Lindridge Enterprises Ltd
Charity 1163156
Overview
Summary
Lindridge Enterprises Ltd appears to be a disability-focused employability and inclusion organisation whose intended role extends beyond training into practical routes toward work, volunteering and potentially social enterprise. Its distinctive focus is on young people with learning disabilities and/or autism, but its formal objects allow a broader disability and mental-health remit across Greater Birmingham. The available evidence also suggests a significant delivery vulnerability: the loss of a project manager after Covid appears to have disrupted its ability to convert this broad mission into sustained activity.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record currently self-reports that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but it does not identify service locations, delivery partners, beneficiary catchments or individual Birmingham wards.
- The charity's latest activity statement says that delivery has been very difficult since its project manager left after Covid; the 2024/25 return records £0 income. This creates substantial uncertainty about the scale and continuity of current frontline delivery.
- The Sutton Coldfield address is a registered contact address, not verified evidence of a current operational site. The Charity Commission states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- A 2023 West Midlands Combined Authority paper described Lindridge Enterprises as an identified prospective anchor tenant for an office suite at Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, but this was a proposed arrangement and does not confirm that the hub or related services became operational.
Additional evidence needed
- A current statement from Lindridge Enterprises identifying active volunteering, training or employment-support programmes and the locations where they are delivered.
- Confirmation from the organisation or Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Hall Community Trust on whether the proposed Sutton Coldfield community hub/anchor tenancy proceeded and remains active.
- Current agreements or public information from material delivery partners showing where Lindridge Enterprises delivers services, rather than merely holding membership or governance links.
- A current annual report, impact report or programme timetable with service venues and beneficiary geography.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Employability is the organisation's central mechanism for inclusion
The organisation appears to treat work-related experience not simply as an employment outcome, but as a route to confidence, capacity and social inclusion for disabled young people.
Why it matters
This suggests Lindridge's role may sit between disability support, education and economic participation. Potential partners may therefore include employers, training providers and organisations supporting transitions into adulthood.
Show evidence
“Lindridge Enterprises engage young people with learning disabilities and/or Autism, to offer volunteering opportunities to build on their work skills.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include relief of unemployment through assistance to find employment and support for the establishment of social enterprises.”
Source:Charity Commission
There is a meaningful gap between the formal remit and visible delivery
Its charitable objects describe a wide remit, including physical, sensory and learning disabilities, mental health, advice, education and social enterprise; the reported activity is narrower, focused on volunteering for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism.
Why it matters
This may indicate deliberate specialisation, reduced capacity, or unrealised scope. Clarifying this would help distinguish the organisation's current operational niche from its longer-term ambition.
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“The objects cover people with physical, sensory or learning disability or mental health problems, primarily in Greater Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission“Lindridge Enterprises engage young people with learning disabilities and/or Autism, to offer volunteering opportunities to build on their work skills.”
Source:Organisation
Operational resilience appears to depend heavily on key staff
The departure of a project manager appears to have created a substantial interruption to delivery, suggesting that programme continuity may rely on limited management capacity.
Why it matters
This is important when assessing current partnership readiness and support needs. A collaboration that provides coordination, delivery capacity or succession planning may be as valuable as one that provides referrals or funding.
Show evidence
“Since Covid our project manager left and delivery has been very difficult.”
Source:Organisation“Lindridge Enterprises engage young people with learning disabilities and/or Autism, to offer volunteering opportunities to build on their work skills.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether delivery difficulties remain current and which activities are presently operating.
- Whether volunteering leads to employment, education, social enterprise or other sustained outcomes.
- Which organisations provide placements, referrals, facilities or specialist support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent information on programmes, participant numbers, staffing and delivery status.
- Evidence of outcomes for participants, including progression after volunteering.
- Details of current partners, referral routes and available volunteering placements.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Lindridge Enterprises engage young people with learning disabilities and/or Autism, to offer volunteering opportunities to build on their work skills. Since Covid our project manager left and delivery has been very difficult
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 3.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE PHYSICAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, SENSORY OR LEARNING DISABILITY OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, PRIMARILY IN THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM AREA (“THE BENEFICIARIES”), THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PRACTICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT 3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFICIARIES 3.3 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFICIARIES SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES. 3.4 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST THE BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY BY ESTABLISHING AND GROWING A BUSINESS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 30 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; RACE; GENDER; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; DISABILITY; ETHNIC ORIGIN; OR WHO ARE WITHIN, OR HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE PUBLIC CARE OR PENAL SYSTEM.