Tamworth Community Hub
Charity 1140084
Overview
Summary
Tamworth Community Hub appears to operate as a faith-rooted local support vehicle, using grants and access to space to meet both religious and wider welfare aims. Its recorded activity is concentrated on building a local Muslim community’s capacity to gather, learn and practise, rather than on directly evidenced health or poverty programmes. The organisation may therefore play an important but currently under-documented role in community belonging, informal mutual support and local religious infrastructure.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission's current register entry records Birmingham City as an area in which the charity operates, but gives no service, project, venue, partner or beneficiary-location detail within Birmingham. It therefore does not support assigning activity to any supplied Birmingham ward or recognised place.
- The charity's latest reported activities for the year ending 30 April 2025 describe weekly religious meetings and rented Friday-prayer space in Telford, rather than Birmingham. This leaves the nature, scale and current status of any Birmingham activity unclear.
- The registered address does not establish a Birmingham operational site.
- The international coverage classification is based on the charity's current Charity Commission declaration that it operates in Pakistan as well as Birmingham City and Telford & Wrekin. The available record does not describe the charity's current activity in Pakistan.
Additional evidence needed
- A current activity or impact report identifying Birmingham services, grants, events or delivery locations.
- Confirmation from the charity of any Birmingham venues used for meetings, worship, grants administration or other services, including the relevant ward where disclosure is appropriate.
- Evidence of any delivery partners in Birmingham and whether they deliver services on the charity's behalf.
- A breakdown of the charity's latest grants or expenditure by location to establish whether Birmingham remains an active operational area.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith infrastructure appears to be its immediate operating focus
The available evidence suggests that the organisation’s practical work is currently centred on enabling Muslim communal life: regular religious learning and remembrance, and securing local space for Friday prayers. Its broad charitable objects may provide a wider remit, but the recorded projects point to faith infrastructure as its clearest active role.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the hub from a general-purpose community centre. It may be a key local anchor for a community whose needs and presence are otherwise less visible in mainstream civic provision.
Show evidence
“Made grants available for weekly meetings of Zikar, mediation and learning about Islamic teachings with refreshments.”
Source:Organisation“Made grants available for obtaining a place for rent to perform Friday prayers within the local area of Telford.”
Source:Organisation“The advancement of Islamic religion is a charitable object.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may act more as an enabler than a direct service provider
Its stated methods include grants, other finance and facilities, while the recorded work describes grants for projects. This may indicate an operating model that enables activities or local groups through resources and premises rather than delivering all activity directly.
Why it matters
Understanding it as an enabler highlights possible relationship-building value: it may connect funding, space and community-led activity, making it relevant to prospective partners needing trusted local access.
Show evidence
“Makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations, provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission“Made grants available for the following projects during the year.”
Source:Organisation
There is a notable gap between the charity's broad welfare remit and its evidenced activity
The organisation is constituted to address poverty, ill health and disadvantage, and identifies health and poverty relief among its purposes. However, no recorded project directly evidences delivery in these areas. Religious gatherings may create informal support, but that cannot be assumed from the evidence.
Why it matters
This raises a useful question about whether its wider welfare role is dormant, embedded informally within faith activity, or simply missing from current reporting. Clarifying this could reveal unmet capacity or overlooked community support.
Show evidence
“The prevention or relief of poverty and relief for those in need due to ill health, financial hardship or other disadvantage are charitable objects.”
Source:Charity Commission“The advancement of health or saving of lives is identified as a charitable purpose.”
Source:Charity Commission“The recorded projects concern weekly Islamic meetings and renting a place for Friday prayers.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether grants support independent organisations, individuals or activities managed by the hub itself.
- Whether poverty, health or hardship support is delivered directly, referred elsewhere or provided informally through the faith community.
- Whether the organisation primarily serves Tamworth, Telford or a wider geography.
Remaining uncertainties
- Grant recipients, amounts, selection criteria and partnerships.
- Information on beneficiaries, attendance, languages, needs addressed and outcomes.
- A current account of services, premises, governance and geographic area served.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Made grants available for the following projects during the year: a) Weekly meetings of Zikar, mediation and learning about the Islamic teachings with refreshments b) Obtaining a place for rent to perform Friday prayers within the local area of Telford.
Charity objects
1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY. RELIEF FOR THOSE IN NEED DUE TO ILL HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEATH OR THE SAVINGS OF LIVES. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ISLAMIC RELIGION. 4) ANY OTHER PURPOSES CHARITABLE IN LAW.