The 1100 Project
Charity 1099712
Overview
Summary
The 1100 Project appears designed as a practical, place-based educational alternative for young people facing barriers to mainstream schooling or wider instability. Its charitable purpose combines agriculture, horticulture and country life with citizenship and self-discipline, while its stated resources suggest that access to people and physical space may be central to its model. The breadth of listed charitable areas implies an organisation seeking developmental outcomes beyond academic attainment, although no current activity evidence shows how this purpose is being delivered.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Small Heath
Confidence: medium
Direct evidence places the charity's current registered contact address at the Link Centre in Small Heath. This is evidence of an organisational base or correspondence location, but does not by itself confirm current service delivery from the site.
- Charity Commission, THE 1100 PROJECT (1099712), contact information
The charity gives its address as City of Birmingham School, Link Centre, Small Heath, Birmingham. - Charity Commission, THE 1100 PROJECT (1099712), what, who, how, where
The charity reports that it provides buildings, facilities or open space and human resources, linking its work to its associated school setting, although no current delivery site is specified.
Remaining uncertainties
- The latest Charity Commission return, for the year ended 31 March 2025, records no activities and £0 income and expenditure. It therefore does not confirm that the charity was delivering services during that year, despite remaining registered and reporting Birmingham City as its area of operation.
- The Link Centre address may be a correspondence or administrative address rather than a site at which The 1100 Project currently delivers services.
- The Charity Commission's Birmingham City operating-area declaration supports a citywide stated footprint, but does not identify active service locations, participating schools or neighbourhoods.
- Earlier reporting described beneficiaries as pupils of City of Birmingham School and other schools working with COBS, but the available evidence does not establish whether this arrangement remains active or which schools are currently involved.
- No current evidence was found of material delivery partnerships, other than the charity's evident association with City of Birmingham School.
Additional evidence needed
- The charity's most recent trustees' annual report or a current statement from the trustees explaining whether support activity resumed after the year ended 31 March 2025.
- A current City of Birmingham School or charity document identifying programmes funded or delivered by The 1100 Project and a geographic summary of the schools or pupils reached.
- Confirmation of whether the Link Centre in Small Heath is an active delivery venue, an administrative base, or solely a registered correspondence address.
- A current geographic summary of schools and service areas supported through any City of Birmingham School partnership.
Areas of work
- Animals
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
An alternative education model rooted in practical environments
The organisation appears to use agriculture, horticulture or country-life settings as a route back into learning for young people whose needs may not be met by conventional education.
Why it matters
This suggests its distinctive role may be less about subject teaching alone and more about creating a different context in which excluded or disengaged young people can rebuild participation, confidence and routine.
Show evidence
“The charitable objects include education in agriculture, horticulture, country life and related subjects.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charitable objects refer to young people in need because of school exclusion, school refusal, social welfare problems and abuse.”
Source:Charity Commission
The intended outcomes extend beyond education
The organisation appears to frame education as part of wider personal and social development, linking practical learning with citizenship and self-discipline.
Why it matters
This may make the project relevant to schools, social-care services and youth-support organisations seeking settings that address engagement, behaviour and belonging alongside learning.
Show evidence
“The charitable objects include education in the principles of good citizenship and self-discipline.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children and young people and people with disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Physical space may be a core organisational asset
The organisation may rely on access to buildings, facilities or open space, alongside human resources, rather than operating solely as a referral, grant-making or classroom-based charity.
Why it matters
If confirmed, this would indicate potential value as a local shared asset: a setting that could support outdoor learning, therapeutic activity, volunteering or collaboration with other youth-focused organisations.
Show evidence
“The charity provides human resources.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space.”
Source:Charity Commission
- No activities are recorded, so it is unclear whether the organisation is currently delivering services.
- There is no evidence of its location, scale, staffing, facilities, referral routes, partnerships or outcomes.
- It is unclear how people with disabilities are included in, or benefit from, its intended model.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current description of programmes, participants, delivery locations and frequency of activity.
- Information on facilities, land or other open-space assets and whether they are used directly by young people.
- Evidence of referral relationships with schools, local authorities, social-care providers or community organisations.
- Recent outcomes, beneficiary feedback and any explanation of disability access or inclusion.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
NONE
Charity objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN NEED BECAUSE OF A WIDE RANGE OF REASONS (INCLUDING SCHOOL EXCLUSION, SCHOOL REFUSAL, SOCIAL WELFARE PROBLEMS AND ABUSE), IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, COUNTRY LIFE AND RELATED SUBJECTS, AND IN THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND SELF-DISCIPLINE.