Quinborne Community Association Limited
Charity 1139062
www.quinbornecommunitycentre.co.uk
Overview
Summary
Quinborne Community Association appears to operate as a neighbourhood civic hub rather than a single-purpose service provider. Its role combines managing accessible community space with convening activity across education, wellbeing, recreation and social connection for a broad local population. Recent investment in the building suggests that maintaining a usable, welcoming physical base is central to its strategy, while the involvement of public funders and a youth-skills charity indicates that the centre can act as a platform through which wider local investment and development activity is delivered.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Quinton
Confidence: high
The organisation identifies Quinborne Community Centre in Quinton as its current contact address and active service venue. Its current website describes classes, social activities, a café, room hire, an onsite nursery and attached library facilities at the centre.
- Quinborne Community Centre website — Contact Us
Lists the postal address as Quinborne Community Centre in Quinton, Birmingham, and refers to activities run at Quinborne. - Quinborne Community Centre website — About Us
States that the centre is located in Quinton, is dedicated to serving local residents, and provides social, leisure and educational classes, room hire, an onsite nursery and the Starr Café. - Quinborne Community Centre website — May 2026 update
Reports recent refurbishment of the centre, Bennett Hall and quad, and says the building remained open while work supported by VIY was carried out. - Charity Commission register entry for charity 1139062
Records the charity address as Quinborne Community Centre in Quinton, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The charity's governing objects define its area of benefit as Harborne, Quinton and the neighbourhood, and its website describes itself as serving Quinton, Harborne and surrounding areas. However, the available current evidence places delivery at the Quinton centre and does not evidence a separate operational site or off-site service delivery within Harborne.
- Some activities listed on the centre's timetable appear to be delivered by external clubs, tutors or groups hiring space. The available evidence does not consistently distinguish services directly managed by Quinborne from activities hosted at its venue.
- Birmingham City Council, UK Shared Prosperity Fund support and VIY contributed to refurbishment at the Quinton site. These partnerships strengthen the centre's local facilities but do not evidence an operational footprint beyond Quinton.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or service report identifying the home areas of service users and whether programmes are delivered outside the Quinborne centre in Quinton.
- A current list of projects, outreach sessions or commissioned services showing any delivery locations in Harborne or elsewhere in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from the organisation of which timetable activities are directly operated by Quinborne and which are independent venue hires.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
The building appears to be the organisation's core civic infrastructure
The association appears to create value primarily by operating a shared physical base from which multiple social, educational and wellbeing activities can occur, rather than through one narrowly defined programme.
Why it matters
This helps explain why maintenance, room hire and refurbishment are strategically important: the centre's condition may directly affect the activity and relationships it can support.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include establishing, maintaining and managing a community centre in Harborne, Quinton and the neighbourhood.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include room hire, a cafe, adult education, health and fitness, activity groups and seminars and training rooms.”
Source:Organisation“Replacement fire doors, emergency exits, electrical work, a boiler replacement and refurbishment of communal areas were completed or planned.”
Source:Organisation
It may function as an intergenerational connector
The available evidence suggests a model that brings together people at different life stages through shared premises, while also retaining some targeted provision for older residents and young people.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from providers focused on a single client group and raises useful questions about whether its spaces and programmes deliberately create contact across generations.
Show evidence
“Activities include over-60 activity groups and a luncheon club on Tuesdays and Thursdays.”
Source:Organisation“The charity states that it helps children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities and voluntary bodies, and the general public.”
Source:Organisation“VIY involved young people aged 14–24 in repairing and refurbishing Bennett Hall.”
Source:Organisation
Capital improvement is linked to youth development, not only asset repair
The refurbishment appears to have been used as an opportunity to connect building investment with practical training for young people who are disengaged from education or employment.
Why it matters
This suggests the centre may be able to turn routine infrastructure needs into wider community benefit, creating a potentially replicable relationship between facilities management and skills development.
Show evidence
“Bennett Hall was repainted and repaired with involvement from VIY.”
Source:Organisation“VIY supports young people aged 14–24, including people not in education, employment or training or at risk of disengagement, to gain vocational trade skills accreditations.”
Source:Organisation“Refurbishment work was supported by Birmingham City Council and UK Government funding through the UKSPF programme.”
Source:Organisation
- Which activities are directly delivered by the association and which are hosted for other groups or providers.
- Whether room hire and the cafe generate significant unrestricted income for the centre.
- Which local communities use the centre most, and which residents remain underrepresented.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current programme timetable showing delivery partners, attendance and participant groups.
- Recent annual accounts or impact reporting showing income sources, building costs and service outcomes.
- Evidence of local partnerships, referral routes and community consultation.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Cafe, Adult Education, Over 60 activity groups, Luncheon Club-Tuesdays and Thursdays, Room Hire, Health and Fitness. Quinborne Hub, Seminars and Training Rooms.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO: 3.1 PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; 3.2 ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS; 3.3 PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED. THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE HARBORNE AND QUINTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ].