Property For Kids
Charity 1132787
Overview
Summary
Property For Kids appears to be a Birmingham property-sector-led fundraising intermediary rather than a direct service provider. It converts industry relationships and social events into grants or items for organisations supporting young people facing disadvantage across the West Midlands. Its role seems distinctive because it links a commercially defined professional community with a broad range of children’s needs, potentially enabling flexible support while leaving the charity’s specific funding priorities and reach unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Soho and Jewellery Quarter
Confidence: medium
There is direct evidence of a planned Property for Kids fundraising event at The Jam House in St Paul's Square in December 2026. This demonstrates a current, event-based operational presence rather than a permanent service site. The evidence does not establish operational activity across the ward.
- Property for Kids official website, homepage
The current website lists its Snowball fundraising event for 1 December 2026 at The Jam House. - Property for Kids official website, "Property sector throws Snowball for children's charities"
The charity states that its Snowball event was organised at The Jam House in St Paul's Square. - Birmingham City Council planning records
Council records reference properties in St Paul's Square.
Remaining uncertainties
- Property for Kids is principally a grant-maker, not a direct service provider. Its current public information does not identify a complete, dated list of grant recipients or the Birmingham wards in which those recipients work.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City and several other West Midlands local-authority areas as places where the charity operates, supporting a regional footprint. They do not establish citywide activity in every Birmingham ward.
- The registered address should not be treated as a confirmed operational site: the Charity Commission records that the charity does not own or lease land or property, and the address may be administrative or correspondence-based.
- The website contains some inconsistent or stale event-page dates. The planned December 2026 Snowball provides evidence of intended current activity, but does not confirm that the event will take place.
Additional evidence needed
- A current grant-award or impact report specifying recipient organisations, award dates and the locations of supported projects.
- Confirmation from Property for Kids of its current fundraising-event programme and venues.
- Confirmation of whether the registered address is used for day-to-day charity operations, rather than solely for registered correspondence.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A sector network converted into civic support
The available evidence suggests that Property For Kids uses Birmingham’s property industry as its primary civic asset: a community of contacts, events and donors that can be mobilised for charitable giving.
Why it matters
This helps explain the organisation’s likely value beyond grant funding alone. Its effectiveness may depend on its ability to sustain relationships within a professional sector and channel that sector’s resources towards local children’s charities.
Show evidence
“The website describes the property industry in Birmingham as a community working together for the betterment of others.”
Source:Organisation“The charity holds several events or functions each year raising funds through ticket sales, raffles, auctions and sponsorship.”
Source:Charity Commission
An indirect, potentially flexible route to helping young people
Property For Kids appears to support children and young people through other organisations, using grants and items rather than delivering services itself. Its charitable objects allow support across health, disability, financial hardship and social circumstances.
Why it matters
This suggests the charity may be positioned to strengthen existing frontline organisations and respond across multiple forms of disadvantage. However, the breadth of its remit makes its practical priorities difficult to identify from current evidence.
Show evidence
“The charity relieves young people in need in the West Midlands through grants and items to charities or other organisations helping such young people.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children and young people and makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
Event-based fundraising may create both visibility and dependence
The prominence of named events, ticket sales, raffles, auctions and sponsorship suggests that public social fundraising is central to the organisation’s operating model, rather than a peripheral income source.
Why it matters
This may give Property For Kids a visible convening role in Birmingham’s property community, but it may also make income sensitive to event attendance, sponsorship and the continued engagement of that sector.
Show evidence
“The website lists events including Snowball and The Brendas.”
Source:Organisation“The charity raises funds through ticket sales, raffles, auctions and sponsorship.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which organisations receive support, and which children or communities benefit most.
- The scale, frequency and criteria of grants or item donations.
- Whether the listed future and past event dates accurately reflect current activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing income sources, grant totals and funded organisations.
- A list of recent beneficiaries, grant purposes and geographic distribution across the West Midlands.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Fundraising activities The charity holds several events/ functions each year raising funds through ticket sales, raffles, auctions and sponsership.
Charity objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AREA BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND ITEMS TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS HELPING SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE.