S.O.U.P. Sincere Offerings For Unappreciated Persons
Charity 1121769
Overview
Summary
S.O.U.P. appears to occupy a distinctive outreach role at the edge of conventional support: it focuses on people experiencing extreme isolation, limited informal support and financial insecurity, while combining direct material and mental-health support with wider capacity-building for charities. Its stated remit is unusually broad, spanning employment, older people’s needs, illness and rehabilitation, but the available evidence suggests that isolation and wellbeing may be the practical thread connecting this range of activities.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission register identifies Birmingham City as a place where the charity operates, but does not identify any Birmingham service venue, ward, recognised place, delivery route, beneficiary location or partner organisation.
- There is therefore direct evidence of some current Birmingham-wide operational presence, but insufficient evidence to assign activity to any of the supplied Birmingham wards or to City Centre.
- The charity's registered contact address should not be treated as a Birmingham operational site. The Charity Commission record also states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- Official website content was unavailable, so it could not be used to verify current Birmingham projects, events, partnerships or service locations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, annual return narrative or service report specifying the nature, dates and locations of Birmingham activity.
- Official project, venue or partner information confirming where outreach, wellness events, concerts, grants or staff mental-health support are delivered in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether Birmingham activity is ongoing and whether it is citywide, limited to particular neighbourhoods, or delivered only through occasional grants or events.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A bridge to people beyond conventional reach
S.O.U.P. appears to define its role around engaging people who may not be reached by established charitable provision, rather than around a single age group or condition.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie in relationship-based outreach and identifying unmet need, potentially making it a useful connector between isolated individuals and other services.
Show evidence
“SOUP provide an outreach service to individuals who are suffering from extreme isolation and are beyond reach of traditional charities.”
Source:Organisation“The individuals supported have no family or friends and scarce financial security.”
Source:Organisation
Wellbeing is paired with practical support
The organisation appears to treat mental wellbeing and material insecurity as connected rather than separate issues.
Why it matters
This may indicate a more holistic operating model than organisations focused solely on counselling, grants or employment support, and could create opportunities for partnership with specialist providers.
Show evidence
“SOUP provides material and mental health support.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include relief of unemployment and assistance in the treatment and care of people suffering from mental or physical illness.”
Source:Charity Commission
Supporter of the wider voluntary sector as well as individuals
S.O.U.P. appears to operate both as a frontline outreach organisation and as an enabler for other charities through fundraising, grants and staff wellbeing programmes.
Why it matters
Its influence may extend beyond its own beneficiaries: it may strengthen smaller charities' resources and staff resilience, creating a potential hub role within a local voluntary-sector network.
Show evidence
“Fundraising and grants for other charities are organised through wellness events and concerts.”
Source:Organisation“SOUP provides mental health support programmes for staff of other charities.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps other charities or voluntary bodies and makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
- The geographic focus and scale of current activity are unclear despite objects referring to Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
- It is unclear which groups receive direct outreach in practice and how they are identified.
- No evidence describes partners, referral routes, outcomes or the balance between direct support and support for other charities.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact data showing beneficiary numbers, locations, services and outcomes.
- Information on referral pathways, delivery partners, grant recipients and the organisations whose staff receive wellbeing support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
SOUP provide an outreach service to individuals who are suffering from extreme isolation and are beyond reach of traditional charities who have no family or friends and scarce financial security by providing material and Mental health support. Fundraising and grants for other charities by organising Wellness events and concerts. Mental health support programmes for staff of other charities.
Charity objects
1 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANT TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. 2 TO RELIEVE ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDENT IN MIDDLESEX, HERTFORDSHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE WHO ARE IN NEED BY PROVIDING ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS. 3 TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION.