Five Grace Church
Charity 1169430
Overview
Summary
Five Grace Church appears to be a Birmingham-based Christian charity whose central role is to cultivate an accessible, relational church community around a grace-focused Christian message. Its public-facing model combines worship and teaching with a welcoming offer of belonging, using hired central-city venue space rather than an evident dedicated premises. The charity’s stated reach includes children, older people and the general public, but the available evidence gives limited insight into how distinct groups participate or receive support.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
- City Centre
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
City Centre
Confidence: high
The organisation’s official current visitor information states that it meets weekly at the Novotel Hotel, described as being in Birmingham City Centre. This is direct evidence of an active, recurring service-delivery venue in the City Centre.
- Five Grace Church official website, Visit Us page
States that Five Grace Church meets weekly every Sunday at the Novotel Hotel and identifies the venue as City Centre. - Five Grace Church official website, site footer
Lists the organisation’s location as Novotel in Birmingham City Centre.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence establishes a recurring City Centre worship venue but does not identify where congregants, children, young people, older people, or recipients of any advice and information activity live or receive support.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as an area in which the charity operates, which supports a citywide operational claim at a general level; however, neither the register entry nor the current website describes activity in specific Birmingham neighbourhoods or wards beyond the City Centre venue.
- The Chatham, Kent location on the Charity Commission register conflicts with the Birmingham-facing website contact and venue information. It appears likely to be a registered correspondence or administrative location rather than the principal Birmingham delivery site, but this cannot be confirmed from the available evidence.
- There is no direct evidence of formal delivery partnerships, satellite congregations, outreach sites, or services operating elsewhere in Birmingham. The Novotel is evidenced as a hired or hosted meeting venue, not necessarily as a material operational partner.
- The organisation also reports operating in Medway to the Charity Commission. This means its wider footprint is not exclusively Birmingham, although the available evidence does not indicate that it runs services in Birmingham beyond the City Centre venue.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or trustees’ report describing worship, pastoral, advice, youth, community or outreach activity by location.
- Current programme, event or safeguarding information showing whether services are delivered in additional Birmingham wards or neighbourhoods.
- Confirmation from Five Grace Church of whether the Novotel is its sole Birmingham delivery venue and whether it has any regular outreach, home-group or partner-delivered activity elsewhere in the city.
- Clarification of the function of the registered Chatham location and the nature and location of the charity’s reported Medway operations.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Belonging appears to be a core part of its offer
The organisation appears to position pastoral welcome and personal recognition as central to its role, rather than presenting itself only as a venue for religious services.
Why it matters
This suggests its potential civic value may lie partly in social connection and informal support, especially for people seeking community, alongside its explicitly religious purpose.
Show evidence
““At Five Grace Church, you count! You are special to us and not just a number or face in the crowd.””
Source:Organisation““A place you can call home.””
Source:Organisation
Its operating model may be deliberately mobile or venue-based
Meeting at the Novotel on Broad Street may indicate that the church operates through rented or shared space rather than a dedicated church building.
Why it matters
A venue-based model can make an organisation more adaptable and visible in a city-centre setting, but may also shape the kinds of weekday activity, partnerships and community support it can sustain.
Show evidence
“Location Novotel, 70 Broad street Birmingham B1 2HT.”
Source:Organisation“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space.”
Source:Charity Commission
Teaching and spiritual formation appear more evidenced than targeted practical support
The available material suggests the church’s main public activity is gospel teaching and encouragement through scripture, while its registered advice and information role is not described in practice.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish a broad charitable registration from the organisation’s visible operating emphasis, and raises a useful question about whether support for listed beneficiary groups is delivered through worship, informal care or structured services.
Show evidence
“MAKE THIS YOUR #1 PROJECT IN 2026 Spending time in the Word of God.”
Source:Organisation“Come and experience life, love and hope in the church that preaches the gospel of grace.”
Source:Organisation“Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- How children, older people and the wider public are specifically engaged or supported.
- Whether the church has recurring partnerships, small groups, outreach programmes or advocacy services beyond its public website.
- Whether the Novotel is its sole meeting place and how venue access affects its activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual reports or accounts describing activities, attendance, expenditure and beneficiary reach.
- Information on regular programmes, safeguarding, pastoral support and partnerships with other Birmingham organisations.
- Evidence of how advice, information or facilities are provided in practice.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES OF FIVE GRACE CHURCH, AS SET IN OUR CONSTITUTION, IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEF STATED IN ARTICLE 14.