Kowneyn Education And Cultural Centre
Charity 1142204
Overview
Summary
Kowneyn Education And Cultural Centre appears to be a locally rooted, faith-informed community organisation using education as an accessible entry point into wider social support. Its stated after-school and supplementary education activity sits within a broader charitable remit spanning poverty, sickness, welfare, recreation and community development. This suggests a potential role as both a learning provider and a trusted community anchor for Bordesley Green, particularly for children, older people and people from particular ethnic or racial backgrounds.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Nechells
Confidence: high
The organisation's current official website identifies Kowneyn Community Centre and Attarbiya Masjid in Nechells and presents this location as the base for its mosque, educational and community activity. The Charity Commission's current contact record and the charity's 2024 accounts also describe the charity as being in Nechells.
- Attarbiya Masjid & KCC official website, Contact page
Lists 'Kowneyn Community Centre and Attarbiya Masjid' in Nechells and describes services including Quran memorisation, support for poor children and child care. - Attarbiya Masjid & KCC official website, Home page
Describes Attarbiya Masjid and Kowneyn Community Centre as an Islamic and educational centre, including a weekend school providing Islamic education. - Charity Commission register, charity 1142204
Records the charity's current contact address; its reported activities are an after-school club and supplementary education. - Charity Commission accounts and trustees' report for year ended 31 March 2024
Identifies the charity's address as being in Nechells, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence supports a current operating base in Nechells, but does not identify other current delivery venues, the catchment of its after-school or supplementary-education provision, or the areas from which attendees travel.
- The Charity Commission records that the charity operates in Birmingham City and has objects focused on Bordesley Green. These statements do not, by themselves, demonstrate current service delivery across Birmingham or in the Bordesley Green ward.
- The Charity Commission states that the charity does not own or lease land or property, while its official website presents its premises as its community-centre and mosque base. This may indicate occupation through another arrangement, but the tenure and permanence of the site are not established.
- No material operational partnerships extending the organisation's geographic reach were identified in the consulted official sources.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or service report specifying the venues, frequency and participant catchments for the after-school club, supplementary education and other community services.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether its stated community-centre and mosque base is its principal delivery site and whether it uses any additional venues.
- Current information on any delivery partnerships, including partner names, venues and the areas served.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Education may be the organisation's practical gateway to wider community support
The available evidence suggests that after-school and supplementary education are not necessarily the organisation's whole purpose, but its most visible means of engaging families and community members within a much wider welfare-focused remit.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the centre from a standalone tuition provider. Its educational activity may create trusted relationships through which needs relating to poverty, advice, wellbeing or participation can become visible.
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“after school club”
Source:Organisation“supplementary education”
Source:Organisation“The objects include relief of poverty and sickness, promotion of education, and recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare.”
Source:Charity Commission
Faith may function as both a mission and a source of local trust
The organisation appears to combine advancement of Islam with charitable purposes for the wider Bordesley Green community, rather than defining its work only as religious provision.
Why it matters
This may make the centre an important bridge between faith-based networks and broader neighbourhood needs. It also raises a useful question about how widely its services are accessed beyond its primary faith community.
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“The objects include the advancement of the Islamic religion primarily but not exclusively.”
Source:Charity Commission“The area of benefit is the community in Bordesley Green in the City of Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children or young people, elderly or old people, and people of a particular ethnic or racial origin.”
Source:Charity Commission
The centre may have underused convening potential
Providing people, facilities and advice alongside educational and community-development purposes suggests the organisation could be positioned to host, connect or signpost other local activity, not only deliver its own sessions.
Why it matters
If this capability is active, the organisation may be a useful partner for services seeking trusted space, community connections or routes to families and older residents in Bordesley Green.
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“The charity provides human resources, buildings, facilities or open space, and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's purposes include economic or community development or employment.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the centre currently delivers support beyond supplementary education and after-school provision.
- Which communities use its services, and whether older people are actively reached.
- Whether it works with schools, mosques, advice providers or other local organisations.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports or programme information showing current services, scale and participant groups.
- Evidence of local partnerships, referral routes, facility use and community feedback.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
after school club supplementary education
Charity objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUNDS AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BORDESLEY GREEN IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM (THE AREA OF BENEFIT),AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGION PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE ARE SUITABLE TO BE PURSUED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ADVANCEMENT INCLUDING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS, THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.