Kingstanding Community Association
Charity 522868
Overview
Summary
Kingstanding Community Association appears to be a place-based civic infrastructure organisation rather than simply a sports provider. Its facilities seem to function as a shared local asset through which residents, voluntary bodies and public authorities can potentially participate in community life. Sport is the stated activity, but the wider charitable purpose suggests it may be used as a practical route to connection, wellbeing and collective local effort across Kingstanding, Kettlehouse Farm and neighbouring estates.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Kingstanding
Confidence: medium
The charity is currently registered and reported activity for the year ending 31 March 2025. Its stated work is providing sporting and community facilities for the local community, while its governing document defines the area of benefit as the Kingstanding (Kettlehouse Farm) estate and surrounding area. This strongly supports a neighbourhood-focused operational identity in Kingstanding, although no current public programme, venue timetable or current site address was available to verify the precise location of delivery.
- Charity Commission Register of Charities, Kingstanding Community Association (charity 522868), current record
The charity reports that it provides sporting and community facilities for members of the local community, is up to date with reporting, and owns and/or leases land or property. - Charity Commission Register of Charities, governing document and area of benefit
The charity's objects are to promote the wellbeing of people resident on the Kingstanding (Kettlehouse Farm) and adjacent estates; its recorded area of benefit is the Kingstanding (Kettlehouse Farm) estate and surrounding area. - Birmingham City Council planning record 2018/00423/PA
The council planning record relates to the association's formerly listed premises, but does not establish that the site remains an operational premises.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity's broad operating area, but the more specific governing-document area and local-community activity description point to Kingstanding. There is no current public evidence of delivery elsewhere in Birmingham, so citywide operation cannot be inferred.
- The charity's registered contact address is in Sutton Coldfield, but the available evidence does not show that services are delivered there; it should be treated as a correspondence address rather than an operational area.
- A former association/community-centre address appears in public listings, but Birmingham City Council approved redevelopment of that site for flats in July 2019. The available evidence does not identify the charity's current physical site or confirm whether it still operates a venue or playing field.
- The linked charity, Kingstanding Community Association Playing Fields, indicates a continuing connection to playing fields, but its register entry does not identify their location or establish present-day use.
- No authoritative current evidence was found of active partnerships that materially extend the association's operational reach beyond its Kingstanding neighbourhood focus.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustee report, or updated Charity Commission return describing activities, venues and the locations of sporting or community facilities.
- Current official venue information, booking material, programme listings, or a statement from the charity confirming its operating base and any playing-field location.
- Evidence from Birmingham City Council, a landlord, or the charity confirming the land or property currently owned or leased by the association.
- Current documentation of any delivery partnerships with local authorities, voluntary bodies or other organisations, including the places where joint activity occurs.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Facilities appear to be the organisation's core civic mechanism
The association appears to advance community wellbeing primarily by maintaining accessible physical space, with sporting provision serving as one use of that space rather than necessarily its sole purpose.
Why it matters
This frames the organisation as local infrastructure: its value may lie in enabling activity by multiple groups, including groups not directly delivering sport.
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“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides sporting & community facilities for members of the local community.”
Source:Organisation
Sport may be a means of building local connection
Although amateur sport is the recorded charitable activity, the broader object suggests sport may be intended to support wellbeing and social participation across the neighbourhood rather than operate as an end in itself.
Why it matters
It suggests potential overlap with youth, health, community-development and voluntary-sector organisations, creating opportunities for complementary use of the association's spaces.
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“What the charity does: Amateur Sport.”
Source:Charity Commission“TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENT ON THE KINGSTANDING (KETTLEHOUSE FARM) AND ADJACENT ESTATES BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY BODIES AND RESIDENTS IN A COMMON EFFORT.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its founding logic is collaborative rather than service-specific
The association appears designed to convene or connect residents, public authorities and voluntary bodies around shared local wellbeing, rather than to serve only an individual membership group.
Why it matters
This may make it a useful relationship hub in the area, but the available evidence does not show whether these cross-sector relationships are active today.
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“TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENT ON THE KINGSTANDING (KETTLEHOUSE FARM) AND ADJACENT ESTATES BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY BODIES AND RESIDENTS IN A COMMON EFFORT.”
Source:Charity Commission“Who the charity helps: Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether facilities are open beyond members and which groups use them.
- Whether the association currently works with local authorities or voluntary bodies.
- Whether its activities extend beyond amateur sport and facility provision.
Remaining uncertainties
- Current programme, booking and membership information, including facility users.
- Evidence of active partners, community outcomes and local demand.
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing income sources and operational scale.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Provides sporting & community facilities for members of the local community
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENT ON THE KINGSTANDING (KETTLEHOUSE FARM) AND ADJACENT ESTATES BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY BODIES AND RESIDENTS IN A COMMON EFFORT.