Rajauri Birmingham Community Centre
Charity 1148081
Overview
Summary
Rajauri Birmingham Community Centre appears to be a place-based, community-centre charity whose formal role is broader than a single service: it is designed to bring residents, public bodies and voluntary organisations into a shared effort around education, welfare and social connection. Its recorded focus on people of a particular ethnic or racial origin suggests it may provide a culturally rooted entry point into wider civic life, although the available evidence does not show how this operates in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East
Confidence: low
The charity's associated company currently gives a registered office in Birmingham. Independent current service information identifies Masjid Taqwa in Birmingham. However, the company registered-office record alone does not prove operational activity, and the available evidence does not directly confirm that the charity operates Masjid Taqwa or support ward-level operational activity.
- Companies House — Rajauri Birmingham Community Centre Limited (company 07716159)
Lists the active company's registered office in Birmingham, and records activities including religious organisations and social work without accommodation. - Al-Imaan Institute — Contact Us
Identifies Masjid Taqwa in Birmingham as its address, providing current evidence that a religious and educational venue operates in the city. - Birmingham City Council — current ward boundaries
Provides current ward-boundary information.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates, which supports a citywide overall footprint, but the available public material does not identify services, projects or delivery locations across the city.
- There is no direct current first-party statement explicitly confirming that Masjid Taqwa is operated by Rajauri Birmingham Community Centre, despite evidence referencing the same site and the charity's recorded religious activity.
- The Charity Commission contact address should not be treated as an operational site: older charity accounts identify it as the address of Moughal & Co, the charity's accountants.
- No material partnerships extending the charity's geography beyond its own Birmingham-wide reported area were identified in the authoritative sources consulted.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustees' annual report, activity report or official organisation webpage describing services, beneficiaries and delivery locations.
- A current first-party confirmation of the relationship between Rajauri Birmingham Community Centre and Masjid Taqwa, including whether the relevant site is owned, managed or merely used by the charity.
- Details of any active partnerships, outreach venues or programmes that demonstrate how the reported Birmingham-wide operation is delivered in practice.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A convening role is built into its charitable purpose
The organisation appears intended not only to provide activities, but to act as a local platform through which residents, statutory authorities and voluntary organisations can work together.
Why it matters
This suggests its potential value may lie in relationship-building and local coordination as much as in direct provision. It could therefore be an important connector for organisations seeking trusted routes into communities.
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“Its objects include associating inhabitants, statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and other organisations in a common effort.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include establishing, maintaining and managing a community centre.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its remit combines universal civic language with a defined community focus
The charity’s objects describe inclusive provision for Birmingham residents without distinction, while its recorded beneficiary group is people of a particular ethnic or racial origin. This may indicate a culturally specific organisation using an inclusive community-centre framework.
Why it matters
This distinction is useful when considering partnership: the organisation may hold particular trust or cultural knowledge while also framing its role as part of the wider neighbourhood.
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“Its objects promote benefit for Birmingham City and neighbourhood inhabitants without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, nationality, age, disability, race or opinions.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps people of a particular ethnic or racial origin.”
Source:Charity Commission
Education may be the organisation’s stated route to wider wellbeing
Education appears to be positioned within a wider model of improving living conditions through welfare, recreation and leisure, rather than as an isolated educational mission.
Why it matters
This may make the centre a potentially complementary partner for organisations working across learning, social isolation, participation or wellbeing, rather than only formal education.
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“Its objects include advancing education and providing facilities for recreation and leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its activities state that it brings inhabitants and organisations together in a common effort to advance education.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which ethnic or racial communities the organisation serves, and whether this focus is current.
- What services, facilities, partnerships and community relationships are active in practice.
- Whether religious activities are central to delivery or only part of its registered classification.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts or activity reports showing programmes, reach and partnerships.
- The organisation’s website, social media or venue information showing current services and community use.
- Evidence from beneficiaries or local partners about the centre’s role, trust and distinctive contribution.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Birmingham City and neighborhood without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, nationality, age, disability, 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.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE ARE TO: PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM CITY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, 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; IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED “THE CENTRE”) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.