Birmingham Moseley & Kings Heath Lions Club

Charity 1179946

http://www.lionsclubs.co/Moseleyandkingsheath/home-page

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Birmingham Moseley & Kings Heath Lions Club appears to be a broad civic-service charity whose role is less defined by a single issue than by mobilising members, resources and charitable support across local need. Its objects combine citizenship, volunteering, youth development, health, poverty relief and environmental improvement, suggesting a flexible platform for community action. The available evidence indicates an organisation that may primarily strengthen local civic capacity through grants and service, though its practical priorities and partnerships remain unclear.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Citywide

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Brandwood and Kings Heath

Confidence: medium

The latest detailed accounts available publicly record a charitable payment connected to Kings Heath Rangers in the year ending 30 June 2024. This supports grant-funded activity connected to Kings Heath, though the accounts do not identify the exact venue, beneficiary address or whether this support continued in 2024-25.

  • Charity Commission accounts and trustees' annual report, year ending 30 June 2024
    The expenditure schedule records a charitable item labelled "KH Rangers".
Billesley

Confidence: low

The 2023-24 expenditure schedule records a £500 charitable item labelled "Warstock". The abbreviated accounting entry does not name the recipient or specify the activity, so the geographic interpretation is cautious.

  • Charity Commission accounts and trustees' annual report, year ending 30 June 2024
    The expenditure schedule includes a £500 charitable payment labelled "Warstock".
Edgbaston

Confidence: medium

The 2023-24 accounts record a charitable payment to Martineau Gardens, indicating that the club's grant-making reached that organisation. This is evidence of partner-enabled reach rather than a Lions-operated site.

  • Charity Commission accounts and trustees' annual report, year ending 30 June 2024
    The expenditure schedule records a £100 charitable payment to "Martineau Gardens".
Remaining uncertainties
  • The Charity Commission currently records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates, but does not identify wards, service locations, grant recipients or the relative scale of activity across Birmingham.
  • The latest detailed publicly accessible accounts cover the year ending 30 June 2024. The Charity Commission records that accounts and an annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 were submitted, but their detailed geographic content could not be retrieved.
  • The club does not own or lease land or property according to the Charity Commission record. Its Solihull address should therefore be treated as a correspondence address, not as an operational site in Birmingham.
  • The available evidence indicates that the organisation works mainly through grant-making, charitable donations, food parcels, fundraising activity and events, rather than through a fixed service venue.
  • The evidence supports a Birmingham-wide declared footprint and grants across more than one south-Birmingham locality, but it does not establish regular direct service delivery in every Birmingham ward.
Additional evidence needed
  • The full trustees' annual report and accounts for the year ending 30 June 2025, including named beneficiaries, event locations and food-parcel distribution areas.
  • A current official club activity calendar or annual report identifying Christmas sleigh routes, fundraising locations, food-parcel delivery areas and partner organisations.
  • Confirmation from the club of whether Kings Heath, Moseley and other named areas are regular service areas, fundraising areas, or simply part of its historic identity.
  • Locations and descriptions of the organisations supported through grants, to distinguish direct delivery from partner-enabled reach.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • General Charitable Purposes

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Other Charitable Activities

Discoveries involving this organisation

The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • A civic platform rather than a specialist provider

    The club appears to operate as a flexible civic-service vehicle, able to respond across several community issues rather than concentrating on one beneficiary group or service area.

    Why it matters

    This helps distinguish the organisation from specialist charities: its potential value may lie in connecting local concerns, volunteers and resources where needs emerge.

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    • “The charity's objects include citizenship, youth development, volunteering, poverty relief, health, environmental improvement and healthy recreation.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “What the charity does is recorded as general charitable purposes.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Grant-making may be a central route to local influence

    The club may create impact partly by redistributing support to individuals and other voluntary organisations, rather than relying only on activities delivered directly by members.

    Why it matters

    Its relationships with smaller charities and people in immediate need may be as important as its own visible projects, making it a potential connector or enabling funder in the local voluntary sector.

    Show evidence

    • “The charity makes grants to individuals.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The charity makes grants to organisations.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The club supports and promotes for public benefit the voluntary sector.”

      Source:Organisation

  • Its stated role combines local belonging with humanitarian relief

    The organisation appears to hold two complementary identities: fostering civic participation and responding to hardship, including humanitarian need.

    Why it matters

    This combination may enable the club to address both immediate need and the longer-term social infrastructure of community participation, but it could also require difficult choices about where limited capacity is directed.

    Show evidence

    • “The club exists for promoting good citizenship and encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “The charity's objects include the relief of poverty and the provision of humanitarian aid and disaster relief.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    Remaining uncertainties

  • Which local communities, neighbourhoods or needs receive the club's greatest attention.
  • Whether grants, volunteering or direct charitable activities account for most of its work.
  • Which voluntary-sector organisations, local authorities or community groups it works with.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Recent annual reports or activity updates showing projects, grants, beneficiaries and expenditure.
  • Information on local partners, volunteer numbers and how priorities are selected.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

The club exists for promoting good citizenship, encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural,social and moral welfare of the community. Supporting and promoting for public benefit the voluntary Sector Relief of poverty and relief of those in need by providing humanitarian aid.

Charity objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ENGLAND & WALES, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR: THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP BY: PROMOTING THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP; ENCOURAGING MEMBERS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE CIVIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY; PROVIDING A FORUM FOR THE OPEN DISCUSSION OF ALL MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST; PROVIDED THAT PARTISAN POLITICS AND SECTARIAN RELIGION SHALL NOT BE DEBATED BY MEMBERS; ENCOURAGING SERVICE-MINDED PEOPLE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY WITHOUT PERSONAL REWARD AND ENCOURAGING THE PROMOTION OF HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS IN COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, PROFESSIONS, PUBLIC WORKS AND PRIVATE ENDEAVOURS; SUPPORTING YOUTH TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; PROMOTING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PEOPLE IN LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES; PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING; THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID AND DISASTER RELIEF; THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES BY PREVENTING AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS, ASSISTING DISABLED PEOPLE TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES OR HELPING TO PREVENT OR MANAGE HEALTH ISSUES; PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND/OR PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION.