Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust (UK)
Charity 292697
Overview
Summary
Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust appears to be a faith-rooted civic anchor in Balsall Heath: it combines mosque-based religious life with practical support, advice, safety work and community development. Its role seems broader than that of a conventional place of worship or single-issue charity, using a trusted physical centre and Islamic values to connect immediate assistance with longer-term community resilience. The available evidence suggests particular attention to marginalised communities, women and young people, although the scale and reach of this work are unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East
Confidence: high
The Trust’s current website gives 17-21 Ombersley Road, Balsall Heath, B12 8UR as the venue for its regular community surgeries, food bank, occupational-therapy drop-in, religious services and events. Its associated Birmingham Qur’an Academy gives the same address for classes. The postcode is within Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East ward.
- Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust website
Lists 17-21 Ombersley Road, Balsall Heath, B12 8UR and publishes a weekly timetable of police support, warm-space, occupational-therapy and food-bank sessions. - Birmingham Qur’an Academy website
Gives 17-21 Ombersley Road, B12 8UR as its contact address and states that youth madrasa classes are held at the Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust. - Charity Commission register, charity 292697
Records the Trust’s address as 17-21 Ombersley Road, Birmingham, B12 8UR and describes its activities as including educational centres and a mosque. - Postcode geography lookup for B12 8UR
Places the postcode in Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence strongly establishes a principal operational hub in Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East, but does not identify the locations of the website’s claimed additional mosques and community centres. They should not be mapped to Birmingham wards without current, location-specific evidence.
- The Trust describes itself as serving marginalised communities 'within Birmingham and beyond' and provides Birmingham-facing community, education and safety services from its Balsall Heath hub. This supports a citywide operational identity at medium confidence, but does not demonstrate regular direct delivery in every ward.
- A police community surgery is listed in the Trust’s weekly timetable, indicating a working service connection with police, but no current West Midlands Police source was found confirming the arrangement, its geographic remit or its frequency.
- The Charity Commission records operations throughout England and Wales and charitable objects involving Pakistan and other developing countries. Those records demonstrate a wider organisational remit, but do not evidence further current Birmingham delivery locations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current Trust site list, annual report or programme report naming each mosque, community centre and delivery venue, with addresses.
- Current attendance, referral or beneficiary-origin data for the food bank, advice surgeries, youth work and Qur’an Academy, to distinguish genuinely citywide reach from a primarily local catchment.
- Confirmation from West Midlands Police or the Trust of the police-surgery partnership, including the area served and whether it remains active.
- A current annual report separating Birmingham-based activity from national and international grants, relief work and projects.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A mosque-centred civic infrastructure
The Trust appears to use religious space as a platform for wider civic support, rather than treating worship and community services as separate activities.
Why it matters
This helps explain how the organisation may build trust and reach people who might not approach mainstream services independently. Its buildings may be as important to its operating model as its individual programmes.
Show evidence
“The Trust operates mosques and community centres.”
Source:Organisation“It runs daily surgeries, a food bank, warm places of welcome and occupational therapy drop-ins.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
Safety work may be a distinctive bridge between youth support and prevention
The Trust appears to frame youth development as a route to reducing harm, linking leadership and positive activities with prevention of crime, substance misuse and domestic abuse.
Why it matters
This suggests a preventative role that connects community safety with belonging, education and trusted local relationships, rather than relying only on crisis response.
Show evidence
“The Trust establishes youth leadership programmes and provides positive activities and interventions to deter young people from crime.”
Source:Organisation“It promotes education and advocacy on serious and organised crime, knife crime, substance abuse and domestic abuse.”
Source:Organisation“A police community surgery is held weekly.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation combines immediate relief with wider resilience ambitions
Its food, warmth and financial-support activity appears to sit alongside education, skills, environmental advocacy and cohesion work, indicating an ambition to address both acute hardship and underlying social capacity.
Why it matters
This may make the Trust a potential connector between organisations focused on poverty, health, youth, learning and climate action, but also raises questions about how it prioritises resources across a broad agenda.
Show evidence
“The Trust organises food banks, clothing drives and financial support initiatives.”
Source:Organisation“It offers workshops, tutoring and skills training.”
Source:Organisation“It undertakes education and advocacy on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.”
Source:Organisation
- The number, profile and geography of people reached by each service are not stated.
- It is unclear which services are delivered directly, with partners or through referrals.
- There is no outcome evidence showing whether safety, poverty or wellbeing interventions achieve their intended effects.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact data showing service volumes, outcomes and beneficiary experience.
- Information on delivery partners, referral routes, funding sources and the capacity of each programme.