Perry Beeches Baptist Church, Birmingham
Charity 1198329
Overview
Summary
Perry Beeches Baptist Church appears to operate as both a worshipping congregation and a neighbourhood-facing community anchor in Great Barr. Its model combines faith-based belonging across generations with practical support, including food, warmth, welcome, counselling and befriending. The available evidence suggests that its premises are an important delivery asset: a place for worship, social connection and community services. Its public language places unusual emphasis on accessibility and relationship-building, potentially broadening its role beyond people already connected to church.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Oscott
Confidence: high
The church's current website identifies Perry Beeches Baptist Church as the location for worship, food-bank, café, community and venue-hire activity. Birmingham City Council planning material identifies Perry Beeches Baptist Church as being in Oscott.
- Perry Beeches Baptist Church – Food Bank page
States that the food bank is open every Tuesday and gives its delivery location as Perry Beeches Baptist Church. - Perry Beeches Baptist Church – PBBC Meetings page
Lists a café, food bank, toddler group, friendship group, Bible study and in-church worship, with Perry Beeches Baptist Church as the stated location. - Birmingham City Council – Planning Applications Received between 17 May and 23 May 2026
Records 'Perry Beeches Baptist Church, Oscott, Birmingham' in the council's planning weekly list. - Charity Commission annual-report record for Perry Beeches Baptist Church
Records the opening of the church's Community Hub and Café in May 2023, indicating that the church premises function as an operational community facility rather than only a registered address.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence supports one active physical base in Oscott, but does not identify any additional current Birmingham delivery sites.
- The charity reports prison ministry, Open the Book, counselling, befriending and partnerships with schools, a GP surgery, fire stations and other local organisations; available evidence does not specify current delivery locations or show that these activities create a sustained operational presence in other wards.
- The church welcomes people from across Birmingham and provides some Zoom-based activity, but this demonstrates potential reach rather than citywide physical operations.
- Although the church describes ambitions and partnerships with wider impact, the current evidence indicates an operational identity centred on the Perry Beeches/Great Barr locality rather than a district-wide or citywide delivery network.
Additional evidence needed
- A current social-action or impact report identifying the locations, frequency and lead organisation for prison ministry, school activity, counselling, befriending and Open the Book work.
- A current partnership list or service-delivery agreements confirming which partner relationships remain active and whether services are delivered away from Beeches Road.
- A current annual report or programme calendar showing any regular off-site Birmingham activity.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
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 church using belonging as its bridge to community support
The church appears to connect spiritual activity with an intentionally welcoming, relationship-led offer. Its food bank, Place of Welcome, Warm Place, counselling and befriending may provide multiple entry points for people who are not initially seeking religious participation.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation's civic role may depend as much on creating low-threshold belonging as on delivering individual services. It may therefore reach people experiencing isolation or practical hardship through relationships rather than referral alone.
Show evidence
“Activities include Food Bank, counselling, Befriending, Place of Welcome and Warm Place.”
Source:Charity Commission“It describes itself as 'A Home for All' and says people can 'belong before you believe'.”
Source:Organisation
Its building may be a central civic asset
The church appears to use its physical site as more than a venue for worship, enabling community space and service delivery alongside congregational life.
Why it matters
Understanding the building as infrastructure helps explain how a relatively broad range of support can coexist within one organisation. It also raises questions about its potential role as a local convening space for other groups.
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“The charity provides buildings, facilities and open space.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include Community Space, Food Bank, Place of Welcome and Warm Place.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation is pursuing a whole-life, multi-generational model
Rather than concentrating on one age group or need, the church appears to organise community around life stage, with provision and messaging for children, young people, adults, families and older people.
Why it matters
This may position the church as a connector between generations that often engage separately with local services. It could create opportunities for mutual support, but may also require substantial volunteer capacity and coordination.
Show evidence
“It describes itself as a multi-generational church for kids, teens, young adults, families, seniors and everyone in between.”
Source:Organisation“Activities include Open The Book, Prison Ministry and public worship.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether community services are available to all local residents without expectation of religious engagement.
- The scale, frequency, reach and funding of the food bank, counselling, prison ministry and welcome-based activities.
- Which local organisations, schools, prisons or referral networks the church works with.
Remaining uncertainties
- Service data showing attendance, repeat use, beneficiary characteristics and unmet demand.
- Information on partners, volunteers, referral routes and use of the church building by external groups.
- Recent annual reports or impact accounts describing priorities, outcomes and projects in development.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Public worship, Evangelism, Food Bank, Community Space, counselling, Prison Ministry, Befriending, Open The Book, Place of Welcome, Warm Place. Other projects are in the pipeline.
Charity objects
THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:- 3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 3.1.2 THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.