Beacon And Lighthouse Ministries UK
Charity 1190280
Overview
Summary
Beacon And Lighthouse Ministries UK appears to combine a faith-based public mission with a broad charitable remit extending beyond worship. Its stated model links Christian teaching, gatherings and literature with poverty relief and support for church-based charitable work in the UK and elsewhere. The available evidence suggests an organisation that may operate partly as a ministry and partly as an enabling body for practical assistance, although it does not yet show how directly it delivers services or how resources are allocated.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Stockland Green
Confidence: low
Direct evidence identifies the ministry's UK HQ as the location for its food bank, after-school club and breakfast club. The timetable lists some session times as TBC, so the evidence supports a current service base but not fully confirmed delivery frequency. The supplied operational evidence does not directly establish the ward in which that base is located.
- Beacon and Lighthouse Ministries UK — Timetable & Activities
The ministry lists its food bank, Little Skoolars after-school club and breakfast club at its UK HQ. ([beaconlighthouseministrieshq.org](https://www.beaconlighthouseministrieshq.org/timetable-activities)) - Beacon and Lighthouse Ministries UK — Terms & Conditions
The organisation identifies a UK HQ for Beacon and Lighthouse Ministries. ([beaconlighthouseministrieshq.org](https://www.beaconlighthouseministrieshq.org/terms-and-conditions))
Kingstanding
Confidence: medium
The organisation's own timetable gives fixed Monday sessions for its Beacon Judokwai programme at Kingstanding Leisure Centre. Birmingham City Council material places that centre in Kingstanding ward. The available evidence establishes venue-based delivery, but does not establish a formal partnership with the leisure centre or the programme's longer-term booking arrangements.
- Beacon and Lighthouse Ministries UK — Timetable & Activities
The Beacon Judokwai lists tots, junior and adult Monday sessions at Kingstanding Leisure Centre. ([beaconlighthouseministrieshq.org](https://www.beaconlighthouseministrieshq.org/timetable-activities)) - Birmingham City Council — Kingstanding Ward Action Plan 2022–2026
The council's Kingstanding ward action plan identifies Kingstanding Leisure Centre as a location within the ward. ([birmingham.gov.uk](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/30125/kingstanding_ward_action_plan.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records a correspondence address, but there is no evidence that services are delivered there; it has therefore not been treated as an operational site. ([register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5157310/contact-information?utm_source=openai))
- The Charity Commission's self-reported operating area is Birmingham City, but the available current service evidence identifies only the ministry's UK HQ and Kingstanding Leisure Centre. This is insufficient to infer citywide delivery. ([register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5157310/full-print?utm_source=openai))
- The organisation describes an international family of churches and a connected US church, but its terms state that the UK HQ is not responsible for international branches' management or policies. This does not demonstrate that the registered UK charity directly operates those overseas services. ([beaconlighthouseministrieshq.org](https://www.beaconlighthouseministrieshq.org/our-branches))
- No material Birmingham partnership extending delivery beyond the two evidenced venues was identified. Kingstanding Leisure Centre is evidenced as a delivery venue, not as a confirmed strategic partner.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme calendar or direct confirmation of which food-bank, breakfast-club and after-school sessions are presently running at the UK HQ, including days and capacity.
- Evidence of the charity's tenure or operational control at its UK HQ, such as a lease, venue agreement or current service notice.
- Confirmation from Kingstanding Wellbeing Centre or the organisation of the Beacon Judokwai booking arrangement and whether it is ongoing.
- A current annual report, impact report or service-area data showing whether the charity delivers services elsewhere in Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- 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
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith is positioned as both purpose and delivery mechanism
The organisation appears to treat Christian religious activity not only as its central purpose, but also as a route through which it engages the public, using prayer meetings, lectures, festivals and literature.
Why it matters
This suggests that its civic role may be rooted in convening, communication and shared religious practice, rather than solely in conventional service provision.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include advancing the Christian faith through prayer meetings, lectures, public celebration of religious festivals, and producing or distributing literature.”
Source:Charity Commission“Religious activities are listed among what the charity does.”
Source:Charity Commission
Practical relief may be organised through church relationships
The available evidence suggests that poverty, distress and sickness relief may be pursued partly by raising or directing funds for charitable work undertaken by the Church, rather than exclusively through direct delivery.
Why it matters
This points to a potentially important intermediary role: its reach and impact may depend on relationships with church networks at home and abroad.
Show evidence
“The charity seeks to relieve people from poverty, distress and sickness in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.”
Source:Organisation“The charity seeks in particular to organise and provide funds in aid of charitable work of the Church at home and abroad.”
Source:Organisation
Its intended constituency is broad, but prioritisation is unclear
The organisation presents itself as available to several groups—children, older people, disabled people and the general public—without evidence of a single defined beneficiary focus.
Why it matters
This breadth may create opportunities for cross-generational and inclusive activity, but it also leaves unanswered which communities receive the most sustained support.
Show evidence
“The charity helps children and young people, elderly and old people, people with disabilities, and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space; services; and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the charity mainly delivers support itself, funds other church bodies, or combines both approaches.
- Which locations, communities and beneficiary groups receive its primary attention.
- How its buildings, services and advice activities relate to its religious and poverty-relief work.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing expenditure, grants, partnerships and geographic reach.
- Information on current programmes, service users, facilities and relationships with churches or other charities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
This Charity was established to advance the Christian religion in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs in the Constitution in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. The Charity seeks to relieve people from poverty, distress and sickness in the United Kingdom or else where and in particular to organise and provide funds in the aid of charitable work of the Church at home and abroad.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES (PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS) PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH RELIGION.