Angels Of Hope Trust
Charity 1211429
Overview
Summary
Angels Of Hope Trust appears to occupy a focused but unusually cross-border role: supporting people with Down’s syndrome and other learning difficulties in both Birmingham and Pakistan. Its stated model combines direct material support, grants and access to facilities, suggesting it may work through a mix of individual assistance and wider local support networks. The organisation’s emphasis on autonomy and development indicates a purpose beyond short-term relief, although the available evidence does not show how this is delivered in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East
Confidence: low
A publicly available copy of the charity's registration application states that the organisation operates from its listed address in Birmingham. However, the available evidence does not directly establish current activity in this ward, and no current programme, timetable, annual report or independently verified description of activity at the site is available.
- Charity Commission Register, ANGELS OF HOPE TRUST, charity 1211429, contact information
Lists the charity's public address in Birmingham. - Publicly available copy of Angels of Hope Trust's Charity Commission registration application
In response to the question 'Does the organisation operate from this address?', the application records 'Yes' for its listed address in Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City and Pakistan as the places where the charity operates, but it does not identify Birmingham delivery locations, projects, service users, grant recipients or the scale of activity.
- The charity was registered on 16 December 2024 and the Charity Commission currently reports that activity information, accounts and annual returns are not yet available; current delivery activity therefore cannot be independently assessed.
- The evidence supports a physical operational base in Birmingham at registration, but does not establish whether it is a dedicated service venue, an administrative base, or the extent to which it remains actively used for delivery.
- No material Birmingham partnerships, commissioned services, or delivery agents were identified in the available authoritative records.
- Although the Charity Commission records Pakistan as an operating area, the available registration material describes overseas partner work as planned once sufficient funds are raised; current overseas delivery is not evidenced.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustees' report or impact report identifying services delivered, grants made and their Birmingham locations.
- Current information from the organisation confirming the function, opening arrangements and ongoing use of its listed Birmingham address.
- Evidence of any current Birmingham partner organisations, referral arrangements, funded groups or delivery venues.
- A current service directory, programme calendar or beneficiary data showing whether activity is genuinely citywide within Birmingham or concentrated in particular areas.
Areas of work
- Disability
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A cross-border support mission
The trust appears to connect disability support needs in Birmingham and Pakistan within one charitable purpose. This may indicate relationships, community knowledge or delivery arrangements that span both places rather than a solely local service model.
Why it matters
This geographic combination is distinctive and may shape whom the organisation reaches, which partners it needs and how it allocates resources. It raises useful questions about whether it acts as a bridge between diaspora, family or specialist support networks.
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“The charity’s objects cover people with Down’s syndrome or other learning difficulties in Birmingham and Pakistan.”
Source:Charity Commission
Support may extend beyond the individual beneficiary
The trust appears to treat families, carers, helpers and support networks as part of the context in which people with learning difficulties can develop autonomy. This suggests a potentially relational model rather than one limited to one-to-one assistance.
Why it matters
Understanding this wider beneficiary frame is important because it may create opportunities for collaboration with family support, carer, therapy and community organisations.
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“The charity’s objects include families, helpers, carers and support networks.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects aim to promote autonomy and development.”
Source:Charity Commission
A flexible resource-provider model
The combination of grants to individuals, grants to organisations and provision of facilities suggests the trust may address need through several routes rather than a single specialist service.
Why it matters
This flexibility could allow the organisation to respond to gaps in equipment, therapy, essential services or accessible space, and may position it as a potential connector or enabler for other organisations.
Show evidence
“The charity makes grants to individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether support is delivered directly, through partner organisations, or both.
- How activity, funding and beneficiaries are distributed between Birmingham and Pakistan.
- What facilities, therapies, equipment or essential services are actually provided.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or trustee reports showing activities, expenditure, partners and beneficiary reach.
- Information on grants awarded, facilities operated and delivery arrangements in Birmingham and Pakistan.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE: THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME OR OTHER LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN BIRMINGHAM AND PAKISTAN, THEIR FAMILIES, HELPERS, CARERS AND SUPPORT NETWORK BY PROVIDING SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, ESSENTIAL SERVICES, THERAPIES AND SUPPORT DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THEIR AUTONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT.