Kec Church Centre
Charity 1184099
Overview
Summary
Kec Church Centre appears to be a faith-rooted civic organisation whose role extends beyond worship into community care and charitable support. Its governing purposes create a broad mandate: local provision for people facing social or practical disadvantage sits alongside support for Christian mission and institutions internationally. The available evidence suggests a church-centred operating model that may connect spiritual activity, social welfare and community facilities, but offers little detail on its local partnerships, scale or actual service use.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The charity currently self-reports operating in both Birmingham City and Solihull to the Charity Commission, but the available evidence does not identify any current service, site or delivery location within a named Birmingham ward or the City Centre. It would therefore be unsafe to assign a Birmingham operational area from the supplied list.
- The clearly evidenced operational base is Connection Church Centre in Kingshurst. The supplied evidence does not establish this base within the Birmingham ward geography supplied for this task.
- The Charity Commission entry and charitable objects indicate a wider Birmingham and surrounding-neighbourhood remit, but these are not sufficient evidence that current delivery is citywide or district-wide within Birmingham.
- The organisation lists network partners, but the available evidence does not show that these partnerships create additional Birmingham delivery sites or materially extend local operational reach.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, annual report or impact report naming the locations of all regular activities, outreach and connection groups.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether it currently delivers any services, groups or pastoral outreach in Birmingham City, and the relevant wards or venues.
- Current evidence showing whether any partner organisation hosts or jointly delivers KEC Church Centre services at Birmingham locations.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith is the organising framework for a broad civic role
The organisation appears to use Christian faith not only as a purpose in itself, but as the basis for community welfare, education and leisure provision.
Why it matters
This suggests the centre may be understood as both a religious organisation and a local social-support venue. Its faith commitments are likely to shape how it defines need, prioritises activities and builds relationships.
Show evidence
“The purposes include advancing the Christian faith and charitable purposes including relief of need, hardship and sickness, education, and social-welfare facilities.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides a Community Care Centre for local people covering all ages from parents and toddlers to the elderly.”
Source:Organisation
The centre may bridge local care with a global religious-support network
Its stated activities indicate a dual orientation: place-based support in the local community alongside support for missionaries, orphanages and Christian institutions worldwide.
Why it matters
This is distinctive because resources, relationships and organisational attention may flow across both neighbourhood and international networks, rather than being focused solely on Birmingham.
Show evidence
“The principal activities include support for Christian missionaries, orphanages and Christian institutions worldwide.”
Source:Organisation“The advancement of the Christian faith is primarily, but not exclusively, within Birmingham and the surrounding neighbourhood.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its stated reach is unusually broad, but its priority groups are unclear
The organisation presents itself as serving the general public across the life course, while its objects also identify people affected by youth, age, disability, hardship or social circumstances as potential beneficiaries.
Why it matters
This may indicate flexible community capacity, but it also leaves an important question about whether the centre has a defined specialist role or is attempting to respond to a wide range of needs.
Show evidence
“The charity helps the general public/mankind.”
Source:Organisation“The Community Care Centre covers all ages from parents and toddlers to the elderly.”
Source:Organisation
- What services the Community Care Centre actually provides and how frequently they operate.
- Which local communities, neighbourhoods or groups benefit most.
- Whether the organisation works with other local charities, public services or faith groups.
- How local community-care work is balanced with international Christian support.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current programme or timetable describing local services, participation and referral routes.
- Annual reports or financial information separating spending on local community care, worship and international support.
- Evidence of local partners, service users and geographic reach.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The charities objectives and principal activities are to: Advancement of the Christian religion Support Christian Missionaries, relief of poverty and distress, support orphanges and Christian institutions world wide Provide a Community Care Centre for the support of the local people covering all ages from parents and toddlers to the elderly
Charity objects
THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO ARE: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND 2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CIO FROM TIME TO TIME.