Cadbury Athletic Football Club
Charity 1201195
https://cadburyathleticfc.co.uk/
Overview
Summary
Cadbury Athletic Football Club appears to operate as more than a competitive non-league team: it is a place-based sports charity using football facilities and multiple participation routes to support community wellbeing in Bournville and South Birmingham. Its role seems to combine a visible senior-club identity with a broader local infrastructure function, including development, junior and walking football. The available evidence also suggests an intentional inclusion agenda, though there is not yet enough detail to assess who is reached or how barriers are addressed in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bournville and Cotteridge
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence identifies Bournville Recreation Ground as the continuing venue for the club's U21 and development teams. The Charity Commission describes the charity's activities as serving Bournville and South Birmingham, and Birmingham City Council's Bournville and Cotteridge ward plan identifies Cadbury Recreation Ground as a local active sports-club site.
- Cadbury Athletic FC, Groundhoppers Guide
The club states that its U21 and development teams continue to play at Bournville Recreation Ground. - Charity Commission register, Cadbury Athletic Football Club (charity 1201195)
The charity says its activities support members' educational, mental and social wellbeing through football and other sport in the Bournville and South Birmingham area. - Birmingham City Council, Bournville and Cotteridge Ward Action Plan 2022–2026
The ward plan identifies sports clubs as active at Cadbury Recreation Ground.
Billesley
Confidence: high
The club's current official venue information says that its first team now plays at Birmingham Moseley Sporting Village at Billesley Common, under a groundsharing arrangement with Birmingham Moseley RFC. Birmingham City Council identifies Moseley Rugby Club at Billesley Common.
- Cadbury Athletic FC, Groundhoppers Guide
The club states that its first team now plays at Birmingham Moseley Sporting Village, Billesley Common, shared with Birmingham Moseley RFC. - Birmingham City Council, Moseley Rugby Club directory record
The Council lists Moseley Rugby Club at Billesley Common, Billesley.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence supports a core Bournville base plus a material first-team groundshare in Billesley, rather than citywide delivery. It does not establish the full geographic pattern of the junior, walking-football, girls', women's or disability provision mentioned on the club website.
- The registered charity address is a contact address and has not been treated as an operational site.
- The Birmingham Moseley Sporting Village arrangement clearly extends the club's matchday footprint into Billesley, but available evidence does not establish its contractual duration or whether any other sections use that site.
- The club describes its work as serving 'South Birmingham'; this is a broad service-area description, not sufficient evidence of routine delivery in each South Birmingham ward.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme or timetable showing the venues used by each section of the club, including junior, walking-football and inclusion-related activity.
- Confirmation from Cadbury Athletic or Birmingham Moseley RFC of the current scope and duration of the Billesley groundsharing agreement.
- A current annual report or impact report identifying where beneficiaries participate and where community sessions are delivered.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Disability
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A football club functioning as local civic infrastructure
The club appears to use football as a vehicle for community participation, wellbeing and social connection, rather than treating sporting competition as its sole purpose.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a conventional club: its charitable role may depend as much on accessible local participation and facilities as on match results.
Show evidence
“The charity's object is to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for football in Bournville.”
Source:Charity Commission“Cadbury Athletic is a non-league grassroots football club and registered charity from Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation
A participation pathway across life stages
The combination of development, junior and walking football suggests the club may be building a broader participation pathway rather than focusing only on one age group or competitive level.
Why it matters
This may make the club a potential connector between youth development, adult grassroots sport and later-life activity within the same locality.
Show evidence
“The club has development, junior and walking football sections.”
Source:Organisation“The club is continuing to grow ahead of the 2026/27 season with new teams, girls football and open trials.”
Source:Organisation
Inclusion is stated as an ambition, not yet evidenced as delivery
The club presents access and inclusion as central to its purpose, including for people facing difficult circumstances, but the available evidence does not show the practical mechanisms or outcomes behind that commitment.
Why it matters
This identifies a promising area for further inquiry: the organisation may hold valuable inclusive practice, or may need partners to turn its stated ambition into sustained access.
Show evidence
“The club looks to embrace access and inclusion for all members of the community regardless of personal circumstances.”
Source:Organisation“The charity is classified under disability and amateur sport.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which communities, age groups and people facing barriers actually participate.
- Whether disability inclusion involves specific accessible facilities, coaching or partnerships.
- How the club balances charitable community work with senior-team competition.
Remaining uncertainties
- Participation data by age, gender, disability and locality, including fees and concession arrangements.
- Details of facilities, inclusion practices, partner organisations and community outcomes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Cadbury Athletic Football Club activities are to assist with the educational, mental and social well- being of it's members in the Bournville and South Birmingham area through the use of Football and other sporting activities. Cadbury Athletic Football Club looks to embrace access and inclusion for all members of our community regardless of personal circumstances.
Charity objects
THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL IN THE VILLAGE OF BOURNEVILLE.