Harvest Fields Homes
Charity 1071686
Overview
Summary
Harvest Fields Homes appears to be a small, place-based charitable housing provider whose practical role is more focused than its broad Christian charitable objects suggest. Its central contribution is affordable accommodation in Sutton Coldfield, while its shared governance, address and application route with Quothquan Homes indicate that it operates within a paired housing-charity model rather than as a wholly standalone provider. The available evidence suggests an organisation designed to direct limited housing opportunities toward people with constrained means, but leaves its scale, tenant profile and wider community role unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sutton Roughley
Confidence: medium
Direct evidence shows that Harvest Fields Homes owns and manages rented homes on the Harvest Fields development in Sutton Coldfield. The evidence supports a concentrated, estate-based housing operation rather than a wider Birmingham footprint, but does not directly confirm the ward-level extent of its operations.
- Harvest Fields Homes, 'What we do' webpage
Harvest Fields Homes states that, together with its sister charity Quothquan Homes, it owns and manages 46 rented houses on the Harvest Fields development in Sutton Coldfield. - Charity Commission, Harvest Fields Homes 2022 trustees' report
The report states that the charity owns and manages the rented social housing required under a Section 106 agreement on the Harvest Fields housing development, and was renting 24 properties. - Sutton Coldfield Town Council, 2026 planning applications
The council's planning schedule lists an address under Roughley Ward. - Charity Commission, Harvest Fields Homes charity overview for year ending 31 December 2024
The current charity record describes its activity as providing good-quality, affordable accommodation for tenants in Sutton Coldfield.
Remaining uncertainties
- The organisation does not publish a property list or map of its 24 homes, so the precise distribution of Harvest Fields Homes-owned properties within the Harvest Fields development cannot be independently confirmed.
- The website gives a combined total of 46 rented houses with Quothquan Homes, but does not identify which individual homes are owned by each charity.
- Dale Farm is a registered office and application address. Although it is adjacent to the operational area, the available evidence does not establish it as a tenant-facing service site or housing asset.
- The shared application process with Quothquan Homes materially links the two charities' housing offer, but there is no evidence that this arrangement extends Harvest Fields Homes' operations beyond the Harvest Fields development.
Additional evidence needed
- A current asset register, annual report or property schedule confirming the geographic extent of Harvest Fields Homes' rented homes.
- Confirmation from Harvest Fields Homes of whether all current homes remain on the Harvest Fields development and whether it operates any homes elsewhere in Birmingham.
- A current statement distinguishing Harvest Fields Homes' housing stock from Quothquan Homes' stock within the jointly managed 46-home portfolio.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Other Defined Groups
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A focused housing role sits within unusually broad charitable purposes
Although its objects encompass poverty relief, community facilities, recreation, pastoral care and support for young people, the stated activity is specifically the provision of affordable accommodation in Sutton Coldfield. This may indicate that housing is its principal operational vehicle for a wider Christian social-welfare mission.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a general community charity: its wider purposes may shape whom it seeks to support and how it understands housing, but there is no current evidence that it directly delivers the full range of activities in its objects.
Show evidence
“Providing good quality, affordable accommodation suitable for their tenants' needs in Sutton Coldfield.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include housing, poverty relief, community welfare or recreation, and training and pastoral care particularly of young persons.”
Source:Charity Commission
Access appears to be organised across a sister-charity partnership
Harvest Fields Homes appears to share trustees, premises and an application process with Quothquan Homes. This may indicate a coordinated allocation model, potentially allowing applicants to be considered across more than one pool of housing.
Why it matters
For local organisations and prospective partners, the relevant unit of activity may be the two charities together rather than Harvest Fields Homes alone. This could affect referral routes, available capacity and relationship-building opportunities.
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“Harvest Fields Homes runs in parallel to Quothquan Homes, its sister charity, from the same address with common trustees.”
Source:Organisation“All applications to one are considered for both and there is no need to apply separately.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation may serve a narrowly defined, means-tested housing niche
Its emphasis on rent levels, applications and accommodation appropriate to applicants' means suggests a landlord-led model centred on affordable access rather than broad advice or support services.
Why it matters
This helps identify both a potential strength and a boundary: Harvest Fields Homes may be a valuable housing pathway for people facing financial constraint, but the evidence does not show whether it offers tenancy sustainment, advocacy or other support alongside accommodation.
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“The website includes sections on rent levels, applications, what happens next and other housing options.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides housing accommodation and associated amenities, services, advice or assistance on terms appropriate to beneficiaries' means.”
Source:Charity Commission
- The number, type and location of homes managed by Harvest Fields Homes are not provided.
- It is unclear who qualifies for housing, how applications are assessed, and whether tenants receive support beyond accommodation.
- The practical division of housing stock, responsibilities and beneficiaries between Harvest Fields Homes and Quothquan Homes is unknown.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing property numbers, occupancy, rents, tenant demographics and service activity.
- Allocation, eligibility and tenancy-support policies, including how joint applications with Quothquan Homes are handled.
- Evidence of current partnerships, referrals and community or pastoral activities beyond housing provision.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Providing good quality, affordable accommodation suitable for their tenants' needs in Sutton Coldfield.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND AS AN EXPRESSION OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS, LOVE AND CONCERN:- TO PROVIDE HOUSES, HOSTELS OR ANY OTHER HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS, TO PROVIDE HOUSES, HOSTELS, OR ANY OTHER HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE FOR ANY OTHER PERSONS FOR WHOM IT WOULD BE CHARITABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSES, HOSTELS OR OTHER HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, TO PROVIDE AND/OR SUPPORT FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OR RECREATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, TO RELIEVE THE AGED, THE POOR, THE SICK AND THOSE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, AND TO PROVIDE AND/OR SUPPORT THE TRAINING AND PASTORAL CARE PARTICULARLY OF YOUNG PERSONS