Hanrrietta S Urban Couture London

Charity 1059888

www.abundanceministries.co.uk

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Hanrrietta S Urban Couture London appears to be a broad, values-led charity connecting Christian ministry, trauma-informed support and poverty relief across England, Wales and Kenya. Its stated model spans direct support, grants, advice, training and institution-building, with particular attention to children, women and people affected by domestic violence, HIV/AIDS and hardship. The organisation’s breadth suggests an ambition to address interconnected causes of vulnerability, though the available evidence does not show which activities are currently active or central.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: International

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • The Charity Commission record directly reports that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but does not identify a Birmingham ward, recognised place, service venue, delivery address or beneficiary catchment. It is therefore not possible to assign a supported operational area from the supplied Birmingham lists.
    • The charity's registered contact address is in Rowley Regis, Sandwell, rather than Birmingham; it should not be treated as a Birmingham operational site.
    • The available record does not distinguish whether Birmingham activity consists of direct service delivery, advice, grants, administration, fundraising or support delivered through other organisations.
    • No material Birmingham partnerships, subsidiaries or venue-based delivery arrangements were identified in the available evidence.
    • The Charity Commission reports operations in Birmingham City, Cheshire East, Sandwell, Warrington, Kenya and Uganda. This supports an international overall footprint, but does not establish that Birmingham activity is citywide rather than concentrated in one or more unspecified localities.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current annual report, activity report or project documentation identifying the location and type of services delivered in Birmingham.
    • Official organisation information confirming any Birmingham meeting, counselling, training, worship, outreach or grant-delivery venues.
    • Evidence from official partner organisations identifying any Birmingham-based joint delivery or referral arrangements.
    • Confirmation from the organisation of whether its reported Birmingham City operation is direct delivery, funding of others, or administrative activity.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/culture/heritage/science
    • Disability
    • Economic/community Development/employment
    • Education/training
    • Environment/conservation/heritage
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • Elderly/old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/mankind

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
    • Makes Grants To Individuals
    • Makes Grants To Organisations
    • Other Charitable Activities
    • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides Human Resources
    • Provides Other Finance
    • Provides Services
    • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

    Discoveries involving this organisation

    The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

    Observations

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • A cross-border care model links immediate relief with longer-term capability

      The evidence suggests the charity sees poverty and ill health as requiring both material assistance and durable local capacity, combining food, clothing and medical support with education, health education, leadership training and proposed health and school infrastructure.

      Why it matters

      This distinguishes the organisation from a purely relief-focused charity. It may be positioned to connect emergency support with development work, but this also creates a potentially complex delivery model requiring strong local relationships.

      Show evidence

      • “Activities include orphans-care, education, food, clothes, medical assistance, health education in diet and nutrition, management and leadership training, and nursery and primary school provision.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “Objects include constructing and maintaining a health clinic in Kenya, advancing health education, supplying medical equipment and humanitarian aid, and constructing an orphanage/home for AIDS orphans.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • Women’s safety and family disruption may be a connecting concern

      Support for women and girls facing domestic violence, alongside counselling for stress and trauma linked to divorce and separation, may indicate that the charity understands family instability as both a safeguarding and mental-health issue.

      Why it matters

      This could make the organisation a potential bridge between domestic-abuse, wellbeing, faith and family-support networks rather than simply a provider of overseas aid.

      Show evidence

      • “Activities include supporting children and young women against domestic violence.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “Objects include protecting the psychological good health of people suffering stress and trauma, particularly stress and trauma resulting from divorce and separation, through advice, counselling, workshops and support groups.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • The organisation claims an unusually wide operating repertoire

      The stated methods suggest a hybrid organisation that may act as a service provider, funder, advocate, researcher and umbrella body rather than relying on one delivery route.

      Why it matters

      Such breadth may create opportunities to convene partners and adapt support to different contexts. It also raises an important question about practical focus, capacity and which roles are actually exercised.

      Show evidence

      • “The charity states that it makes grants to individuals and organisations, provides finance, human resources, services and advocacy, sponsors or undertakes research, and acts as an umbrella or resource body.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “The charity’s purposes include health, education, poverty relief, overseas aid, economic development, equality and diversity, and other charitable purposes.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      Remaining uncertainties

    • Which programmes are currently active in England, Wales and Kenya, and where beneficiaries are located.
    • Whether the clinic, orphanage, nursery and primary school have been established, are planned, or are supported through partners.
    • How faith-based activity relates in practice to the charity’s health, safeguarding and poverty-relief work.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Recent annual reports, accounts and impact reporting showing expenditure, programme scale, locations and delivery partners.
    • Programme descriptions or safeguarding information clarifying referral routes, beneficiary groups and current domestic-violence and mental-health support.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    Our activities: is to elevate poverty: Africa, England and Wales To support children and young women against domestic violence, Orphans-care, education, food, clothes, & medical assistance. HIV/ AIDS sufferers. Health education in diet and nutrition. Management and leadership training. Nursery and primary school for children and the youth, Women and Girls Save-A-Life campaign.

    Charity objects

    A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY TEACHING AND PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD AS IS MADE KNOWN IN THE BIBLE. B) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL GOOD HEALTH OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM STRESS (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY STRESS AND TRAUMA RESULTING FROM DIVORCE AND SEPARATION), BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING, WORKSHOPS AND SUPPORT GROUPS. C) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONGST KENYAN NATIONALS IN CONDITIONS OF ILL HEALTH, NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 1) THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A HEALTH CLINIC IN KENYA 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION 3) THE SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN AID 4) THE PROVISION OF ADVISORY AND COUNSELLING SERVICES ON MEDICAL MATTER, HEALTH EDUCATION AND RELATED TOPICS 5)THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ORPHANAGE/HOME FOR AIDS ORPHANS AGED 1 TO 10 YEARS WHOSE BOTH PARENTS HAVE DIED OF AIDS AND WHO HAVE NO EXTENDED FAMILY.