King'S Church Birmingham
Charity 1181329
Overview
Summary
King’s Church Birmingham appears to be a congregation-led Christian charity whose primary civic role is relational and spiritual, with poverty relief embedded as a secondary charitable commitment. Its public presence is organised around regular worship gatherings and a welcoming, broad-access church identity, while its formal powers include both individual and organisational financial support. This suggests potential to act not only as a faith community but also as a modest connector, host and resource channel within Birmingham’s voluntary landscape, although the scale and focus of this role remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Edgbaston
Confidence: high
The church’s current website gives Harborne Academy as the venue for its Sunday services. An Ofsted report identifies Harborne Academy as being in Edgbaston. This is the organisation’s only clearly evidenced regular physical service venue in Birmingham.
- King's Church Birmingham, Visit Us page
States that Sunday meetings take place every Sunday at Harborne Academy. - Ofsted, Harborne Academy inspection report
Identifies Harborne Academy as being in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The charity's registered/principal address is in Northfield, but the available evidence does not establish that it is a public-facing or regularly used operational site. It has therefore not been recorded as an operational area.
- The 2025 trustees' annual report states that 17 mid-week groups, and subsequently 12 discipleship and 10 fellowship groups, met 'across the city'. This is direct evidence of a citywide Birmingham network, but it does not identify the individual wards or venues, so no additional Birmingham wards can be evidenced safely.
- The organisation partners with Safe Families, Welcome Churches, Open Doors UK and Cotteridge Food Bank. The evidence shows practical, financial or referral relationships, but does not show that King’s Church itself directly delivers services from those partners' locations.
- The annual report records a church plant in Leicester operating temporarily under King's Church Birmingham's charitable status. This indicates activity beyond Birmingham, but the supplied task concerns operational geography within Birmingham and the evidence is insufficient to characterise the wider footprint precisely.
Additional evidence needed
- A current list or map of mid-week, discipleship and fellowship group venues, with enough location detail to assign them to Birmingham wards.
- Confirmation of whether the Northfield registered/principal address is used for staff, pastoral, administrative or community-facing activity rather than solely as the registered office.
- Current agreements or project information showing where, if anywhere, the church directly delivers activity through its partnerships with Safe Families, Welcome Churches or Cotteridge Food Bank.
- A current annual or impact report confirming whether the citywide pattern of mid-week groups and the Harborne Academy Sunday venue remain in place after the financial year ended 31 August 2025.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A worship-centred organisation with a wider support mandate
The available evidence suggests that regular Christian gatherings are the organisation’s operational core, while financial-hardship relief provides a formal route for practical support alongside its religious mission.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish King’s Church Birmingham from a specialist poverty charity: support activity may be shaped by church relationships, pastoral priorities and the rhythms of congregational life.
Show evidence
“Its objects include advancing the Christian faith and relieving financial hardship anywhere in the world.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its activities include Sunday and midweek gatherings and relieving financial hardship.”
Source:Charity Commission
Potentially a flexible resource channel rather than only a local service provider
Its authority to make grants to both individuals and organisations, provide other finance, and work beyond Birmingham may indicate a flexible model for directing support through people, partner bodies or wider church-linked networks.
Why it matters
This raises the possibility that its contribution to civic life includes enabling others’ work, not solely delivering activity itself. It would be useful to identify where grants and finance actually go.
Show evidence
“The charity helps by making grants to individuals and organisations and by providing other finance.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects permit work in Birmingham, elsewhere in the United Kingdom and worldwide.”
Source:Charity Commission
A locally rooted but networked church presence
The church appears locally anchored through in-person services at Harborne Academy while also identifying with the Evangelical Alliance and the Grace Connection group of churches. This may give it access to relationships and learning beyond its immediate neighbourhood.
Why it matters
Its significance may depend partly on these networks: they could shape referrals, collaboration, leadership development or wider charitable activity that is not visible in the available evidence.
Show evidence
“Sunday services are held at Harborne Academy, Harborne Road, Birmingham, B15 3JL.”
Source:Organisation“The church is a member of the Evangelical Alliance and part of the Grace Connection group of churches.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether hardship relief is a substantial programme, occasional pastoral support or primarily delivered through partners.
- Which communities use the church’s services and whether its stated welcome translates into participation across Birmingham.
- Whether it works with local voluntary, statutory or faith-sector organisations beyond its named church networks.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing expenditure, grant-making, beneficiaries and the balance between worship and hardship relief.
- Details of support programmes, partner organisations, referral routes and the geographic distribution of grants or services.
- Information on congregation and service-user demographics, volunteer capacity and use of its meeting facilities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, PROCLAIMING THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL THROUGH WORD AND DEED IN BIRMINGHAM AND BEYOND THROUGH SUNDAY AND MIDWEEK GATHERINGS. RELIEVING OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
Charity objects
3.1 THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN BIRMINGHAM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND 3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.