Riddell'S (Birmingham) Charity For Poor
Charity 247851
Overview
Summary
Riddell'S (Birmingham) Charity For Poor appears to be a small-scale, responsive poverty-relief charity whose role is to help people through acute material or financial hardship. Its objects suggest a deliberately flexible model: it can provide essential goods, support illness-related needs, and offer temporary money assistance after distress or loss. Although it records religious activities among its purposes, the available evidence does not show how, or whether, this shapes eligibility or delivery. Its distinctive contribution may be the capacity to respond to immediate, individual circumstances rather than a single defined service.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no direct current evidence identifying the Birmingham wards or neighbourhoods in which individual grants are made.
- The registered address is shared with Church of England Birmingham administration. It should not be treated as evidence of a public-facing operational site or of delivery in the City Centre.
- The supplied charitable objects refer to poor persons resident in the charity's 'area of benefit', but do not define that area in the available record.
- Shared trustees and an administrative address with other Church of England Birmingham-related charities do not, by themselves, evidence a delivery partnership or an extension of Riddell's operational reach.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustees' annual report, grant policy, or grant register identifying the charity's defined area of benefit and the locations of recent beneficiaries.
- Confirmation from the trustees or Church of England Birmingham of whether the charity operates through any referral partners, parish network, or specific local grant-making arrangements.
- Evidence of any premises used directly by the charity for grant administration or beneficiary-facing activity.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Other Finance
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Designed for short-term shocks as well as ongoing hardship
The charity appears structured to intervene when a person experiences a sudden setback, including sickness, special distress or unexpected loss, rather than solely addressing long-term poverty.
Why it matters
This suggests a potential role as a local safety net for needs that may fall between routine welfare provision and longer-term support services.
Show evidence
“Temporary assistance in money may be provided in cases of sickness, special distress or unexpected loss.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity makes grants to individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission
A flexible practical-aid model
The available evidence suggests that the charity can tailor help to circumstances, combining goods in kind, financial support and advice rather than relying on one fixed intervention.
Why it matters
Flexibility can make an organisation especially relevant where a person's immediate need is highly specific, such as bedding, fuel, tools or illness-related assistance.
Show evidence
“The yearly income may be applied to clothes, boots, linen, bedding, fuel, tools, medical or other aid in sickness, food or other articles in kind.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides other finance and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
Potentially local in purpose, but unclear in reach
The reference to poor persons resident in an area of benefit may indicate a place-based charitable role, but the available evidence does not identify that area or show who can access support.
Why it matters
Understanding its geographic boundary and referral routes would clarify whether it is an accessible neighbourhood resource, a citywide fund, or a more restricted charitable trust.
Show evidence
“The benefit is for poor persons resident in the area of benefit.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
- The area of benefit, eligibility criteria and scale of grants are not known.
- It is unclear whether support is delivered directly, through referrals, or via relationships with other organisations.
- The practical significance of religious activities is not evidenced.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing grant numbers, values, locations and categories of need.
- Information on application processes, referral partners, trustees and any faith-based eligibility or delivery arrangements.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Makes grants to individuals
Charity objects
YEARLY INCOME TO BE APPLIED UNDER ON OR BOTH OF FOLLOWING HEADS:- I. THE SUPPLY OF CLOTHES, BOOTS, LINEN, BEDDING, FUEL, TOOLS, MEDICAL OR OTHER AID IN SICKNESS, FOOD OR OTHER ARTICLES IN KIND. II. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE IN MONEY, BY WAY OF LOAN OR OTHERWISE, IN ASE OF SICKNESS, SPECIAL DISTRESS OR UNEXPECTED LOSS. FOR THE BENEFIT OF POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN AREA O BENEFIT.