Sutton Coldfield Town Boys And Youth Sports Club
Charity 510953
Overview
Summary
Sutton Coldfield Town Boys And Youth Sports Club appears to use organised youth football as a locally focused developmental setting rather than treating sport as an end in itself. Its charitable purpose frames leisure activity as a route to physical, mental and spiritual development, while its stated provision of facilities suggests that access to a suitable place to play may be part of its role. The organisation’s focus on ages 6–18 positions it within a significant period of childhood and adolescence, though its wider support network and outcomes remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sutton Wylde Green
Confidence: medium
The charity's 2024/25 trustees' annual report gives Bishop Walsh Catholic School as its principal address. Bishop Walsh's current website prominently links to Sutton Coldfield Town Juniors FC, and the school offers football-capable sports facilities for local group hire. A community-grants record also provides historical evidence of the club's physical-facility relationship with the school. Together this supports a current operational connection with the school, although the available current sources do not explicitly publish a training or match timetable.
- Charity Commission trustees' annual report, year ended 30 June 2025
Lists Bishop Walsh RC School as the charity's principal address. - Bishop Walsh Catholic School website
The school currently identifies 'Sutton Coldfield Town Juniors FC' and links visitors to the club; it also states that it hosts sports clubs and makes football-capable sports facilities available for hire. - Birmingham City Council school directory
Identifies Bishop Walsh Catholic School as being in Sutton Wylde Green ward. - Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council community-grants record
Records a grant to Sutton Coldfield Town Juniors Football Club for a clubhouse, changing rooms and toilets on the fields of Bishop Walsh School; this is historical supporting evidence of the club's physical-facility relationship with the site.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence does not establish whether every team currently trains and plays at Bishop Walsh Catholic School, or identify any additional current pitches, training venues or match venues.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity's area of operation, but its activity description specifies football in Sutton Coldfield. This supports a Sutton Coldfield district-level operational identity rather than demonstrating citywide delivery.
- The charity's Charity Commission contact address differs from the principal address given in its latest annual report. The evidence does not clarify whether the contact address is solely a correspondence address.
- The relationship with Bishop Walsh is evidenced as an operational venue/facility connection, but the current sources do not define its formal contractual or partnership status.
Additional evidence needed
- A current club training and home-match venue list, ideally with named pitches.
- A current annual report or club statement confirming how Bishop Walsh Catholic School is used, including whether it is the principal playing, training or administrative base.
- Current information on any additional venues used by the club and the teams or programmes based at each.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Football appears to be a developmental vehicle
The available evidence suggests the club’s role extends beyond organising football: sport appears to be its practical means of supporting young people’s wider development.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a club whose purpose is primarily sporting participation or performance. It may shape how its coaching, volunteering and safeguarding roles should be understood.
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“The charity aims to help and educate young people through leisure-time activities to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission“Football is provided for ages between 6 and 18 years old in Sutton Coldfield.”
Source:Organisation
Its role may include maintaining access to sporting space
The classification of its help as providing buildings, facilities or open space may indicate that the club contributes infrastructure as well as organised activity.
Why it matters
Access to pitches and facilities can be a limiting condition for youth participation. If this interpretation is correct, the club may be a local enabling asset, not only a programme provider.
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“The charity helps by providing buildings, facilities or open space.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's activity is amateur sport.”
Source:Charity Commission
The club is concentrated on a defined local youth pathway
Serving ages 6–18 in Sutton Coldfield suggests a geographically bounded, age-spanning offer that may provide continuity through much of childhood and adolescence.
Why it matters
This focus may make the organisation relevant to schools, families and other youth organisations seeking stable local opportunities, while also raising questions about what happens when participants age out.
Show evidence
“Football is provided for ages between 6 and 18 years old in Sutton Coldfield.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the club owns, manages or hires its facilities.
- How it translates its wider developmental purpose into coaching, support or safeguarding practice.
- Whether it works with schools, community groups or other youth providers.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on facilities, venues, ownership and access arrangements.
- Evidence on participant numbers, volunteer structure, inclusion and outcomes.
- Details of local partnerships and progression routes after age 18.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Football for ages between 6 and 18 years old in Sutton Coldfield.
Charity objects
TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCITEY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.