St Peter'S Urban Village Trust
Charity 516057
Overview
Summary
St Peter’s Urban Village Trust appears to function primarily as a place-based civic landlord and campus steward rather than a direct-service charity. Its role is to hold and operate a secure, mixed-use site that brings together education, student living, social housing-related activity, charities, small businesses and community facilities. This creates potential value through proximity: the Trust may enable organisations and residents with different purposes to share a local base, although the available evidence does not show how actively it cultivates those relationships.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
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Confidence: low
Direct evidence places the Trust's operational estate in Saltley, where it provides accommodation, open space, student accommodation, parking, a nursery and the Village Green. The evidence describes activity centred on a single site serving local organisations and residents, rather than delivery through multiple Birmingham locations. However, the available evidence does not directly support assignment to a specific ward.
- St Peter's Urban Village Trust website
The Trust describes its location as on the borders of Bordesley Green and Saltley and lists on-site facilities including student accommodation, car parking, a children's nursery and the Village Green; it also states that charities, small businesses, training and education organisations are accommodated in its properties. - Charity Commission register entry, charity 516057
The charity reports that it provides accommodation and open space on site for education, accommodation and sport. - Charity Commission filed trustees' report and financial statements for year ended 31 March 2022
The report describes the Trust as developing St Peter's College, Saltley through a cohesive unit of housing, educational, vocational and recreational activities on the St Peter's Urban Village site, for the local community and local residents. It records leases and site use by training organisations, charities, housing providers, a nursery, schools and an archery club.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Trust's website says the site is on the borders of Bordesley Green and Saltley, but the available evidence does not show that the Trust delivers services from a separate site in Bordesley Green; that area has therefore not been included.
- The latest detailed trustees' narrative located was for the year ended 31 March 2022. The Charity Commission records current financial data for the year ended 31 March 2025, but the available current evidence does not identify which individual occupiers or partner organisations remain active on site.
- Some organisations based at the estate may serve people from across Birmingham or beyond. This extends the likely catchment of site users, but does not demonstrate that the Trust itself operates services citywide.
- The available evidence does not directly support assignment of the Trust's activity to a specific ward.
Additional evidence needed
- The Trust's latest annual report or a current tenant and service directory confirming current organisations, facilities and activities at the estate.
- Evidence of any Trust-owned, managed or regularly used sites away from the estate.
- Current agreements or project information showing whether any partners deliver Trust-supported activity off site.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A civic campus model
The Trust appears to use property as its main charitable mechanism, creating a multi-occupancy site rather than delivering a single specialised programme.
Why it matters
This suggests its influence may lie in the organisations, learners, residents and visitors it convenes. Understanding who occupies the site could reveal a wider local support ecosystem.
Show evidence
“It has a range of properties and accommodates social housing offices, charities, small businesses, training and education organisations and student accommodation.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps by providing buildings, facilities and open space.”
Source:Charity Commission
Education and housing are intentionally combined
The Trust's original purpose appears to combine access to education with affordable, adapted family accommodation, indicating a model concerned with the conditions that make participation possible, not education alone.
Why it matters
This is distinctive because it may position the Trust to connect learning, housing and support needs that are often addressed separately.
Show evidence
“The company is established to advance education by providing facilities for education on the site of St Peters College, Saltley.”
Source:Charity Commission“The company is established to provide residential accommodation at moderate cost for immediate families of people in need because of age, disablement, sickness or infirmity.”
Source:Charity Commission
The site may be an accessible neighbourhood asset
Its location near rail and major roads, alongside parking, open space, a nursery and sports-related charitable activity, suggests the Trust may serve more than its tenants and students.
Why it matters
This raises the possibility that the campus is a locally significant shared asset, with capacity for broader community use and cross-sector connection.
Show evidence
“Adderley Park Station is a few minutes walk away.”
Source:Organisation“Services and facilities on site include car parking, a children's nursery and a village green.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's activities include providing accommodation and open space for education, accommodation and sport for children, charities, disabled people and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which organisations currently occupy the site and whether they collaborate.
- Whether adapted, moderate-cost family accommodation is currently provided.
- How much of the open space, nursery and sports provision is publicly accessible.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current tenant and partner list, including the nature of each organisation's work.
- Information on occupancy, affordability, accessibility and use of housing and community facilities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Provides accommodation and open space on site for education, accommodation and sport for children, charities, the disabled and general public.
Charity objects
THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:- (1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING ON THE SITE OF ST PETERS COLLEGE, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION INCLUDING (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):- A) LECTURES, CLASSES, SEMINARS AND MEETINGS ON SUBJECTS OF ACADEMIC CULTURAL AND VOCATIONAL INTEREST : B) ADVICE UPON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES (2) TO PROVIDE ON THE SAID SITE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION (SPECIALLY ADOPTED WHERE NECESSARY) AT MODERATE COST FOR THE IMMEDIATE FAMILIES OF PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF AGE DISABLEMENT OR SICKNESS OR INFIRMITY ARE IN NEED OF IT.