Mount Ararat Children'S Mission
Charity 261448
Overview
Summary
Mount Ararat Children's Mission appears to be a narrowly focused children’s charity using holidays and recreation as a form of relief for disadvantaged children. Its stated purpose places it within a broad welfare remit, while its activity suggests a practical model centred on providing restorative experiences rather than solely material aid or treatment. Religious, cultural and recreational classifications may indicate that its support is designed to address wellbeing through experience, participation and respite.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no direct evidence identifying a current service-delivery location within Birmingham. The supplied record describes the charity's activity as providing holidays for disadvantaged children, but does not state where holidays are delivered, where children are recruited, or where beneficiaries live.
- The registered address in Birmingham is the only Birmingham location identified. It may be a correspondence or trustee address rather than a site from which services are delivered, so it does not justify recording Northfield as an operational area.
- No physical service sites, holiday venues, delivery partners or subsidiary organisations are identified in the available evidence.
- The neighbourhood coverage type is a cautious provisional interpretation based only on the charity's single Birmingham contact address and the absence of evidence of a wider current operational footprint; it is not evidence that services are neighbourhood-based.
- The reported income and expenditure of £0 for the financial year ending 30 September 2024 creates uncertainty about whether the charity was actively delivering services during that period.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustee annual report, accounts or annual return describing recent activities, beneficiary catchment and holiday locations.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether its Birmingham address is an operational base, a correspondence address, or a trustee's address.
- Details of current holiday providers, venues, referral agencies or partner organisations through which children are supported.
- Evidence identifying whether the charity serves children from a defined Birmingham neighbourhood, across Birmingham, or outside the city.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Holidays appear to be the charity’s delivery mechanism for relief
The available evidence suggests that the organisation treats holidays as a charitable intervention for children experiencing disadvantage, rather than as a general leisure activity.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from broad children’s services: its potential value may lie in respite, inclusion and access to experiences that families under financial or health-related pressure may otherwise be unable to provide.
Show evidence
“Providing holidays for disadvantaged children.”
Source:Organisation“FOR THE RELIEF IN CASES OF NEED OF SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR DEPRIVED CHILDREN.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its beneficiary definition is broad, but its service offer may be specific
The charity’s objects encompass children affected by illness, disability, recovery and deprivation, while the known activity is holidays. This may indicate a single intervention intended to serve several forms of disadvantage.
Why it matters
A broad eligibility rationale combined with a focused offer could make the organisation a useful partner for schools, health services or family-support groups seeking non-clinical support, but it also raises questions about who can access provision.
Show evidence
“FOR THE RELIEF IN CASES OF NEED OF SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR DEPRIVED CHILDREN.”
Source:Charity Commission“Providing holidays for disadvantaged children.”
Source:Organisation
Wellbeing may be approached through participation rather than specialist care
The combination of recreation, arts/culture/heritage/science, religious activities and services may indicate an approach that supports children through shared experiences and participation, alongside practical human support.
Why it matters
This suggests possible complementarity with organisations offering clinical, educational or material assistance: Mount Ararat may contribute experiential and social dimensions of support that others do not provide.
Show evidence
“Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Human Resources, Provides Services.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether holidays are residential, day-based, local or away from home.
- How children are identified, referred and selected.
- Whether religious activity is integral to provision or simply part of the charity’s wider classification.
- Which organisations, volunteers or funders enable delivery.
Remaining uncertainties
- Details of holiday formats, frequency, locations, costs and numbers of children supported.
- Eligibility criteria, referral routes and safeguarding arrangements.
- Annual reports or accounts showing partners, funding sources and changes in activity over time.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Providing holidays for disadvantaged children.
Charity objects
FOR THE RELIEF IN CASES OF NEED OF SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR DEPRIVED CHILDREN.(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSES 1-5 OF CONSTITUTION).