Destiny International Christian Assembly Birmingham Branch
Charity 1150199
Overview
Summary
Destiny International Christian Assembly Birmingham Branch appears to be a faith-led organisation with a potentially broad community-facing role. Its formal purpose is religious advancement, but its reported activities suggest it may use pastoral relationships as a platform for practical support, including mentoring, counselling, welfare and housing-related activity. The available evidence indicates an organisation positioned between a worship community and a general-public support provider, although its actual service scale, local reach and delivery model remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Quinton
Confidence: low
[Direct evidence] The charity's current Charity Commission contact address is in Quinton, Birmingham. The Commission also records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property. [Remaining uncertainty] A contact address and property holding do not, by themselves, confirm operational activity in Quinton, and the available evidence does not identify the location of any property or confirm that the contact address is a service-delivery venue rather than a correspondence or administrative address.
- Charity Commission Register, contact information for charity 1150199
[Direct] Lists the charity's address in Quinton, Birmingham. - Charity Commission Register, governance record for charity 1150199
[Direct] States that the charity owns and/or leases land or property, although it does not identify the location of that property.
Remaining uncertainties
- [Direct evidence] The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates, supporting a citywide overall footprint. [Remaining uncertainty] It does not identify the Birmingham neighbourhoods, venues or service locations through which this activity is delivered.
- The available evidence describes religious activities alongside mentoring, training, counselling, housing and welfare, but does not state where each activity takes place or whether all are currently delivered.
- No current official website, project pages, annual-report narrative, venue listings or partner records were available to confirm additional operational sites or partnerships.
- There is no evidence sufficient to identify material partnerships that extend the charity's operational reach within Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- The latest trustees' annual report or accounts narrative identifying current worship, mentoring, counselling, welfare, housing or training venues and the areas served.
- A current official organisation website, social-media page or service timetable confirming the location used for meetings and public-facing services.
- Named partner agreements, referral arrangements or project records showing whether any external organisations materially extend delivery elsewhere in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether its listed contact address is an operational service site, a place of worship, property used for housing or welfare activity, or only an administrative address.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- 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
Faith may be the organising framework for wider support
The organisation appears to connect Christian religious activity with practical and relational support rather than treating worship as its only public-facing function.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie in combining spiritual community, trusted relationships and support services. It may therefore reach people who would not approach a conventional welfare provider.
Show evidence
“The object is to advance the Christian faith.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include mentoring, training, counselling, housing, welfare and other social activities that benefit the general public.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation claims a wider public remit than a congregational one
Although faith advancement is its stated charitable object, the organisation appears to frame its beneficiaries as the general public rather than only church members or a defined faith community.
Why it matters
This may make it a potential bridge between a religious network and wider civic support systems, while raising useful questions about accessibility for people outside its congregation.
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“The charity helps the General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides advocacy, advice and information.”
Source:Charity Commission
Housing is a potentially significant but undefined strand
The reference to housing may indicate an ambition to address material insecurity alongside pastoral and advisory needs, but the nature of this work is not specified.
Why it matters
Housing-related capability can create important connections with homelessness, welfare and local support organisations. Clarifying this strand could reveal whether the organisation fills a distinctive local role or primarily signposts people elsewhere.
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“Activities include housing and welfare.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides advocacy, advice and information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether support is delivered directly, through volunteers, or through referrals to other organisations.
- Which communities use the organisation's services and whether access is open regardless of faith.
- What housing activity involves and whether it is an active service or an occasional form of support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on current programmes, service users, locations, staffing and volunteer capacity.
- Evidence of partnerships, referral routes and outcomes from mentoring, counselling, welfare and housing-related work.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Christian religious activities, mentoring, training, counselling, housing, welfare, ]=, and other social activities that benefit the general public
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION'S ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH [ IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS] IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;