Public Park And Pleasure Ground Birmingham Selly Oak Park
Charity 522877
Overview
Summary
The available evidence suggests that Public Park And Pleasure Ground Birmingham Selly Oak Park has a focused civic role: holding or providing a public open-space asset for recreation. Its remit is unusually broad in beneficiary terms but narrow in delivery type, centring on shared physical space rather than targeted programmes or services. This may make the organisation an enabling part of local civic infrastructure, with its value shaped heavily by how residents, informal groups and other organisations use the space.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Weoley and Selly Oak
Confidence: low
Direct evidence identifies the charity's working name as Selly Oak Park and identifies a public park in Selly Oak. The evidence supports a single, place-based operational asset rather than delivery across Birmingham, but it does not directly establish a ward-level operational area.
- Birmingham City Council, Selly Oak Park directory record
Lists Selly Oak Park in Selly Oak, Birmingham, with public recreation facilities including a playground, football pitch, outdoor gym, nature trail and walking route. - Charity Commission register, charity 522877
Records SELLY OAK PARK as the charity's working name; states that it provides open space for healthful recreation, owns or leases land or property, and is active in Birmingham City. - Birmingham City Council, Weoley and Selly Oak ward map
Provides the council's current ward map for Weoley and Selly Oak.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity's formal area of benefit and place of operation, but this is not evidence that it operates multiple sites or delivers services citywide.
- The available current evidence identifies Selly Oak Park as the operational asset but does not directly establish a ward-level operational area.
- Birmingham City Council is the sole trustee and the park is listed on the council's parks directory. This demonstrates a material management/governance relationship, but no evidence was found of a separate partnership that extends the charity's operational footprint beyond Selly Oak Park.
Additional evidence needed
- The latest trustees' annual report or a current property/asset schedule explicitly identifying all land held by charity 522877.
- A current operational agreement or council parks-management record confirming the precise management responsibilities for Selly Oak Park.
- Evidence of any additional charity-owned recreation sites, commissioned services or formal delivery partnerships beyond Selly Oak Park.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Recreation
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A place-based enabling role
The organisation appears to contribute primarily by maintaining access to a recreational setting, rather than by delivering a defined programme of activities itself.
Why it matters
This distinguishes it from many charities whose impact depends on direct service delivery. Its civic importance may lie in creating conditions for everyday recreation, informal gathering and activity by others.
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“PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND”
Source:Charity Commission“The provisions of public open space for purposes of healthful recreation”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space”
Source:Charity Commission
Universal access is central to its purpose
The organisation appears designed around a shared public good rather than a particular demographic, need group or membership base.
Why it matters
A universal remit can make the park a potential common ground across communities, but it also means the evidence does not show whose use, safety or access needs are actively prioritised.
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“The General Public/mankind”
Source:Charity Commission“The provisions of public open space for purposes of healthful recreation”
Source:Charity Commission
Recreation is the explicit outcome, not an incidental benefit
The reference to healthful recreation and amateur sport suggests the space is intended to support active use, not solely passive amenity or landscape value.
Why it matters
This points toward possible relationships with informal sports users, local activity groups and organisations promoting physical wellbeing, even though no such relationships are evidenced yet.
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“The provisions of public open space for purposes of healthful recreation”
Source:Charity Commission“Amateur Sport, Recreation”
Source:Charity Commission
- It is unclear whether the organisation owns, manages, funds or merely supports the park.
- There is no evidence about the park's condition, usage, governance, funding, accessibility or local partnerships.
- The available evidence does not show whether particular communities experience barriers to benefiting from the space.
Remaining uncertainties
- Governance, land ownership or lease arrangements, and details of day-to-day management responsibilities.
- Information on facilities, maintenance, access, usage patterns and any organised activities or partner organisations.
- Local feedback or user data showing who uses the space and who may be excluded from it.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The provisions of public open space for purposes of healthful recreation
Charity objects
PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND