Shard End Trust
Charity 1125440
Overview
Summary
Shard End Trust appears to be a place-based youth-development organisation with a defined responsibility to young people in Shard End Ward. Its role seems broader than providing activities alone: the stated objects combine personal development, practical advice, physical and educational programmes, and access to facilities. The inclusion of disability and poverty relief among its charitable activities suggests it may operate as a flexible local support resource, although the available evidence does not show how these needs are addressed in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Shard End
Confidence: medium
The charity's stated activities and governing objects expressly focus on young people living in Shard End Ward. However, the Charity Commission record shows reporting is substantially overdue, so the evidence does not independently confirm the scale or continuity of current delivery.
- Supplied organisation record, Charity Commission data for Shard End Trust (1125440)
States that Shard End Trust provides resources and activities for young people in the Shard End Ward; its charitable objects are for young people under 21 residing in, and living in, Shard End Ward. - Charity Commission Register of Charities, contact information for Shard End Trust (1125440)
Lists the charity's address as Shard End Youth Centre, Birmingham. - Birmingham City Council, Shard End Youth Centre directory record
Identifies Shard End Youth Centre in Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence supports a Shard End-focused operational identity, but does not verify which services Shard End Trust itself is currently delivering, their frequency, or their beneficiary numbers.
- The evidence does not establish whether the Trust operates, manages, hires space within, or merely uses Shard End Youth Centre as a contact address.
- No evidence was found of current delivery sites, material partnerships, or operations in other Birmingham wards.
- The Charity Commission record remains registered but reports that charity reporting is overdue; this limits confidence that older activity descriptions reflect present-day operations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustees' report, or recent Charity Commission filing confirming activities and locations since the last recorded financial year ending 31 March 2018.
- Current programme, timetable, booking, or social-media information identifying services delivered by Shard End Trust and their areas of delivery.
- Confirmation from Shard End Trust or Birmingham City Council of the Trust's operational relationship to its contact address.
- Evidence from any current delivery partners, if applicable, showing whether partnerships extend activity beyond Shard End ward.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A tightly local youth anchor
The Trust appears designed around a specific neighbourhood rather than a general youth population. Its geographic focus may enable it to build local knowledge and sustained relationships with young people in Shard End Ward.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the Trust from citywide providers: its potential value may lie in being an accessible, locally accountable point of support for young people whose needs are shaped by place.
Show evidence
“The charity assists young people under 21 residing in the Shard End Ward.”
Source:Charity Commission“Shard End Trust provides resources and activities for young people in the Shard End Ward.”
Source:Organisation
More than a leisure provider
Leisure activities appear to be one route into a wider developmental model that includes advice, assistance, and physical and educational programmes. The Trust may use activities as a means of building confidence, capability and social participation.
Why it matters
Understanding this broader model matters when considering potential partners: youth services, schools, advice providers and community organisations may each connect with a different part of the Trust's purpose.
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“The charity helps young people through leisure time activities to develop their capabilities and grow to full maturity.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides advice and assistance and organises programmes of physical and educational nature.”
Source:Charity Commission
Potentially a flexible response to disadvantage
The Trust may be positioned to respond to varied barriers facing local young people, including disability and poverty, rather than being limited to a single issue or service type. However, it is unclear whether these are active priorities or broad charitable classifications.
Why it matters
This raises a useful question about unmet need: the Trust may hold an important bridging role between universal youth provision and more targeted support.
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“The charity's work includes disability and the prevention or relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space, services, advocacy, advice, information, and research.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which facilities, programmes and advice services are currently delivered.
- Whether disability and poverty relief are active service priorities.
- Which local organisations, schools or communities the Trust works with.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity updates showing services, reach and outcomes.
- Information on referral routes, partnerships, facilities and the young people using the Trust.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Shard End Trust provides resources and activities for young people in the Shard End Ward.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND ASSIST YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 AND RESIDING IN THE SHARD END WARD. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 21 LIVING IN THE SHARD END WARD BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL NATURE.