Cutchi Sunni Muslim Association (Birmingham)
Charity 1191942
https://www.csmabirmingham.co.uk/
Overview
Summary
Cutchi Sunni Muslim Association Birmingham appears to be a community-rooted, faith-based organisation that combines cultural belonging with practical mutual aid. Although founded to serve the Cutchi Sunni Muslim community, its stated services extend across the wider Muslim community and, in some cases, all communities. Its distinctive role may lie in connecting culturally specific trust and religious knowledge with frontline support around bereavement, burial, food insecurity, education and emergency relief.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence supports service delivery across Birmingham, including food-bank provision, home-delivered food parcels, and bereavement and funeral support, but it does not identify any current Birmingham ward or recognised place where these services are based or delivered.
- The charity describes its registered and correspondence address. It should not be treated as a service site: the Charity Commission records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The charity's 2024 trustees' report and Charity Commission return support a regional operational identity across the West Midlands, rather than a neighbourhood- or district-based Birmingham footprint. However, the relative scale and frequency of activity in Birmingham compared with Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton is not reported.
- The partnership with Unite in Virtue materially supports food-bank work in Birmingham, but the available official evidence does not identify the partner-operated distribution locations or establish which are currently active.
- The organisation reports overseas orphan-relief and emergency-aid activity, but the available evidence does not establish current locations, delivery arrangements or whether this represents an ongoing operational footprint rather than project-based support.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable or referral information identifying food-bank distribution points, delivery catchments and any venues used for education, faith, social or bereavement activity in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from CSMA Birmingham of whether its registered and correspondence address is used for any public-facing or operational activity, rather than correspondence and administration only.
- Current information from Unite in Virtue or CSMA Birmingham identifying the active food-bank locations and each organisation's delivery role.
- A current annual report or service-level monitoring data breaking down beneficiaries, funerals, food parcels and events by Birmingham location and other West Midlands local authorities.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who they help
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A culturally specific base supports a broader civic role
The association appears to use its roots in the Cutchi Sunni Muslim community as a foundation for serving a wider population, rather than operating solely as a members' organisation.
Why it matters
This suggests its cultural identity may be an operating strength: it can provide trusted, tailored support while also acting as a bridge to the broader Muslim community and public.
Show evidence
“The Association aims to serve the Cutchi people of West Midlands who are a minority in the UK.”
Source:Organisation“CSMA Birmingham provides the following services for all communities.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps people of a particular ethnic or racial origin and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
Bereavement support may be its most distinctive practical capability
The organisation appears to offer an unusually integrated response to Muslim bereavement, combining advice, funeral transport, ritual provision and possible help with burial costs.
Why it matters
This indicates a role beyond general community programming: it may be a critical support point when families face urgent, emotionally difficult and financially consequential circumstances.
Show evidence
“CSMA Birmingham provide free bereavement support to all Muslims.”
Source:Organisation“We have our own vehicle which we provide a FREE Muslim Funeral Service for the Needy in West Midlands.”
Source:Organisation“CSMA Birmingham try to help out with the Burial costs.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation operates through partnership and flexible response
Its model appears to combine regular local support with project-based collaboration and international emergency or orphan relief, indicating a networked rather than single-service approach.
Why it matters
Understanding these relationships is important because the association's local value may depend partly on partners and volunteer networks, while its remit may shift in response to crises.
Show evidence
“We work in partnership with another charity called Unite in Virtue.”
Source:Organisation“On average, we help feed more than 200 people every weekend at the food bank in Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation“CSMA Birmingham helps orphanages in Palestine, Tanzania, Kenya and Bangladesh.”
Source:Organisation
- The number, demographics and geographic distribution of people using each service are not known.
- It is unclear which services are currently active, how often they operate, and how much is delivered directly versus through partners.
- There is no evidence about funding, staffing, volunteers, governance or outcomes.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact data showing service volumes, beneficiaries and outcomes by activity.
- Information on delivery partners, referral routes, funding sources and the operational capacity of the funeral and food-bank services.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Association aims is to serve the Cutchi people of West Midlands who are a minority in the UK by providing them community services as encapsulated in the Objects below: The advancement of education (IT, English Language, Health and Dietary, Faith, etc) To encourage and develop social and sporting activities, which will encourage more people to get active and stay healthy. Organise Trips
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND PRIMARILY THE MUSLIMS INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION AND IN PARTICULAR: (1) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH; (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY; (3) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS; (4) TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMANY; AND (5) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.