Park Lane Community Hub CIO
Charity 1200806
Overview
Summary
Park Lane Community Hub CIO appears to be a place-based civic infrastructure organisation: its central role is likely to be creating and sustaining a shared community venue through which residents, public bodies and voluntary organisations can contribute to local wellbeing. Its objects combine broad social inclusion with practical community development, suggesting that the hub may function less as a specialist provider and more as a platform for varied local activity, relationships and services in Sandwell and the surrounding area.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record states that the charity operates in Birmingham City, Sandwell and Walsall, but provides no service, project, venue or beneficiary-location detail that would identify a current Birmingham ward or recognised place.
- The charity's registered contact address is in Sandwell, rather than within a supplied Birmingham ward. The address therefore does not evidence a Birmingham operational site.
- The charity's objects focus on residents of Sandwell and the surrounding area and allow for establishing or managing a community centre, but this is an intended charitable scope rather than evidence that a centre or services are currently operating.
- Current operational activity cannot be assessed confidently: the Charity Commission says activity information is unavailable, and accounts and trustees' annual reports for the years ending 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025 were overdue.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, timetable, booking information or venue hire record showing where the charity delivers activities.
- The overdue trustees' annual reports and accounts, including a narrative of activities and any premises used.
- Confirmation from the charity or an official delivery partner of any current Birmingham-based service locations, projects or formal partnerships.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- General Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A shared-space model for civic connection
The organisation appears designed to operate a community centre as a common setting where residents, local authorities, voluntary groups and other organisations can work alongside one another.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie not only in activities it delivers directly, but in the relationships, access and collaboration enabled by the space. Its influence could therefore extend beyond any single programme.
Show evidence
“The charity may establish, maintain, manage or co-operate in managing a community centre.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include associating residents, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort.”
Source:Charity Commission
Broad remit may make it a local convenor rather than a specialist
Its remit spans education, social welfare, recreation, leisure and economic or community development, indicating a potentially flexible role responsive to varied local priorities.
Why it matters
A broad remit can make the hub a useful connector between needs that are often addressed separately, such as social participation, skills, employment and access to facilities. It also leaves open questions about which needs it prioritises in practice.
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“The charity's objects include advancing education and providing facilities for social welfare, recreation and leisure-time occupation.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its stated charitable activities include economic/community development/employment and recreation.”
Source:Charity Commission
Inclusion is embedded in the organisation's founding purpose
The organisation appears intended to serve residents without distinction across personal, social, political or religious characteristics, implying that accessibility and shared participation are core principles rather than secondary aims.
Why it matters
This frames the hub as potential common ground in a diverse area. It would be useful to test whether this inclusive purpose is reflected in who uses the space, who shapes decisions and which communities remain absent.
Show evidence
“The charity exists to benefit residents without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or political, religious or other opinions.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity identifies its beneficiaries as the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which activities, services or groups currently use the community centre.
- Whether the organisation primarily delivers services itself, hosts others, or combines both roles.
- Which parts of Sandwell and which communities benefit most from its work.
Remaining uncertainties
- Current programme, room-use and partner information, including organisations based at or using the hub.
- Evidence on participant demographics, local needs, governance and community involvement in decisions.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Charity objects
TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SANDWELL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.