Sutton Christian Centre CIO
Charity 1173775
Overview
Summary
Sutton Christian Centre CIO appears to combine a faith community’s core religious role with a broader practical-support function. Its objects suggest that religious practice, pastoral care and material assistance are treated as connected rather than separate activities. The organisation may therefore operate as a local bridge between spiritual belonging, youth purpose and help for people facing hardship, with the potential to support both individuals and other organisations. However, the available evidence does not show how these roles are delivered in practice or who currently benefits most.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sutton Reddicap
Confidence: medium
Direct evidence places the organisation's youth-service delivery and hired meeting activity in Falcon Lodge, which is within Sutton Reddicap. The most recent accounts (year ended 31 March 2025) continue to record regular expenditure on hiring a Methodist church and 'the Well', indicating continuing venue-based delivery, but they do not name the venues. It is therefore a reasonable, rather than conclusive, interpretation that Falcon Lodge remains a current operational focus.
- Sutton Coldfield Town Council, Falcon Lodge Community Plan 2018–2022
The plan states that Sutton Christian Centre and YMCA Youth Outreach formed part of a four-agency team delivering an all-week youth-service offer at Falcon Lodge Youth and Community Centre; it also identifies Falcon Lodge as being in Sutton Reddicap Ward. - Charity Commission accounts, Sutton Christian Centre CIO, year ended 31 March 2021
The charity recorded expenditure for 'Hire of Falcon Lodge Centre', alongside children and youth work and hire of 'the Well'. - Charity Commission accounts, Sutton Christian Centre CIO, year ended 31 March 2025
The latest filed accounts record continuing expenditure on 'Hire of Methodist Church', 'Hire of the Well' and other charges for 'the Well', demonstrating that the charity continued to use hired venues during the year.
Remaining uncertainties
- The latest available accounts confirm current hired-venue activity but do not identify the Methodist church or 'the Well'; they cannot by themselves confirm that these are in Falcon Lodge or Sutton Reddicap.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City and Walsall as areas where the charity operates, but the available evidence does not identify a current Walsall service, site, partner or beneficiary-facing activity.
- The charity's principal address is not treated as evidence of a service site.
- The available evidence supports historical youth-service partnership activity in Falcon Lodge, rather than demonstrating citywide Birmingham delivery.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, church notice, social-media post or official website page naming regular meeting and youth-work venues.
- The charity's current trustees' annual report narrative or management records describing where services, pastoral support, grants or community projects are delivered.
- Confirmation from the relevant Methodist church, Falcon Lodge Youth and Community Centre, or other venue partner that Sutton Christian Centre CIO currently hires or delivers activity there.
- Evidence identifying the nature and location of the charity's reported operations in Walsall.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith appears to be the organising framework for practical support
The available evidence suggests that practical and financial help, pastoral care, and responses to mental and physical needs are understood as expressions of Christian witness, rather than as separate service lines.
Why it matters
This indicates that the organisation’s role may extend beyond worship: its religious identity likely shapes how it identifies need, builds trust and offers support.
Show evidence
“The objects include expressing Christian witness, love and concern in a practical way.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects include providing training and pastoral care and meeting mental, physical and spiritual needs.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may occupy both direct-support and enabling roles
Its stated methods suggest a potentially mixed operating model: helping people directly through services, facilities and individual grants, while also supporting other organisations through grants.
Why it matters
This could make the centre a connector within the local voluntary sector, not solely a provider for its own congregation or users. It would be worth exploring whether organisational grants are used to build partnerships or fill gaps in local provision.
Show evidence
“The charity makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space and provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission
Young people are named as a distinct purpose within a broadly public-facing mission
Although the charity identifies children and young people alongside the general public, its objects specifically emphasise giving young people a sense of purpose in life. This may indicate a strategic concern with belonging, identity and direction, not only immediate hardship.
Why it matters
This distinguishes youth work as a potentially important bridge between the organisation’s faith mission and wider community wellbeing. It raises a useful question about whether young people are actively shaping or receiving a significant share of its work.
Show evidence
“The charity helps children and young people and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects include providing young people with a sense of purpose in life.”
Source:Charity Commission
- There is no evidence about the organisation’s current programmes, scale, location of activity or number of beneficiaries.
- It is unclear whether grants, facilities and services are routinely delivered or simply authorised charitable methods.
- No evidence identifies partner organisations, referral relationships or the balance between religious and practical activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity reports showing services delivered, grants awarded and beneficiaries reached.
- Information about premises use, community partners, youth activity and how people access support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
1. To advance the Christian faith 2. To express Christian witness, love and concern in a practical way
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: BY RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIAN BELIEFS BY SEEKING NEW BELIEVERS. BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING RELIGIOUS PRACTICE BY EXISTING BELIEVERS. BY CONDUCTING RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. BY EXPRESSING CHRISTIAN WITNESS, LOVE AND CONCERN IN A PRACTICAL WAY: BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND PASTORAL CARE BY MEETING MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS. BY PROVIDING PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL HELP TO THOSE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. BY PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A SENSE OF PURPOSE IN LIFE.