Brotherhood Reach
Charity 1162017
Overview
Summary
Brotherhood Reach appears to be a broad-purpose charity whose currently evidenced activity is concentrated on educational access and school infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its operating model seems to combine direct relationship-building with a local school, sponsorship for individual children, and an ambition to improve the learning environment itself. The charity’s formal remit is much wider than this activity, suggesting either capacity for diverse interventions or a gap between its stated scope and its presently visible delivery.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record lists Birmingham City among the places where Brotherhood Reach operates, but provides no Birmingham service, project, venue, partner, beneficiary group or address. It therefore does not support assigning activity to any supplied Birmingham ward or recognised place.
- The available direct activity description concerns collaboration with a local school in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including sponsorship of 35 children and proposed school reconstruction. No comparable current Birmingham activity is evidenced.
- The registered Luton address is a contact address and should not be treated as an operational site. The Charity Commission states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The charity's reporting is overdue and its recorded income and expenditure for the financial year ending 6 January 2024 were both £0. This materially limits confidence that the Charity Commission's geographic list reflects current, active delivery.
- No evidence was found of a Birmingham partnership that materially extends the organisation's operational reach.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, annual return or impact report identifying active services, projects, beneficiaries or delivery partners in Birmingham.
- Official Brotherhood Reach information confirming whether it currently delivers services in Birmingham and, if so, the relevant wards, venues or neighbourhoods.
- Confirmation from any named Birmingham partner or venue of an active operational relationship with Brotherhood Reach.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Amateur Sport
- Animals
- Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Recreation
- Religious Activities
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Education is the clearest current point of delivery
The available evidence suggests that Brotherhood Reach is presently operating most concretely as an overseas education-access organisation, using child sponsorship and plans for safer school facilities.
Why it matters
This distinguishes its active role from its much broader registered purposes and helps potential partners understand where its practical experience may currently lie.
Show evidence
“The charity agreed to sponsor 35 children to allow them to gain education.”
Source:Organisation“The charity will focus on reconstructing the school so children have a safe environment to learn.”
Source:Organisation
Its model appears relationship-led rather than purely grant-making
The evidence suggests Brotherhood Reach is not only funding activity at a distance: it has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo and collaborated with a local school. This may indicate that local institutional relationships are central to how it identifies needs and delivers support.
Why it matters
A relationship with a local school could provide contextual knowledge and continuity, while also making that partnership a potentially important dependency for delivery.
Show evidence
“BHR returned from a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it collaborated with a local school.”
Source:Organisation“Together, the charity and school agreed to sponsor 35 children.”
Source:Organisation
There is a notable gap between formal breadth and evidenced focus
Brotherhood Reach’s charitable objects and classifications cover many populations and causes, but the supplied activity evidence concerns one school-based education initiative. This may indicate an intentionally broad constitutional remit rather than a broad current operating programme.
Why it matters
This helps avoid assuming that registered categories reflect current capacity, reach or specialist expertise.
Show evidence
“The charity’s objects include education, youth development, unemployment relief and recreational activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
Source:Charity Commission“The reported activity concerns sponsorship and reconstruction of a local school.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the school reconstruction has begun, been funded or been completed.
- How children are selected for sponsorship and how support is monitored.
- Whether the charity delivers activity beyond this school partnership.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent accounts, project updates and expenditure breakdowns.
- Information from the local school about roles, decision-making and outcomes.
- Evidence of beneficiary numbers, safeguarding arrangements and programme results.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
BHR has returned from a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, were it collaborated with a local school. The school is made up of four main walls using scrap metal and some sheets, the children learn on the floor, together we have agreed to sponsor 35 children allowing them to gain education. We will now focus on reconstructing the school so the children will have a safe environment to learn.
Charity objects
THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY BUILDING AN EDUCATION FACILITY FOR CHILDREN WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD EDUCATION. 2. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS 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) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.” NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND)