Birmingham Jesus Vision Church
Charity 1150301
Overview
Summary
Birmingham Jesus Vision Church appears to be a faith-based community organisation whose core role is public worship and spiritual empowerment, with an additional stated capacity to offer advocacy, advice or information. Its charitable purpose is geographically flexible, extending beyond Birmingham in principle, but the available activity evidence points primarily to a local, congregation-centred operating model. The evidence suggests a broad public-facing mission, though it does not yet show which communities are reached or how support beyond worship is delivered.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Harborne
Confidence: high
The organisation's current official website gives its Sunday worship location as Harborne. The site also contains worship material dated July 2026, supporting that this is a current rather than historic location.
- Birmingham Jesus Vision Church official website
Its service information lists Sunday worship at 2pm in Harborne. - Charity Commission, Birmingham Jesus Vision Church annual report for year ended 31 December 2024
The trustees report that the organisation continued to hold services during the year; it identifies a registered principal address, but does not identify it as the current worship venue.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records 'Birmingham City' as the area in which the charity operates, but the available current evidence identifies only one specific delivery site, in Harborne. This does not establish regular services or other activity across Birmingham.
- The registered/principal address is not supported by available evidence as a current service delivery location; it may be an administrative or correspondence address.
- The Harborne venue is associated with St Faith and St Laurence Church, but the evidence shows shared use of a location rather than a documented operational partnership.
- The 2024 annual report mentions UK events and retreats and support for overseas missionaries, but gives no locations or frequency sufficient to map a secondary Birmingham footprint.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, service calendar or venue-hire record confirming all regular Birmingham service locations.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether its registered/principal address remains a delivery venue or is solely its registered/principal address.
- Evidence of any formal partnership or regular joint activity with St Faith and St Laurence Church or other Birmingham organisations.
- Location-level information for community events, advice activity, retreats or outreach that takes place within Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Worship is the organisation's apparent delivery platform
The available evidence suggests that regular worship services are not simply one activity among many, but the main mechanism through which the organisation delivers its charitable purpose and public benefit.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the church's likely role as a sustained community gathering point from organisations that provide faith-related support mainly through projects, grants or one-to-one services.
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“Holding regular worship services in the community to provide the public benefit of spiritual empowerment through practicing the principles of the christian faith.”
Source:Organisation“Religious Activities”
Source:Charity Commission
There may be an under-specified support role beyond worship
The listing of advocacy, advice and information suggests the organisation may offer practical or pastoral guidance alongside religious activity, but the evidence does not show whether this is a substantial service, who receives it, or how it operates.
Why it matters
This is a potentially important connection point with local advice, wellbeing and community-support networks, but its current scale and distinctiveness cannot be assessed.
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“Provides Advocacy/advice/information”
Source:Charity Commission“Holding regular worship services in the community to provide the public benefit of spiritual empowerment through practicing the principles of the christian faith.”
Source:Organisation
Its formal mission is broader than its evidenced local activity
The charity's objects allow activity across the United Kingdom or internationally, while the available operational description refers specifically to worship services in the community. This may indicate a locally delivered organisation with a wider faith mission, rather than evidence of current wider operations.
Why it matters
The distinction prevents formal charitable scope from being mistaken for demonstrated geographic reach, while identifying a possible future pathway for partnerships or expansion.
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“To advance the Christian faith in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit.”
Source:Charity Commission“Holding regular worship services in the community.”
Source:Organisation
- Which communities, age groups or needs the organisation reaches through worship and advice.
- Whether advocacy, advice and information are formal services or informal pastoral support.
- Whether the organisation has active partnerships, outreach programmes or activity beyond Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on service formats, attendance, outreach and referral pathways.
- Evidence of partnerships, beneficiary feedback and geographic areas of current activity.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Holding regular worship services in the community to provide the public benefit of spiritual empowerment through practicing the principles of the christian faith.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION'S ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH [IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS] IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.