Shri Hindu Community Centre
Charity 509274
Overview
Summary
Shri Hindu Community Centre appears to operate as more than a place of worship: it is positioned as a community anchor where Hindu religion and culture are sustained through shared space, learning and social activity. Its stated remit combines faith-specific purpose with a broader local-community offer, suggesting that its role may include both cultural continuity for people of Hindu heritage and practical opportunities for connection across everyday community life. The available evidence indicates a multi-purpose model, but does not yet show its reach, partnerships or actual programme mix.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East
Confidence: low
Birmingham City Council planning records associate Shree Hindu Community Centre with the Hindu Temple & Community Centre and identify the site as being in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East. However, the available evidence does not directly describe services or other civic activity delivered in the ward.
- Charity Commission register: contact information for charity 509274
Lists the charity's address as Hindu Temple & Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham. - Birmingham City Council planning application 2014/05626/PA
Records the site as Hindu Temple & Community Centre, Tyseley; names Shree Hindu Community Centre as applicant; and identifies the ward as Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East. - Birmingham City Council weekly planning applications list, April 2026
Records a planning application for the Hindu Temple & Community Centre for a first-floor extension providing multi-functional rooms including classrooms, meeting rooms and offices, indicating continuing investment in the site.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton as places where the charity operates. This supports a regional overall footprint, but the available evidence does not specify what services are delivered, at which sites, or how regularly outside Birmingham.
- Available evidence establishes one Birmingham site associated with the organisation but does not directly evidence service delivery there, additional service venues, neighbourhood delivery locations or material partnerships within Birmingham.
- Current programme listings, venue hire, outreach activity and partner relationships could not be verified directly from the organisation.
Additional evidence needed
- The 2025 trustees' annual report or a current programme report describing services, beneficiaries and delivery locations.
- A current organisation-published timetable, events programme or venue information confirming which activities operate at the Hindu Temple & Community Centre and whether any take place elsewhere.
- Evidence from named partner organisations or project agreements showing any ongoing delivery partnerships and their locations.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith is delivered through a community-centre model
The organisation appears to advance Hindu religion not only through religious activity, but through a physical and social setting that can host cultural, educational and community activity.
Why it matters
This suggests its civic value may lie in creating regular opportunities for belonging and participation, rather than operating solely as a religious institution.
Show evidence
“TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF HINDU RELIGION.”
Source:Charity Commission“TO PROMOTE HINDU RELIGION AND CULTURE, TO FACILITATE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.”
Source:Organisation“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space.”
Source:Charity Commission
Cultural continuity and wider local participation are held together
The organisation appears to have a dual role: serving people of a particular ethnic or racial origin while framing social, cultural and educational activity as being for local communities.
Why it matters
This may make the centre an important bridge between heritage-based identity and wider place-based participation. It would be useful to understand whether this bridging role is active in practice.
Show evidence
“People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin.”
Source:Charity Commission“TO FACILITATE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.”
Source:Organisation
The centre may be a flexible civic asset rather than a single-purpose venue
Its mix of education, culture, religion, amateur sport, advice and facilities suggests a potentially broad operating model with capacity to support different forms of community life.
Why it matters
Multi-use organisations can connect people and needs that are usually addressed separately, making them possible convenors for collaboration. The actual extent of this capacity remains unknown.
Show evidence
“Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which activities are currently delivered, and which are only within the charity's permitted scope.
- Whether the centre works with other local organisations, schools, faith groups or public services.
- Who uses its facilities and whether access extends beyond its core Hindu community.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current programme, timetable or annual report showing activities, attendance and participant groups.
- Information on partnerships, venue users and community outcomes.
- Evidence of how advice, advocacy and amateur sport are delivered in practice.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
TO PROMOTE HINDU RELIGION AND CULTURE, TO FACILITATE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF HINDU RELIGION. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION).