Tehillah Praise Centre
Charity 1150866
Overview
Summary
Tehillah Praise Centre appears to be a faith-led charity with a deliberately broad charitable remit. Its stated purpose combines Christian ministry with practical support for sickness, hardship, health and education, suggesting that religious activity may provide the organising framework for wider community support. However, the available evidence describes intended purposes rather than delivery in practice, so its present local role, reach and partnerships remain unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence from the Charity Commission identifies Birmingham City as a current area of operation, alongside Wolverhampton and Ghana, but does not identify any Birmingham ward, recognised place, delivery venue or service location.
- The charity's latest trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2024 describes food-bank provision, counselling and advice, youth support, seminars and welfare activity, but gives no Birmingham-specific location. Its explicitly local references are to Wolverhampton and surrounding Wolverhampton-area shelters.
- The evidence therefore supports an interpretation that Tehillah Praise Centre has some operational presence in Birmingham, but does not support assigning activity to City Centre or to any listed Birmingham ward.
- The charity reports a partnership with Organization for Better Environment and Childcare (OBECC) supporting families, children and young people in Derby, Derbyshire, Wolverhampton and 'midlands'. This does not establish that the partnership currently delivers activity in Birmingham.
- The registered office in Wolverhampton is outside Birmingham and should not be treated as evidence of a Birmingham operational site.
- International coverage is supported by the Charity Commission's current listing of Ghana as an operating area and by the 2024 report's reference to programmes in parts of Africa; the available evidence does not identify the precise overseas delivery locations or delivery model.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, venue list, programme page or annual-report detail identifying where in Birmingham services, worship, food-bank distribution, advice or youth activities are delivered.
- Confirmation from Tehillah Praise Centre of whether Birmingham activity is delivered directly, online, through outreach, or through partner organisations.
- Current partnership documentation from Tehillah Praise Centre or OBECC specifying any Birmingham delivery locations, beneficiaries or jointly delivered programmes.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith appears to be the organisation's organising framework
The charity appears to place advancement of the Christian faith at the centre of its identity, while linking this to practical charitable support rather than treating worship as its only role.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation may connect spiritual, pastoral and material forms of support, potentially making it a relationship-based community resource rather than solely a religious venue.
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“To advance the Christian faith.”
Source:Charity Commission“What the charity does: Religious Activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its remit spans several forms of wellbeing support
The organisation's objects suggest an unusually broad potential offer: financial hardship, sickness, health promotion, counselling, support and education sit alongside faith advancement.
Why it matters
This breadth may position the charity to identify needs that cross conventional service boundaries. It could also create opportunities for complementary relationships with specialist health, advice and education providers.
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“To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind, including through the provision of counselling and support.”
Source:Charity Commission“To advance education.”
Source:Charity Commission
The stated beneficiary group is expansive but not locally defined
The charity appears designed to serve the general public and may operate beyond a single neighbourhood, as its objects allow work anywhere in the United Kingdom or world.
Why it matters
This makes its geographic and community role difficult to infer. A broad mandate may enable responsiveness, but it also leaves open whether the organisation has a distinct place-based constituency or focus.
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“Who the charity helps: The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission“In such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which services, if any, are currently delivered beyond religious activities.
- Whether support is directed to a particular local community, congregation or wider population.
- What partnerships, referral routes or specialist capabilities the charity has.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity reports describing services, reach and outcomes.
- Information on service locations, beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partner organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To advance the Christian faith AND to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind, including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of the UK or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit.
Charity objects
3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; 3.1.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND 3.1.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.