The Good Samaritans Charity
Charity 1176847
Overview
Summary
The Good Samaritans Charity appears to combine immediate poverty relief with a longer-term inclusion pathway, rooted explicitly in a Christian ethos. Its role is not limited to food provision: the available evidence suggests an operating model that links emergency support, individual grants or services, and employment assistance. This may position the charity as a bridge between acute material need and greater economic participation in Birmingham and surrounding areas, although the scale, reach and partner network remain unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record self-reports that the charity operates in Birmingham City, which supports a Birmingham-wide operational footprint at local-authority level, but it does not identify the neighbourhoods, wards or service venues involved.
- The charity's stated activities describe a food-related project ('DONT GO TO BED HUNGRY') and weekly employment support through a Job Club, but do not state where either service is delivered or whether they remained active during the latest reporting period.
- The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 report £0 income and £0 expenditure. This materially limits confidence that the described services were actively delivered during that period.
- The charity's Tipton address should not be treated as a Birmingham service site.
- A shared telephone number and email address link the charity's contact details to RCCG Worship & Community Centre. However, the available evidence does not establish that The Good Samaritans Charity itself delivers services from that venue, so no additional operational area is recorded.
- No material delivery partnerships, referral arrangements or partner-operated service locations were evidenced.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, project leaflet, annual report or official social-media/website update identifying the venue and catchment for the food project and Job Club.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether services were delivered in Birmingham during and after the financial year ended 31 December 2024.
- Evidence clarifying whether RCCG Worship & Community Centre is a delivery venue, administrative contact point, or solely associated with a trustee's separate charity role.
- Information on any organisations through which the charity distributes food, grants, employment support or referrals.
Areas of work
- Disability
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Relief is paired with a route beyond crisis
The charity appears to treat hunger and poverty as both immediate emergencies and longer-term barriers to participation. Food-bank activity and grants or services may address urgent need, while the weekly Job Club suggests an effort to help people move towards income and stability.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a purely emergency-food provider. It may be most relevant where people need both crisis support and practical help to re-enter employment.
Show evidence
“We aim that nobody may go to bed hungry and therefore tagged one of our Projects as DONT GO TO BED GUNGRY.”
Source:Organisation“We provide weekly employment support through Job Club to help recipients gain employment and earn a living.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include the prevention or relief of poverty through grants, items and services to individuals in need and organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
Christian identity appears to shape both purpose and practice
Christian faith is not only a background affiliation: it appears to provide the organisation's moral frame for missionary work, poverty relief and social inclusion. The Good Samaritan story seems to function as a practical model for its approach.
Why it matters
This helps explain the organisation's distinctive motivation and may affect how it builds trust, communicates, recruits volunteers or forms relationships with faith and community networks.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include advancing the Christian faith for the public benefit, particularly through missionary work.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's objects include promoting social inclusion within a Christian ethos.”
Source:Charity Commission“Our main objective has always been to model ourselves on the scriptures of Good Samaritan whether at home or abroad.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation may operate across both local and wider geographies
Its formal poverty-relief remit is focused on Birmingham and surrounding areas, but its reference to work 'at home or abroad' may indicate a wider missionary or charitable orientation. It is unclear whether current practical services extend beyond the local area.
Why it matters
Geographic focus affects which local needs, organisations and communities the charity is likely to connect with, and whether its resources are concentrated locally.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects specify poverty relief in Birmingham and the surrounding areas.”
Source:Charity Commission“Our main objective has always been to model ourselves on the scriptures of Good Samaritan whether at home or abroad.”
Source:Organisation
- The number and characteristics of people using food, grant and Job Club support are unknown.
- There is no evidence about referral routes, partner organisations, funding, volunteers or outcomes.
- It is unclear how disability-related charitable activity is delivered, despite disability being listed among the charity's purposes.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or service data showing reach, locations, demand and outcomes for each project.
- Information on referral partners, local collaborators and whether services are delivered directly or through other organisations.
- Evidence describing disability-related activity and how the organisation supports socially excluded communities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Our main objective has always been to model ourselves on the scriptures of Good Samaritan whether at home or abroad. We aim that nobody may go to bed hungry and therefore tagged one of our Projects as DONT GO TO BED GUNGRY. Additionally, we provide weekly employment support through Job Club to help recipients gain employment and earn a living to improve relationships and community co-existence
Charity objects
-TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH MISSIONARY WORK. -THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A FOOD BANK. -TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.”