees' report and accounts for year ended 31 May 2023
Reports weekday Arabic-language classes for young people and adults, alongside children's activities, and records rent expenditure.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission currently records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates and describes worship and religious education for Birmingham residents. This indicates an administrative area recorded by the Charity Commission, but does not establish citywide delivery; there is no current public evidence showing the geographic distribution of attendees, outreach, or services beyond the Balsall Heath West premises.
- The charity's objects specifically refer to benefiting Small Heath and its neighbourhood, whereas the relevant planning record is in Balsall Heath West. The objects establish a local-benefit intention, not direct evidence of current delivery in Small Heath.
- No material delivery partnerships, satellite venues, or additional physical sites were identified in the authoritative records consulted.
- No current website evidence is available to confirm timetables, venue use, outreach locations, or partner activity.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, timetable, annual report, or direct confirmation from the organisation identifying the venue(s) used for worship, Arabic education, advice, and community activities.
- Current participant, referral, or outreach data showing whether services are used across Birmingham or are principally focused on Balsall Heath, Small Heath, and adjacent neighbourhoods.
- Details of any current formal delivery partners or externally hosted sessions, including the geographic areas served.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Faith is the organisation's anchor, not necessarily its boundary
The organisation appears to use Islamic worship and education as its core institutional base while holding a wider neighbourhood-welfare purpose that is explicitly non-discriminatory.
Why it matters
This suggests the centre may be understood not only as a religious venue, but as a locally rooted civic asset with potential relevance to residents and partner organisations beyond its regular faith activities.
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“The advancement of the Islamic faith for the public benefit.”
Source:Charity Commission“To further or benefit the residents of the Small Heath area of Birmingham and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or political, religious or other opinions.”
Source:Charity Commission
The centre may function as neighbourhood social infrastructure
Its provision of buildings, facilities, services and advice suggests an operating model based on a physical community base rather than solely dispersed or specialist support.
Why it matters
Physical community infrastructure can make an organisation a convening point: a place where education, support, informal relationships and future collaboration can overlap.
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“Provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission“To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for residents.”
Source:Charity Commission
There is a potentially important but unverified inclusion role
The stated focus on older people and people with disabilities may indicate that the centre sees religious and community participation as requiring practical inclusion, not only general provision.
Why it matters
If active in practice, this could make the centre a useful connector between faith-based provision and organisations working on ageing, disability access or advice.
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“Elderly/old people, people with disabilities, the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission“Education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether neighbourhood-facing services are delivered directly, through partners, or mainly through the mosque community.
- Which local authorities, voluntary organisations or resident groups the centre currently works with.
- How older people, disabled people and people experiencing poverty access or benefit from its provision.
Remaining uncertainties
- Current programme, timetable and service information, including eligibility and attendance.
- Evidence of partnerships, referrals and use of the building by other community groups.
- Recent annual reports or impact evidence describing beneficiaries, reach and outcomes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
PROVISION OF PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH RESIDENT IN BIRMINGHAM
Charity objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. 2. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE SMALL HEATH AREA OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.