Birmingham Impact Football Club CIO
Charity 1211391
Overview
Summary
Birmingham Impact Football Club CIO appears to use grassroots football as a practical route into wider youth development rather than treating sport as an end in itself. Its role combines local recreational provision with an inclusion-focused offer for under-18s, particularly where cost may restrict participation. Based at Stechford Playing Fields, it may function as a neighbourhood access point to sport, confidence-building and informal education, although the available evidence does not yet show its scale, participant profile or partnership network.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bromford and Hodge Hill
Confidence: low
The organisation identifies Stechford Playing Fields as both its base and the venue for its regular soccer-school timetable. Birmingham City Council records Stechford Road Playing Field as a sports site in the Hodge Hill area. However, the supplied evidence does not directly establish its location within the Bromford and Hodge Hill ward.
- Birmingham Impact FC, Contact Us
The club gives its base address as Stechford Playing Fields. - Birmingham Impact FC, Impact Cubs Sports Club timetable
The published timetable places Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday football sessions for under-8 to under-14 participants at Stechford Playing Fields. - Charity Commission Register, charity 1211391
The charity states that it operates at Stechford Playing Fields. - Birmingham City Council, Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Strategy assessment report
The Council records Stechford Road Playing Field as a sports site in the Hodge Hill area.
Billesley
Confidence: medium
The organisation's current events page advertises a Saturday-morning session at Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club. The rugby club and Birmingham City Council locate that venue at Billesley Common in Billesley ward. However, the organisation's more detailed soccer-school timetable lists Stechford only, so the continuing frequency of the Billesley session is not fully clear.
- Birmingham Impact FC, Join Us / Events page
The page lists a Saturday-morning session at Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club. - Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club, Contact page
Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club gives its address as Billesley Common, Billesley, Birmingham. - Birmingham City Council planning record 2024/07470/PA
The Council record identifies Moseley Rugby Club at Billesley Common and associates the site with Billesley ward.
Heartlands
Confidence: low
The organisation states that all of its competitive games and matches take place at Saltley Wellbeing Centre. This evidences a recurring match venue, although the website does not provide match dates or confirm the current season's fixture arrangements. The supplied evidence does not directly establish the venue's location within Heartlands ward.
- Birmingham Impact FC, Our Teams page
The club states that all games and matches take place at Saltley Wellbeing Centre, on Saturdays every fortnight. - Birmingham City Council, Saltley Wellbeing Centre
The Council gives the venue address as Saltley Wellbeing Centre, Bordesley Green, Birmingham. - Birmingham City Council, Heartlands ward councillor page
The Council lists Saltley Wellbeing Centre as a location in connection with a Heartlands ward councillor.
Remaining uncertainties
- The organisation's website presents an inconsistent picture of its active venues: its events page lists Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club and Stechford Playing Fields, while its detailed soccer-school timetable lists only Stechford.
- The evidence confirms venue use but does not establish whether Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club or Saltley Wellbeing Centre are formal delivery partners, rather than hired or league-designated venues.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity's operating area, but this is broader than the site-specific evidence and does not by itself demonstrate citywide delivery.
- The registered address is treated as a correspondence address rather than an operational site because the organisation identifies Stechford Playing Fields as its base.
Additional evidence needed
- A current term or season timetable confirming which sessions remain active at Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club and Stechford Playing Fields.
- Current fixture or league information confirming ongoing use of Saltley Wellbeing Centre for competitive matches.
- Venue agreements, partnership announcements or annual-report information clarifying the nature and duration of arrangements with Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club and Saltley Wellbeing Centre.
- A current annual report or impact report identifying the geographic origins of participants and any additional delivery sites.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
Who they help
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Football is a vehicle for broader development
The organisation appears to frame football as a means of developing young people's skills, independence, maturity and capacity to participate in society, alongside providing recreation.
Why it matters
This suggests its value should be understood not only through matches or participation numbers, but through its potential contribution to personal development and social inclusion.
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“Its objects include developing young people's skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include advancing education and providing recreational and leisure-time activity.”
Source:Charity Commission
Financial inclusion appears central to its operating proposition
The club appears to distinguish itself by explicitly addressing financial barriers to sports participation, potentially reaching young people excluded from fee-based grassroots sport.
Why it matters
This may make the organisation a useful connector to youth services, schools and community groups seeking lower-barrier routes into structured activity.
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“Birmingham Impact FC is dedicated to inclusivity, youth development, and breaking financial barriers to sports participation.”
Source:Organisation“The CIO acts as a resource for young people up to the age of 18 living in Birmingham and the surrounding areas.”
Source:Charity Commission
A local playing field may anchor a wider-area mission
Operating from Stechford Playing Fields while serving Birmingham and surrounding areas may indicate a place-based delivery model with ambitions beyond one immediate neighbourhood.
Why it matters
This raises useful questions about whether the site is primarily a local community asset or a hub drawing young people from across the city.
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“We operate at the Stechford Playing Fields.”
Source:Organisation“The area of benefit is Birmingham and the surrounding areas.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether financial barriers are addressed through free places, reduced fees, equipment support or another model.
- Which young people participate, including ages, neighbourhoods and communities currently underrepresented in football.
- Whether the club works with schools, youth services, funders or other local organisations.
Remaining uncertainties
- Programme, pricing and participation data, including bursaries or subsidised places.
- Evidence of outcomes beyond football, such as education, wellbeing, confidence or progression.
- Information on referral routes, local partnerships and use of Stechford Playing Fields.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Birmingham Impact FC is a grassroots football club dedicated to inclusivity, youth development, and breaking financial barriers to sports participation. We operate at the Stechford Playing Fields.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18 LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SPECIFICALLY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL, AS A MEANS OF: A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE BEEN BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.