Endeavour Multi Academy Trust Charitable Foundation
Charity 1199035
Overview
Summary
Endeavour Multi Academy Trust Charitable Foundation appears to occupy a focused transition role between education and adult opportunity for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Its stated purpose extends beyond formal schooling, while its identified activity concentrates on careers, work experience and volunteering for people aged 16 to 25. This suggests an organisation designed not simply to provide support, but to help a group at risk of exclusion from employment-related networks gain practical routes into community and working life.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record directly declares that the foundation operates in Birmingham City, but it gives no Birmingham ward, recognised-place, venue, delivery-site or service-location detail. No supplied area identifier can therefore be evidenced.
- The available direct description identifies a post-16 careers-development service for 16-to-25-year-olds with special educational needs and disabilities, supporting access to employment, work experience and volunteering; it does not say where in Birmingham this is delivered or whether delivery is in person, peripatetic or remote.
- The foundation reported zero income and zero expenditure for the year ended 31 August 2025. This does not disprove current activity, but it reduces confidence that the declared Birmingham operating geography represents active current delivery rather than a standing or historic service area.
- The Charity Commission states that the foundation does not own or lease land or property. Its Wolverhampton contact address should therefore not be treated as a foundation-operated delivery site, and there is no evidence of a physical site in Birmingham.
- No current partnership, commissioning arrangement or host organisation is included in the supplied evidence that can be reliably attributed to the charitable foundation and shown to extend its reach within Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service directory, referral information, annual report or impact report identifying the Birmingham locations, wards or venues in which the post-16 careers service is delivered.
- Current commissioning, grant or partnership documentation naming Birmingham delivery partners, host venues or employing organisations.
- An up-to-date statement from the foundation confirming whether it is actively delivering services in Birmingham following the financial year ended 31 August 2025.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A bridge beyond the school curriculum
The foundation appears to focus on the space between education and wider adult participation, using services outside the school curriculum to support young people with learning disabilities.
Why it matters
This clarifies that its role may be complementary to schools rather than a substitute for them: it potentially addresses opportunities and transitions that formal education may not fully provide.
Show evidence
“To advance the education and development of children and young people with a learning disability through information, activities and services outside of the school curriculum.”
Source:Charity Commission“Our post 16 career development service supports young people aged 16 to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities.”
Source:Organisation
Employment access is the practical focus
Although its objects are broad, the available activity evidence suggests that careers development is a current operational priority, with employment, work experience and volunteering treated as connected pathways.
Why it matters
This indicates an approach that may value participation and experience alongside paid work, potentially widening routes into opportunity for young people who face barriers in conventional recruitment.
Show evidence
“Our post 16 career development service supports young people aged 16 to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities to access employment, work experience and volunteer work.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children/young people and people with disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Potential connector to local opportunity networks
By helping young people access employment, placements and volunteering, the foundation may depend on relationships with employers, voluntary organisations and other opportunity providers, even though no partnerships are named.
Why it matters
Its effectiveness may be shaped as much by the accessibility and breadth of these external networks as by its direct support to young people. This makes its relationship-building role worth investigating.
Show evidence
“Our post 16 career development service supports young people aged 16 to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities to access employment, work experience and volunteer work.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides services and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the foundation delivers support directly, through schools, or through partner organisations.
- Which employers, community organisations or education providers are involved in creating opportunities.
- Whether its work reaches the full Staffordshire and West Midlands area, and which communities are least well served.
- What outcomes participants achieve after receiving support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on delivery model, staffing, referral routes and relationships with the academy trust.
- Data on participant numbers, geographic reach, employment and volunteering outcomes, and participant feedback.
- A list of employer, voluntary-sector and education partners, including the kinds of opportunities they provide.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Our post 16 career development service supports young people aged 16 to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities to access employment, work experience and volunteer work.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN STAFFORDSHIRE AND THE WEST MIDLANDS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM; AND (B) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES