Freedom Light Chapel International
Charity 1187535
Overview
Summary
Freedom Light Chapel International appears to be a faith-rooted organisation whose formal remit combines Christian worship with a broad capacity to respond to hardship and community need. Its stated beneficiary groups suggest an intention to serve across generations and include people with disabilities and particular ethnic or racial communities. However, the available evidence describes permitted purpose and broad activity rather than its actual delivery model, local reach or partnerships.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission register directly records Birmingham City among the places where the charity operates, but does not identify any Birmingham ward, recognised place, service venue, congregation location or delivery programme. No supplied Birmingham area identifier can therefore be evidenced.
- The charity's listed contact address is in Walsall, rather than Birmingham. The Charity Commission also records that it does not own or lease land or property, so this address should not be treated as evidence of a Birmingham operational site.
- No evidence was found of partnerships, commissioned provision or host venues that would show how the charity's work reaches particular parts of Birmingham.
- The evidence supports a regional footprint across Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, but does not establish whether activity within Birmingham is citywide, district-focused or limited to particular neighbourhoods.
Additional evidence needed
- Current service or worship schedules naming Birmingham venues or neighbourhoods.
- A current annual report, activity report or trustee statement describing where services were delivered during the latest reporting period.
- Official information from any Birmingham host venues or delivery partners confirming the charity's current activity there.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether its Birmingham activity is regular, and which wards or places it currently serves.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith is the organisation's primary organising framework
The organisation appears to be structured first as a Christian church, with charitable relief and wider community benefit forming an extension of its faith mission rather than a separate programme area.
Why it matters
This suggests that worship, pastoral relationships and religious identity may be important routes through which the organisation builds trust and identifies need.
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“Christian Church”
Source:Organisation“TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH”
Source:Charity Commission“Religious Activities”
Source:Charity Commission
Its charitable remit is broader than congregational worship
The objects allow the organisation to provide relief to people experiencing need, hardship, age-related need or sickness, and to pursue other charitable purposes beneficial to the community.
Why it matters
This creates potential for the church to act as a flexible community-support organisation, not only a place of worship, particularly where pastoral contact reveals unmet needs.
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“TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK”
Source:Charity Commission“TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Services”
Source:Charity Commission
The intended beneficiary scope is notably inclusive but operationally unclear
The charity presents itself as able to support children and young people, older people, people with disabilities, particular ethnic or racial groups and the wider public. This may indicate an inclusive community-facing ambition, but it is not possible to tell whether these are active priorities or general eligibility categories.
Why it matters
Understanding which groups are actually reached would show whether the organisation fills a distinctive local role, overlaps with other provision, or could develop complementary partnerships.
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“Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Services”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which services are actually delivered, and whether they are religious, pastoral, practical or financial in nature.
- Where the organisation operates and whether its support is primarily local, UK-wide or international.
- Which beneficiary groups are actively reached and whether access extends beyond the church congregation.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, service descriptions and evidence of activities delivered.
- Information on geographic reach, beneficiary numbers, referral routes and partnerships with other organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Christian Church
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT