Pat Benson Community Sports Foundation
Charity 1176806
Overview
Summary
Pat Benson Community Sports Foundation appears to use boxing as an accessible entry point to wider social support rather than as an end in itself. Its stated role combines sport, mentoring, education and wellbeing activity for people facing disadvantage, suggesting a community-anchor model built around a specialist sporting facility. The evidence also indicates an unusually broad intended reach—from young people to older and disabled people—though it remains unclear how these groups are balanced in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Brandwood and Kings Heath
Confidence: high
The organisation’s current public-facing Academy and Foundation websites identify 205 Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, B13 0ST as its contact/visitor address. Companies House records that the charity company changed its registered office to that address on 9 February 2026. Mapping this Kings Heath site to Brandwood and Kings Heath ward is a reasonable geographic interpretation using Birmingham City Council’s current ward mapping.
- Pat Benson Boxing Academy website
The Academy contact details give its address as 205 Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0ST. - Pat Benson Community Sports Foundation website
The Foundation’s visitor information gives 205 Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0ST. - Companies House, Pat Benson Community Sports Foundation Limited filing history
The company changed its registered office from Unit 2, 50 Adderley Street, B9 4ED to 205 Wheelers Lane, B13 0ST on 9 February 2026. - Birmingham City Council current ward maps
The council’s ward mapping provides the geographic basis for assigning the Kings Heath site to the Brandwood and Kings Heath ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record gives a different charity contact address and describes the Foundation as based in Small Heath. This conflicts with the current Foundation and Academy websites and the February 2026 Companies House registered-office change. The available evidence does not establish whether the former address remains a delivery venue, is now only associated with a related boxing-club entity, or has ceased to be used by the charity.
- The evidence supports a citywide operational identity rather than a single-neighbourhood organisation: the Charity Commission records Birmingham City as its area of operation, and a University of Essex evaluation published in April 2025 describes the Foundation as working with communities across Birmingham. However, it does not identify current delivery venues or service volumes by ward, so no additional Birmingham wards can be evidenced confidently.
- Partnership and referral links materially broaden access to the Foundation’s programmes, including referrals described from Focus Birmingham, Crisis Skylight, Changes UK and young-offending services. The available evidence does not identify the locations at which those partners’ referrals translate into delivery, so these links should not be converted into additional operational-area records.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable or delivery plan naming all active venues, schools, colleges, alternative provisions and outreach locations.
- Confirmation from the Foundation of the operational status of the former contact address and whether services continue there.
- Current partnership agreements or referral-pathway information specifying where jointly delivered or partner-referred programmes operate.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Boxing appears to be the organisation's platform, not its sole outcome
The available evidence suggests the foundation uses boxing to create sustained contact with participants, through which it can deliver mentoring, personal development, wellbeing and educational support.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a conventional sports club. Its potential civic value may lie in trusted relationships and broader development pathways created around sport.
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“The foundation uses sport, particularly boxing, in addition to mentoring and personal development to improve life chances.”
Source:Organisation“Its objects include supporting activities that develop skills, capacities and capabilities for participation in society.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may function as a local community anchor
Providing facilities alongside services, with programmes spanning homework support, mental wellbeing and women-only classes, may indicate a place-based model in which one venue supports several forms of community participation.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation could be relevant to partners beyond sport, including youth services, education, wellbeing and inclusion initiatives.
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“Specialist staff deliver programmes ranging from mental wellbeing to homework clubs and women's only classes.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space and provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its formal remit is broader than its stated primary constituency
Although activities are framed around young people and adults in deprived inner-city Birmingham, the charity's formal beneficiary groups also include older people and people with disabilities. This may indicate unrealised breadth, or a broad constitutional remit not reflected in current delivery.
Why it matters
The difference is worth investigating because it could reveal opportunities for expansion, partnerships or clearer targeting.
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“The foundation aims to improve the life chances of young people and adults in challenging and deprived areas of inner-city Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children or young people, elderly or old people, people with disabilities and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the Small Heath description and the Kings Heath website address refer to the same operating base, multiple sites or changed information.
- Which programmes are active, their scale, and whether older people and disabled people are currently served.
- How the foundation works with schools, health services, community groups or other local organisations.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact data showing participant numbers, outcomes, locations and demographic reach.
- Information on delivery partners, referral routes, funding sources and access arrangements for each programme.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Pat Benson Community Sports Foundation uses sport, particularly boxing, in addition to mentoring and personal development to improve the life chances of young people and adults in the most challenging and deprived areas of inner-city Birmingham. The foundation is based in Small Heath and specialist staff deliver programmes ranging from mental wellbeing to homework clubs & women's only classes.
Charity objects
1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. 2. THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR BOXING 3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST 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.