Living Word Fellowship (Kenilworth) Trust
Charity 1055279
www.livingwordfellowship.org.uk
Overview
Summary
Living Word Fellowship (Kenilworth) Trust appears to be a faith-centred organisation whose core operating model is local Christian teaching and relationship-building, supplemented by a broader charitable remit that can include hardship relief, community benefit and overseas aid. Its stated ability to make grants as well as provide services suggests it may act not only as a congregation but also as a small redistributor of resources. The available evidence does not show how extensively these wider purposes are currently active.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- No direct evidence identifies any current service, meeting, physical site, funded project or material partnership within Birmingham.
- The charity's registered contact address is in Kenilworth, outside Birmingham; it should not be treated as a service-delivery site without corroborating evidence.
- The charity's reported activities describe Sunday services, mid-week home groups and evangelistic meetings, but do not give current venues, neighbourhoods or participant catchments.
- The charity is classified as undertaking overseas aid/famine relief and its governing purposes allow activity internationally, but the available evidence does not identify current overseas delivery locations or establish that these activities materially extend its present operational footprint.
- Current meeting locations, projects, partners or service areas could not be verified from the available evidence.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or trustees' report identifying the locations of worship, home groups, grants and overseas-aid activity.
- Current official website or social-media information confirming regular meeting venues and any Birmingham-based activities.
- Evidence from named partner organisations or grant recipients showing current delivery arrangements and locations.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether it currently delivers, funds or hosts any activity in Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A congregation with a potentially wider charitable role
Regular worship, teaching and home groups appear to be the organisation's day-to-day centre of gravity, while its objects allow it to extend into relief of hardship and other community benefit where trustees consider this appropriate.
Why it matters
This distinguishes a purely worship-focused body from one with discretion to translate its faith community and resources into practical support. It would be useful to understand whether that wider remit is active or mainly permissive.
Show evidence
“The charity provides regular Christian teaching through a Sunday church service and mid-week home groups.”
Source:Organisation“The objects include relieving persons in conditions of need or hardship and promoting other charitable purposes beneficial to the community.”
Source:Charity Commission
Relationship-based delivery may be a key asset
The combination of all-age teaching and mid-week home groups may indicate that support, learning and community connection are organised through recurring small-group relationships rather than only through public events.
Why it matters
If so, the fellowship may hold local trust and informal referral capacity that could complement organisations delivering more formal services.
Show evidence
“Christian teaching is provided to all age groups through Sunday services and mid-week home groups.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people.”
Source:Charity Commission
Grant-making creates an outward-facing connection point
The charity may support civic or humanitarian activity beyond its own programmes through grants to individuals and organisations, including activity classified as overseas aid or famine relief.
Why it matters
This suggests possible relationships with other voluntary bodies and a role in directing resources outward, but the beneficiaries, geography and scale remain unknown.
Show evidence
“The charity makes grants to individuals and organisations and provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's activities include overseas aid and famine relief.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether hardship relief, community-benefit work and overseas aid are current activities or broad reserve powers.
- Which organisations, communities or countries receive grants or other support.
- Whether non-Christian engagement extends beyond evangelistic meetings into practical community services.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing expenditure by activity, grants made and beneficiary groups.
- Information on current projects, partner organisations, local service delivery and geographic reach.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
This charity exists to provide regular Christian teaching to all age groups through a Sunday church service and therough mid-week home groups. The charity also encourages non-Christians to appreciate the benefit of Christian teachings and morals through evangelistic meetings.
Charity objects
A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT C) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT