Good Shepherd Church
Charity 1125607
Overview
Summary
Good Shepherd Church appears to operate as a faith-led support organisation rather than solely a place of worship. Its charitable remit combines Christian ministry with practical responses to hardship, health and education, while its stated activity focuses on counselling, advice and support. The available evidence suggests a model in which religious identity provides the organising framework for wider community-facing help, particularly for children, young people and people with disabilities. Its actual local reach, delivery methods and partnerships remain unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence: the Charity Commission register lists Birmingham City among the places where Good Shepherd Church operates. This supports a current operational connection to Birmingham at local-authority level, but does not identify any Birmingham service venue, ward, recognised place, delivery schedule or beneficiary catchment.
- Reasonable interpretation: because the charity also reports operating across several UK cities and multiple overseas countries, its overall footprint is international rather than neighbourhood-, district- or Birmingham-citywide in character.
- There is insufficient evidence to map the Birmingham activity to any supplied Birmingham ward or to City Centre. Birmingham City should not be converted into a ward-level or City Centre operational area without specific evidence identifying a delivery locality.
- The available evidence does not establish whether Birmingham activity is delivered directly by the charity, through a church congregation or event, through grants or support to partners, or only intermittently.
- The registered contact address is in Leeds and should not be treated as evidence of a Birmingham physical site. Although the Charity Commission records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property, it does not identify its location.
Additional evidence needed
- A current official service or worship timetable identifying Birmingham venues and the nature of activities delivered there.
- The charity's latest trustees' annual report or impact information with a location-by-location account of activity, expenditure, beneficiaries and any delivery partners.
- Official confirmation of any Birmingham congregation, branch, leased property, partner organisation or commissioned service operated by Good Shepherd Church.
- Evidence specifically linking Birmingham activity to one of the supplied wards or to City Centre.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
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 appears to be the platform for wider support
The organisation appears to use its Christian purpose as a foundation for practical support, combining religious activity with counselling, advice, poverty relief, health promotion and education.
Why it matters
This suggests the church may be relevant not only within faith networks but also within local wellbeing, advice and support ecosystems.
Show evidence
“Its objects include advancing the Christian faith, relieving sickness and financial hardship, promoting health, and advancing education.”
Source:Charity Commission“The main areas of charitable activity are counselling, advice, support and the advancement of the Christian religion.”
Source:Organisation
Support may be relationship-based rather than programme-specific
The emphasis on counselling, advice, advocacy, services, facilities and human resources may indicate a broad, person-centred support role rather than a narrowly defined specialist intervention.
Why it matters
This could make the organisation a potential first point of contact for people whose needs cross poverty, health, education and social support boundaries.
Show evidence
“The charity provides human resources, buildings, facilities or open space, services, and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Organisation“The main areas of charitable activity are counselling, advice and support.”
Source:Organisation
Its beneficiary focus may create a distinctive inclusion role
By identifying children and young people alongside people with disabilities, the organisation may be positioned to address inclusion needs across life stages, potentially including families and carers.
Why it matters
This focus could reveal opportunities for collaboration with youth, disability and family-support organisations, but the extent of that role needs testing.
Show evidence
“The charity helps children or young people and people with disabilities.”
Source:Organisation“The charity undertakes education or training and prevention or relief of poverty.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether support is delivered directly, through volunteers, referrals or partner organisations.
- Which communities and geographic areas are reached in practice.
- Whether children, young people and people with disabilities receive dedicated or incidental support.
- How the organisation balances its religious activities with its wider charitable services.
Remaining uncertainties
- Details of current services, eligibility, locations, staffing and volunteer roles.
- Information on referral pathways, partnerships and local organisations it works with.
- Evidence of beneficiary numbers, outcomes and the needs people seek help with.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The main areas of charitable actvitiy are the provision of counseling, advice, support and the advancement of the Christian religion.
Charity objects
The objects of the Company are for the benefit of the public ("the objects"): (a) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the directors from time to time may think fit; (b) 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 directors from time to time think fit; and (c) to advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the directors from time to time may think fit.