Disciples Fellowship Ministries UK (Dfm)
Charity 1154262
Overview
Summary
Disciples Fellowship Ministries UK appears to be a broad-based faith charity whose Christian mission is designed to operate alongside practical support for health, hardship and education. Its stated remit is notably flexible: it can provide people, facilities, services and advice, and can work across the UK or internationally. The current evidence suggests an organisation defined more by a wide enabling mandate than by a clearly specified programme model or target community.
Operational geography
Coverage: National
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record directly identifies Birmingham City as a current area in which the charity operates, but it gives no service location, venue, project, ward or recognised Birmingham place. It therefore does not justify assigning activity to any supplied Birmingham ward or to City Centre.
- The organisation's current official contact and membership pages identify active Leicester and Derby branches only; they do not identify a Birmingham branch, physical site, timetable or contact. This leaves the form and current status of Birmingham activity unclear.
- No authoritative evidence located identifies a Birmingham delivery partner, hosted venue, congregation, outreach programme or beneficiary geography. Material partnership-based operational reach in Birmingham cannot be established.
- The charity's official website describes an international church movement, but this is not sufficient evidence that the registered UK charity itself currently delivers services internationally. The national classification is a reasonable interpretation of the Charity Commission's reported operations across Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Luton and Southampton, rather than evidence of universal UK coverage.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or trustee report that describes Birmingham activity, including its delivery model, dates and venues.
- An official Birmingham branch, project or event page naming a current host venue or recognised Birmingham place.
- Confirmation from the charity or a named official partner of any Birmingham-based service, congregation, outreach activity or formal delivery partnership.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith mission is combined with practical welfare functions
The organisation appears to treat religious activity, health support, hardship relief and education as interconnected parts of its charitable role, rather than as separate specialist programmes.
Why it matters
This suggests it may occupy a bridging role between faith-based community life and practical support. Potential partners may therefore find overlap with both religious and social-welfare organisations.
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“The objects include advancing the Christian faith, relieving sickness and financial hardship, promoting and preserving good health, and advancing education.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's activities include religious activities, education/training, advancement of health or saving of lives, and prevention or relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission
A deliberately flexible delivery model
The organisation appears to retain broad discretion over both where it works and how it contributes, potentially acting through direct services, advice, facilities or people rather than one fixed intervention.
Why it matters
This flexibility may make the charity adaptable and capable of responding to varied local or international needs, but it also makes its present operational focus difficult to identify from the available evidence.
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“The trustees may pursue the objects in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as they think fit.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides human resources, buildings/facilities/open space, services, and advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
No defined beneficiary group is visible
The charity appears to be open to serving the general public rather than being organised around a named age group, geography, condition or community. This may indicate an inclusive mandate, but could also conceal a more specific practice not captured here.
Why it matters
Understanding whether its broad public remit translates into broad access or a narrower informal constituency is important for identifying unmet needs, overlap and potential collaborations.
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“The charity helps the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which activities are currently delivered, and whether they are delivered directly, through churches, or through partner organisations.
- Where the charity is active and whether its work is primarily local, UK-wide or international.
- Which communities use its support and how faith participation relates to access to welfare or education services.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity reports describing programmes, locations, delivery partners and beneficiary numbers.
- Information on current services, referral routes, facilities, staffing or volunteers, and examples of support provided.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The charity's objects ('objects') are specifically restricted to the following: 1. To advance the Christian faith 2. To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind 3. To advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit.
Charity objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS BELOW) IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; (2)TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND (3)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.