St Philip'S Relief In Need Charity
Charity 231081
Overview
Summary
St Philip'S Relief In Need Charity appears to be a small-scale, place-rooted grant-maker whose role is to provide discretionary relief where hardship is experienced locally. Its historic focus on the ancient parish of St Philip gives it a defined civic identity, while its wider Birmingham fallback enables resources to remain useful if need within that area cannot absorb them. The charity seems positioned less as a service provider than as a flexible source of support for individuals and organisations addressing poverty, including disabled people.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record identifies the ancient parish of St Philip, Birmingham as the charity's primary area of benefit, but the available evidence does not define its boundary or map it reliably to any current Birmingham ward or to the supplied City Centre place identifier.
- The charity's governing document permits relief elsewhere in Birmingham only where its income cannot be applied in the ancient parish of St Philip. This establishes a potential secondary citywide reach, not evidence of current citywide delivery.
- There is no current evidence of grants, beneficiaries, delivery locations, or partner organisations. The latest reported financial year, ending 30 June 2025, records £0 income and £0 expenditure.
- Birmingham Cathedral is the registered correspondence address, but the Charity Commission states that the charity does not own or lease land or property; it should not therefore be treated as a confirmed operational site.
Additional evidence needed
- Current grant-making records or trustee reports identifying where grants have actually been awarded.
- Confirmation from the charity or Birmingham Cathedral of whether the charity is presently active and, if so, the geographic eligibility and administration arrangements for applications.
- An authoritative boundary description or map for the ancient parish of St Philip that can be related to current Birmingham wards or recognised places.
- Evidence of any current delivery partners or recipient organisations through which the charity's grants extend its operational reach.
Areas of work
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A geographically anchored relief fund with a built-in wider remit
The charity appears to prioritise need within the ancient parish of St Philip, but to have authority to extend support across Birmingham when that local focus is impracticable. This suggests a place-based fund designed to preserve local benefit without leaving resources unused.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the charity from citywide poverty organisations: its primary value may lie in responding to highly local need, while still retaining flexibility within Birmingham.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include relieving persons in need, hardship or distress in the ancient parish of St Philip, Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission“If income cannot be applied in that way, trustees may relieve persons resident in the City of Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its operating model is grant-based rather than directly delivered
By making grants both to individuals and organisations, the charity appears to operate as an enabling fund: it can address immediate personal hardship while also supporting other local actors that provide relief.
Why it matters
This indicates potential connective value within Birmingham's support system. The charity may complement frontline providers rather than duplicate their services.
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“The charity makes grants to individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
Disability is recognised within a broader hardship mandate
The available evidence suggests disabled people are an identified beneficiary group, but not the charity's sole constituency. Its role may therefore include responding to disability-related financial pressure alongside other forms of poverty and distress.
Why it matters
This points to a potentially flexible eligibility approach, while also raising the question of whether disability is a strategic priority or simply one population reached through broader relief.
Show evidence
“The charity helps people with disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity works for the prevention or relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the ancient parish boundary still meaningfully shapes current grant-making.
- How grants are awarded, their scale, and whether individuals or organisations receive most support.
- Whether disabled people are a priority group, a common beneficiary group, or one group among many.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent accounts or annual reports showing grant numbers, values, locations and recipient types.
- Grant criteria, application guidance and examples of funded individuals or organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To apply it's income in relieving the need of persons resident in the parish of St. Philip Birmingham or otherwise in the city of Birmingham, but not for the direct relief of rates, taxes or other public funds.
Charity objects
1) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN ANCIENT PARISH OF ST PHILIP, BIRMINGHAM. 2) IF UNABLE TO APPLY THE INCOME AS AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE INCOME IN LIKE MANNER RELIEVING PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM.