Redeemed Christian Church Of God Mercy Seat Birmingham
Charity 1148206
Overview
Summary
Redeemed Christian Church Of God Mercy Seat Birmingham appears to be a worship-centred local faith organisation that combines congregational activity with a broader charitable mandate. Its core operating base is regular Christian worship, teaching and children’s activity at a community centre, while its poverty-relief role seems to be expressed partly through funding or adopting other charities. This suggests an organisation whose local relationships may be built through worship, but whose social impact may extend beyond direct service delivery.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bromford and Hodge Hill
Confidence: high
Direct evidence from the charity’s current Charity Commission activity description identifies Firs Bromford Community Centre as its place of worship and the venue for bible studies, Sunday worship, Sunday school and other Christian activities. Birmingham City Council’s polling-place review places the Firs and Bromford Community Wellbeing Hub within Bromford and Hodge Hill ward.
- Charity Commission register: Redeemed Christian Church of God Mercy Seat Birmingham, charity 1148206
The charity states that its current religious activities take place at Firs Bromford Community Centre, including bible studies, Sunday worship and Sunday school. - Birmingham City Council: 2024 Polling District and Polling Places Review
The Firs and Bromford Community Wellbeing Hub is listed as a polling station in polling district BHH1 under the Bromford and Hodge Hill ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence establishes one active worship and service-delivery venue, but does not show that the charity directly operates the community centre; it appears to use it as a place of worship.
- The registered address should not be treated as an additional operational site because the available evidence identifies it only as the charity’s contact address.
- The charity says it funds or 'adopts' other charities, but no recipient organisations, delivery locations or current partnerships are identified. There is therefore no evidence that grant-making materially extends its Birmingham operational footprint.
- The Charity Commission entry describes activities as current and the charity’s reporting is up to date, but no independently published 2025 or 2026 service timetable is included in the available evidence. The conclusion is therefore that its evidenced footprint is neighbourhood-based around Bromford and Hodge Hill, rather than that it serves only residents of that ward.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, church notice, or confirmation from the organisation or Firs Bromford Community Centre verifying that worship, study and children’s activities continue there.
- Details of any current funded or adopted charities, including whether the relationship involves delivery activity, referrals or only grants, and the locations affected.
- Evidence of any additional regular venues, outreach services or home-based support within Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A local worship base with outward-facing charitable ambitions
The organisation appears to operate locally through a single community-centre venue, while its formal objects frame its religious purpose as worldwide and include poverty relief. This may indicate a locally rooted congregation using wider charitable connections to extend its reach.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish its physical footprint from its intended sphere of influence. Its most important relationships may include charities beyond its immediate Birmingham neighbourhood.
Show evidence
“Activities take place at Firs Bromford Community Centre, Cameronian Croft, Birmingham, B36 8UB.”
Source:Organisation“The objects include the advancement of the Christian faith worldwide and the relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission
Poverty relief may be delivered indirectly through partners
Rather than evidencing its own poverty-relief programmes, the organisation states that it adopts and funds charities whose objectives it supports. Its grants-to-organisations classification reinforces the possibility that partnership funding is a meaningful part of its charitable model.
Why it matters
Understanding whether the charity acts directly or strengthens other organisations is important for identifying its role in the local civic ecosystem and potential collaboration pathways.
Show evidence
“We also adopt charities we funded because we believed in their objectives.”
Source:Organisation“The charity makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its public role extends beyond Sunday worship
Bible studies, Sunday worship, Sunday school, services, advocacy or advice, and grant-making suggest a potentially multi-layered role: spiritual formation, intergenerational participation and some form of practical or informational support.
Why it matters
This points to the organisation as more than a worship gathering, while also highlighting an important unanswered question: which non-religious supports are actively available to people beyond the congregation?
Show evidence
“Activities include bible studies, Sundays worship, Sunday schools and other christian activities.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether poverty relief is delivered directly to individuals, mainly through grants, or both.
- Which charities are funded, and whether they are local, faith-based or focused on particular communities.
- Whether activities and support are open beyond regular worshippers.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing grants, funded partners and poverty-relief expenditure.
- Information on direct services, advice provision, beneficiary groups and referral relationships.
- Evidence of local partnerships and participation beyond worship activities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The current activities of the charity is advancement of christian religion and these activities takes place in our place of worship at Firs Bromford Community Centre, Cameronian Croft, Birmingham, B36 8UB. Activities include bible studies, Sundays worship, Sunday schools and other christian activities. We also adopt charities we funded because we believed in their objectives.
Charity objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WORLDWIDE. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. THE OBJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT AS A PROCLAMATION OF THE BELIEFS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 8 OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.