Kingsbury Training Centre Limited
Charity 1151794
Overview
Summary
Kingsbury Training Centre Limited appears to have been designed as a place-based vocational inclusion organisation, using practical training in trades such as construction, hairdressing and motor mechanics to support community integration. Its stated purpose linked skills development with wider social participation, particularly for people from disadvantaged communities in north and east Birmingham. However, its current status of being in liquidation means the most important feature of its present role may be the loss, transition or possible redistribution of a specialised local training capability.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no reliable evidence that Kingsbury Training Centre Limited currently delivers services at any location in Birmingham. The Charity Commission records the charity as insolvent and its activity as "IN LIQUIDATION".
- A former principal trading address in Erdington, Birmingham is evidenced in 2016 insolvency notices, but this is historical evidence and does not establish a current operational site.
- The charity's stated purpose referred to north and east Birmingham, while the Charity Commission also recorded Birmingham City as its area of operation. These are historical and/or constitutional descriptions, not evidence of continuing delivery.
- No current website, current accounts, annual report, active service listings or partner evidence was located that could establish present-day services, physical sites or operational partnerships.
Additional evidence needed
- Confirmation from the appointed liquidator, Charity Commission or Companies House of whether any charitable activity, assets or service contracts remain active.
- A current annual return, liquidation report or successor-organisation information identifying any continuing Birmingham provision.
- Current evidence from a named delivery partner or venue showing that the organisation itself still operates a service in Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Vocational training was framed as social integration
The organisation appears to have treated practical training not only as a route to employment, but as a means of helping disaffected and engaged people understand and participate more fully in their community.
Why it matters
This distinguishes it from a conventional skills provider. Its role may have sat at the intersection of education, inclusion and community cohesion, making the loss or continuation of its work relevant beyond training provision alone.
Show evidence
“The objects include advancing education and training and progression towards better understanding and integration into the community.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's work is classified as education/training.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its model was unusually trade-specific and locally anchored
The organisation appears to have focused on hands-on vocational pathways in several trades, with a particular geographic commitment to north and east Birmingham.
Why it matters
This may indicate a specialised capability shaped by local labour-market needs and accessible entry routes for people poorly served by academic or generic training models. It raises the question of whether comparable provision remains available locally.
Show evidence
“The objects refer to training and vocational facilities in construction, hairdressing and motor mechanics.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects identify north and east Birmingham as the principal areas of operation.”
Source:Charity Commission
Liquidation creates uncertainty around a potentially distinctive local asset
Being in liquidation suggests that the organisation is no longer operating normally or is undergoing closure, placing its relationships, facilities and specialist experience at risk of being lost.
Why it matters
The key civic question is not simply whether the charity closes, but whether its training capacity, community trust and referral relationships can be retained or transferred.
Show evidence
“Activities: IN LIQUIDATION.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether any training, facilities or services are still active during liquidation.
- Which communities were actually reached, and whether the stated all-age purpose aligned with the recorded focus on children and young people.
- Whether another organisation could inherit its specialist provision or local relationships.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent accounts, liquidation documents and trustee reports.
- Information on participants, partners, premises, outcomes and current service arrangements.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
IN LIQUIDATION
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF, AND THEREBY THE PROGRESSION TOWARDS THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING BY, AND THE INTEGRATION INTO, THE COMMUNITY OF DISAFFECTED AND ENGAGED PEOPLE OF WHATEVER AGE, BE THEY YOUNG, ADULT OR ELDERLY, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FROM DISADVANTAGED OR DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR EXPERIENCE IN, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE AND THE MOTOR MECHANICS TRADE, IN THE AREAS OF NORTH AND EAST BIRMINGHAM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.