Jaffray Property Solutions

Charity 1143062

www.jaffraycare.com

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Jaffray Property Solutions, operating publicly as Jaffray Care, appears to be a specialist adult-care charity rooted in the shift from institutional to community-based support for people with learning disabilities. Its role extends beyond accommodation: it combines housing, day opportunities and personalised care for adults with complex or multiple needs. The available evidence suggests an organisation whose operating model is built around long-term, intensive support and whose charitable purpose is expressed through practical care infrastructure rather than advocacy alone.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Regional

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Gravelly Hill

Confidence: low

There is direct, current evidence of an active care-home service at Lime Court in Erdington, Birmingham. However, the supplied evidence does not itself establish that the service operates in Gravelly Hill ward.

  • Care Quality Commission — Jaffray Care Society service register
    Lists Lime Court in Erdington, Birmingham, provided and run by Jaffray Care Society.
  • Birmingham City Council — Lime Court adult social care directory entry, updated 18 February 2026
    Lists Lime Court as a care home with an active Birmingham City Council contract.
  • Charity Commission — Jaffray Property Solutions annual-report material
    States that Jaffray Property Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jaffray Care Society and that the charity continued to provide nursing, residential, supported-living and community services.
Stockland Green

Confidence: low

Two registered residential-care locations operated by the parent charity are publicly listed in Erdington: Rivendell and Lorien, and Tudor Gardens. However, the supplied evidence does not itself establish that these locations operate in Stockland Green ward.

  • Care Quality Commission — Jaffray Care Society service register
    Lists Rivendell and Lorien, and Tudor Gardens, in Erdington, Birmingham, both provided and run by Jaffray Care Society.
  • Birmingham City Council — Tudor Gardens adult social care directory entry, updated 10 June 2025
    Lists Tudor Gardens as a Birmingham care home with an active City Council contract.
  • Jaffray Care official website — current recruitment material
    Identifies Rivendell/Lorien/Activity Hub and Tudor Gardens in Erdington as Jaffray Care working locations.
Remaining uncertainties
  • The publicly evidenced Birmingham sites are run by Jaffray Care Society, the parent charity. Jaffray Property Solutions is its wholly owned subsidiary and reports shared care, housing and community-service activity, but the available public records do not allocate operational responsibility for each individual site between the subsidiary and parent.
  • Jaffray Care also registers a domiciliary-care service. Its current service-user catchment within Birmingham is not published, so this does not evidence operations in further wards.
  • The organisation has a documented Wolverhampton care-home site and Charity Commission-reported operations across the West Midlands. This supports a regional overall footprint, but the available evidence does not identify all current localities served or the relative scale of work in each.
  • No named partnership was found that independently and materially extends the organisation's Birmingham geography. Referral relationships with local authorities and health professionals are evidenced, but their geographic reach is not specified.
Additional evidence needed
  • The latest consolidated annual report or property schedule identifying which homes, day services and supported-living properties are owned or operated by Jaffray Property Solutions rather than Jaffray Care Society.
  • A current service directory or referral policy showing the geographic catchment of domiciliary care, supported living and day services.
  • Current commissioning or contract information showing whether the organisation delivers services from additional Birmingham locations.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Disability
  • Education/training

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • People With Disabilities

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Discoveries involving this organisation

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

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted
  • A legacy of deinstitutionalisation still shapes its role

    The organisation appears to have developed from services created to move people with learning difficulties out of long-stay hospitals. This may explain its continued emphasis on housing, community-based support and care tailored to adults with substantial needs.

    Why it matters

    This positions Jaffray Care as more than a generic care provider: it may hold long-standing experience in supporting people whose needs were historically met through institutional services.

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    • The Learning Disability Services were originally part of the NHS North Birmingham Health Authority and opened on 18 February 1991.

      Source:Organisation
    • The services were built in response to the Community Care Act 1990, aiming to move people with learning difficulties into supported community based services.

      Source:Organisation
  • Housing is a mechanism for care, not a separate activity

    Accommodation appears integral to Jaffray Care's support model, alongside nursing, personal care, day services and training. The organisation may therefore be particularly important where a person's housing stability depends on specialist care being available in the same setting.

    Why it matters

    It suggests that changes in housing, care commissioning or accessible community facilities could directly affect the organisation's ability to support independence and inclusion.

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    • The charity's activities include provision of housing, care and associated amenities for people with developmental difficulties in necessitous circumstances.

      Source:Charity Commission
    • The charity helps through buildings, facilities or open space.

      Source:Charity Commission
    • Support can range from periodic one-to-one guidance to intensive twenty-four hour care.

      Source:Organisation
  • Its stated beneficiary group may be broader than its charity classification suggests

    Although formally described as helping people with disabilities and historically associated with learning disability services, the organisation presents itself as supporting adults with physical disability, sensory impairment, mental health needs, brain injury, stroke recovery and palliative-care needs. This may indicate a deliberately broad specialist-care offer.

    Why it matters

    This breadth could make Jaffray Care a potential bridge between disability, health and later-life care systems, while also creating questions about how specialist expertise is organised across distinct needs.

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    • The charity helps people with disabilities.

      Source:Charity Commission
    • Jaffray Care supports adults with complex health care needs, physical disability, sensory impairment, mental health needs or palliative care needs.

      Source:Organisation
    • Its services include elderly care, stroke recovery, brain injury, physical disabilities and learning disabilities.

      Source:Organisation

    Remaining uncertainties

  • The number, type and geographic distribution of homes, day services and supported accommodation are not known.
  • There is no evidence about referral routes, commissioners, partner organisations or the communities served.
  • It is unclear whether the broad range of stated needs is delivered directly across all services or represents referral and assessment capability.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Service-level information on capacity, locations, beneficiary needs and care models.
  • Annual reports, accounts and commissioning information showing income sources, partnerships and changes in provision over time.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

The ongoing activity of the Society continues to be the provision of housing, care and associated amenities for people with developmental difficulties who are in necessitous circumstances and the provision of an open day-care facility for people with developmental difficulties.

Charity objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HANDICAP, REQUIRE SPECIAL CARE EDUCATION OR TRAINING BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NURSING AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES, HOSTELS AND TRAINING CENTRES AND SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND ALSO PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH ALL THE NECESSARY AND PRACITICAL HELP, PROPER LODGING, BOARD, CLOTHING AND MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ATTENTION, APPLIANCES, NURSING AND OTHER NECESSARY COMFORTS.