Moseley Rugby Community Foundation
Charity 1107396
Overview
Summary
Moseley Rugby Community Foundation appears to be a broad community-benefit charity rooted in a rugby-club environment. Its formal objects extend beyond sport into health, education, personal development and access to leisure, while the available activity description is narrower and centred on physical activity and healthy lifestyles. The evidence suggests that the Foundation may draw practical reach and facilities from Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club, but its distinct programmes, beneficiaries and delivery model are not yet visible.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Billesley
Confidence: high
The Foundation has direct evidence of delivering activities at Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club's Billesley Common base. Birmingham City Council identifies the Moseley Rugby Club site on Billesley Common as being within Billesley ward.
- Moseley Rugby Community Foundation, Community & Foundation Projects 23/24
The Foundation reported that its Walking Rugby session ran on the club's back pitch, that community sports festivals showcased club facilities, and that it hosted ten school events at the rugby club. - Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club, Contact page
The club identifies its operational base as Billesley Common; the page lists a Board Member with responsibility for Community & Foundation and a Head of Community Rugby. - Birmingham City Council, planning application 2024/07470/PA consultees record
The record locates Moseley Rugby Club at Billesley Common and associates the site with Billesley Ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The strongest detailed delivery evidence is for 2023/24. The current website still presents the Foundation and community-rugby function, but it does not publish a current programme timetable, school list or delivery-location list.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire as places where the charity operates. This supports a regional overall footprint, but does not show the scale, frequency or current locations of activity in each area.
- The Foundation's evidence shows delivery in schools and collaborations with Sport Birmingham, the RFU, Safe Haven, Strike9 and Murabiyoon, but does not identify the relevant schools or neighbourhoods. Those partnerships therefore cannot reliably be mapped to further Birmingham wards.
- The Charity Commission correspondence address should not be treated as an operational site; the evidence instead points to the Billesley Common rugby-club base as the evidenced delivery hub.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or impact report specifying delivery locations, schools, participant origins and programme dates.
- A current Foundation programme schedule confirming which activities continue at Billesley Common and whether any are delivered elsewhere in Birmingham.
- Partner confirmations or project records from Sport Birmingham, the RFU, Safe Haven, Strike9 and Murabiyoon that identify current delivery venues and geographic catchments.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Rugby appears to be a platform rather than the whole purpose
The Foundation appears to use sport, especially rugby, as a route into wider charitable outcomes including health, skills, education and social participation, rather than existing solely to support competitive rugby.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a conventional sports club and suggests potential relevance to partners working in wellbeing, youth development, inclusion or adult learning.
Show evidence
“The objects include developing capacity and skills, improving access to recreation, protecting health through healthy recreation and sport, and offering training opportunities in personal, health and lifestyle matters.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's activities are described as physical activity and healthy lifestyle activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
The Foundation may be embedded in a wider club ecosystem
Available evidence suggests the Foundation may operate alongside, or through, Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club's facilities, teams, events and local sporting network; however, the exact relationship is not stated.
Why it matters
An embedded model could give the Foundation access to physical space, participants, volunteers and local relationships that would be difficult for a standalone charity to build.
Show evidence
“The website presents Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club, its teams, walking rugby, mini and junior activity, women's team, venue hire, memberships and sponsorship opportunities.”
Source:Organisation“The club is based at Billesley Common, Yardley Wood Road, Birmingham, B13 0HN.”
Source:Organisation
There is a gap between charitable ambition and visible delivery
The Foundation has a wide remit and identifies children, older people and the general public as beneficiaries, but the available material does not show named Foundation programmes, participant numbers or outcomes.
Why it matters
This makes it difficult to assess whether its broad objects translate into targeted community provision, or whether some intended beneficiary groups receive less attention than others.
Show evidence
“The charity helps children and young people, elderly and old people, and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's purposes include general charitable purposes, education and training, and amateur sport.”
Source:Charity Commission“The website content focuses on club fixtures, tickets, memberships, sponsorship, merchandise, venue hire and teams.”
Source:Organisation
- Which programmes the Foundation directly delivers and which are delivered by Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club.
- How children, older people and people facing hardship or disability are reached and supported.
- Whether education, training and capacity-building objectives are active current priorities.
Remaining uncertainties
- A recent Foundation annual report or impact report describing programmes, participants, outcomes and funding.
- Information on governance, staffing, facilities access and the formal relationship with Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club.
- Programme-level evidence showing beneficiary demographics, referral partners and community need addressed.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Physical activity and healthy lifestyle activities
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS, OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: - DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY AND SKILLS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH BY ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY AND OTHER SPORTS; AND ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND BY OFFERING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN PERSONAL, HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE."