Deritend Chapel Endowment
Charity 251912
Overview
Summary
Deritend Chapel Endowment appears to be a small, place-rooted grant-maker rather than a service-delivery charity. Its role is to convert investment income into support for Church of England charitable work, with a clear geographic sequence: St Martin’s parish first, then the Diocese of Birmingham, then the wider West Midlands. This makes it a modest but potentially flexible source of institutional support within the local Anglican and charitable ecosystem.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
- City Centre
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
City Centre
Confidence: medium
The endowment’s current Charity Commission activity statement gives first priority to grants supporting Church of England religious and charitable work in the ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin, Birmingham. St Martin in the Bull Ring is in Birmingham City Centre. A recent recipient account also identifies Deritend Chapel Endowment as a grant source for St Martin’s Centre for Health and Healing, which operates from St Martin’s in the Bullring. This supports a real funding connection to the City Centre, although the endowment's latest return does not itemise its 2025 grant recipients.
- Charity Commission register: Deritend Chapel Endowment (charity 251912)
The charity states that it provides grants from investment income to further Church of England religious and charitable work in the ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin, Birmingham; its reported expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2025 was £5,300. - A Church Near You: St Martin in the Bull Ring
St Martin in the Bull Ring is described as being in Birmingham city centre. - St Martins Centre for Health and Healing: 2024 accounts
The accounts list Deritend Chapel Endowment among the centre's grant sources. The centre operates c/o St Martin's in the Bullring, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no public website or published grant list for Deritend Chapel Endowment, so the recipients and locations of its grants in the latest financial year ending 31 December 2025 cannot be confirmed.
- The Charity Commission statement permits grants beyond St Martin's parish, first across the Diocese of Birmingham and then the wider West Midlands if income is not required locally. Available evidence does not show whether this fallback provision is currently being used.
- The registered address is a contact address and is not treated as evidence of a service or operational site.
- No physical premises directly operated by the endowment have been evidenced; its operational reach appears to be through grant-making rather than direct delivery.
Additional evidence needed
- The endowment's latest trustees' annual report, accounts, or a grant schedule identifying the recipients, amounts and purposes of grants made in 2025 and 2026.
- Confirmation from the trustees of whether grants are currently confined to the Parish of St Martin or have been made elsewhere in the Diocese of Birmingham or West Midlands.
- Evidence of any premises, staff base, or regular public activity directly operated by the endowment.
Areas of work
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A legacy fund with a defined local-first mandate
The endowment appears designed to preserve a lasting connection to St Martin’s parish while allowing funds to remain useful if there is no eligible local need. Its wider remit functions as a contingency rather than an equal priority.
Why it matters
This clarifies that the charity’s significance may lie less in the size of its grants than in its ability to sustain a historic local commitment while avoiding inactive funds.
Show evidence
“The charity may further the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin, Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission“If income is not required in St Martin’s parish, it may be applied in the Diocese of Birmingham and then the County of West Midlands.”
Source:Charity Commission
An intermediary rather than a frontline organisation
The charity appears to operate through other organisations, using grants to strengthen activity undertaken elsewhere rather than delivering programmes directly.
Why it matters
Understanding it as an intermediary points attention toward its potential relationships with parishes, diocesan bodies and voluntary organisations, rather than toward direct beneficiaries or services.
Show evidence
“The charity provides grants from investment income.”
Source:Charity Commission“Other charities or voluntary bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission“Makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
Small-scale funding may be most valuable where it is catalytic
With annual grants totalling less than £10,000, the endowment is unlikely to reshape large programmes alone, but may be well suited to modest gaps, local initiatives or costs that larger funders overlook.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may depend on responsiveness and strategic fit rather than grant volume, making the identity and experience of its recipients especially important to investigate.
Show evidence
“In total, grants are less than £10,000 per year.”
Source:Charity Commission“Grants are made to further religious and other charitable work of the Church of England.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which organisations have received grants and whether support is concentrated in St Martin’s parish or used more widely.
- Whether grants support worship, community activity, building costs, pastoral work or other charitable purposes.
- How decisions are made and whether organisations can apply proactively.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing grant recipients, amounts and investment income.
- Grant criteria, application information and trustee reports explaining priorities and decisions.
- Evidence of outcomes or recipient perspectives on the value of grants.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To provide grants from investment income (In total less than -£10000 per year) to further the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin Birmingham or if not as above to extend to in the Diocese of Birmingham and subject thereto for the like purpose in the County of West Midlands.
Charity objects
1) FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN, BIRMINGHAM. 2) IF THE INCOME IS NOT REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION AS AFORESAID IT MAY BE APPLIED FOR THE SAME PURPOSES OF FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM AND SUBJECT THERETO, FOR LIKE PURPOSES IN THE COUNTY OF WEST MIDLANDS.