Quarry Lane Evangelisation Trust
Charity 260591
Overview
Summary
Quarry Lane Evangelisation Trust appears to be a place-based religious infrastructure charity: its primary role is to hold and maintain a Gospel Hall and potentially other premises for Christian worship, evangelisation and fellowship. Its public-benefit footprint may be broader than a congregation alone, since it identifies multiple age groups, disabled people and the general public as beneficiaries. However, the available evidence describes the facility and charitable purpose rather than the activities, partnerships or access arrangements that turn the building into community value.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Northfield
Confidence: medium
Direct evidence identifies the charity's activity as providing a building for religious activities and its governing purpose as maintaining a gospel hall. Current external church information identifies an active Quarry Lane Gospel Hall in Northfield, with a Sunday gospel meeting advertised there. It is a reasonable, but not conclusively documented, interpretation that this is the hall supported by Quarry Lane Evangelisation Trust. No evidence was found of services, sites or delivery elsewhere.
- Charity Commission for England and Wales, charity 260591 overview
The registered charity reports its activity as the provision of a building for religious activities; its reported financial data for the year ending 31 December 2024 shows £0 income and £0 expenditure. - Supplied organisation record, based on Charity Commission data
The charity's objects are to erect and maintain a gospel hall and other buildings for spreading the gospel and the edification of Christians; its contact address is in Northfield, Birmingham. - Hope Chapel, Moseley official website
The site currently advertises gospel preaching each Sunday 'also at Quarry Lane Gospel Hall – 4pm' and separately refers to gospel meetings in Northfield/Rubery. - Gospel Hall directory
The directory lists a Gospel Hall on Quarry Lane, Northfield, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence does not explicitly state that Quarry Lane Evangelisation Trust owns, manages or directly delivers the currently advertised meetings at Quarry Lane Gospel Hall; the connection is inferred from the charity's name, objects and activity description.
- The registered address appears to be a contact address and should not be treated as a confirmed operational or public-facing site.
- No current annual report, service timetable, venue-management record or official website for the trust was available to establish the full pattern of activity at the hall.
- Hope Chapel's references indicate activity at the hall, but do not establish a formal partnership with the trust or show that the trust operates in Moseley, Rubery, or elsewhere.
- The charity's nil income and expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2024 make the current scale and frequency of its operational activity uncertain.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual return, trustees' report or governing-property record confirming the address and status of the gospel hall held by the trust.
- A current venue or congregation webpage, programme or contact information directly linking Quarry Lane Gospel Hall to Quarry Lane Evangelisation Trust.
- Confirmation from the trustees of whether the trust only holds or maintains the building, or also directly organises religious services and other activities.
- Evidence of any formal arrangements with Hope Chapel or other congregations using the hall.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Defined Groups
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Its core operating model is stewardship of religious space
The Trust appears to create impact chiefly by owning, maintaining and making available a physical venue, rather than by directly delivering a specified programme of services.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation as civic infrastructure for religious activity. Understanding who uses the hall, when, and on what terms is likely more important than counting activities alone.
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“FOR THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GOSPEL HALL AND OF SUCH OTHER BUILDING OR BUILDINGS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SEEM EXPEDIENT”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space”
Source:Charity Commission
The hall may serve both evangelisation and internal Christian community
Its objects combine outward-facing gospel spreading with the edification of Christians, suggesting the premises may support both outreach and congregational or inter-church gathering.
Why it matters
This dual purpose may shape potential relationships: the Trust could be relevant to organisations seeking accessible gathering space as well as to Christian groups pursuing faith-based outreach.
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“TO BE USED FOR THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL AND THE EDIFICATION OF CHRISTIANS”
Source:Charity Commission“Religious Activities”
Source:Charity Commission
Its stated beneficiary reach is broader than its narrowly religious description
The charity presents itself as helping children, older people, disabled people, defined groups and the public, which may indicate an intention for the building to be accessible across generations and needs rather than solely to a fixed membership.
Why it matters
This is a potentially important public-benefit claim, but it raises useful questions about actual accessibility, inclusion and the kinds of groups able to use the space.
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“Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind”
Source:Charity Commission“Provision of Building for Religious Activitie”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the Gospel Hall is used only by one congregation or by multiple community and faith groups.
- What activities occur in the building and how frequently it is used.
- Whether the premises are physically, financially and culturally accessible to the beneficiary groups named.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on hall users, regular activities, booking arrangements and partner organisations.
- Evidence of accessibility features, safeguarding arrangements and participation by the stated beneficiary groups.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Provision of Building for Religious Activitie
Charity objects
FOR THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GOSPEL HALL AND OF SUCH OTHER BUILDING OR BUILDINGS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SEEM EXPEDIENT FOR THE PURPOSES HEREOF UPON THE SAID HEREDITAMENT TO BE USED FOR THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL AND THE EDIFICATION OF CHRISTIANS