The Jan Foundation Limited
Charity 1105456
Overview
Summary
The Jan Foundation Limited appears to occupy a relational support role around domestic violence in Birmingham: providing direct mentoring and befriending while intending to connect people with a wider network of relevant services. Its charitable objects describe a broad trauma and disadvantage remit, but its stated activity is more focused on adult and child victims of domestic violence. This suggests an organisation whose distinctive contribution may be sustained, person-centred support and coordination rather than specialist crisis provision alone.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence supports delivery in Birmingham City overall, but does not identify any current neighbourhood, ward, venue or delivery base.
- The Charity Commission contact address should not be treated as an operational site: Companies House records show that the company changed its registered office on 6 January 2026.
- No current named delivery partners, referral partners or hosted venues were identified, so the geographical reach created by partnerships cannot be assessed.
- The charity states that it does not own or lease land or property. This does not rule out use of third-party, outreach or remote locations, but no such locations are evidenced.
- The organisation's website was unavailable when retrieved, preventing verification of current services, referral routes, delivery settings or locality-specific activity.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service description identifying whether mentoring and befriending are delivered remotely, through outreach, in partner venues, or from specific Birmingham locations.
- A current list of material delivery and referral partners, including the areas or venues in which joint work takes place.
- Confirmation from the organisation of its current operational base and whether its registered office is used for service delivery.
- Current monitoring, annual-report or impact data showing the geographical distribution of beneficiaries or sessions, without disclosing safeguarded locations.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Mentoring is positioned as a bridge across complex needs
The organisation appears to treat mentoring and befriending as support that can help people affected by domestic violence navigate interconnected challenges, rather than as an isolated intervention.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from services focused only on a single issue or episode. Its potential value may lie in continuity, trust and practical connection across a person's wider circumstances.
Show evidence
“The objects include mentoring support for people disadvantaged by domestic violence, mental health problems, homelessness, prostitution and leaving care.”
Source:Charity Commission“The Jan Foundation offer mentoring and befriending support to victims of domestic violence both adults and children in the Birmingham area.”
Source:Organisation
A broad mandate is currently expressed through a narrower focus
There is a notable gap between the wide range of groups named in the charitable objects and the specifically reported activity supporting domestic-violence victims in Birmingham. This may indicate strategic concentration, limited capacity, or an activity record that does not capture the full offer.
Why it matters
Understanding this tension is important for potential partners: the organisation may have wider ambitions and relevant expertise, but its present operational focus cannot be assumed to cover every issue in its objects.
Show evidence
“The objects refer to adults and young people affected by violent crime, child abuse, domestic violence, prostitution, leaving care, mental health problems and homelessness.”
Source:Charity Commission“The reported activity is mentoring and befriending support to adult and child victims of domestic violence in the Birmingham area.”
Source:Organisation
Partnership is part of the intended service model
The organisation appears designed not only to support individuals directly but also to assemble or participate in a wider supportive team around them.
Why it matters
This suggests possible value as a connector between domestic-violence support and services addressing housing, mental health, care experience or other disadvantage. It also raises the question of which local relationships make that model viable.
Show evidence
“The objects include networking in partnership with organisations and individuals providing relevant services to create a supportive team approach.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps by acting as an umbrella or resource body.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the organisation currently serves needs beyond domestic violence.
- Which Birmingham organisations form its support network and whether referrals operate in both directions.
- The scale, duration and outcomes of its mentoring and befriending support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent service information describing beneficiaries, referral routes, mentoring model and geographic reach.
- Named partnerships, annual reports or outcome evidence showing how the supportive-team approach operates.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Jan Foundation offer mentoring and befriending support to victims of domestic violence both adults and children in the Birmingham area
Charity objects
1) TO PROVIDE AND FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF MENTORING SUPPORT SERVICES TO BOTH ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE DUE TO ISSUES SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PROSTITUTION, LEAVING THE CARE SYSTEM (YOUNG PEOPLE) MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER FACTORS. 2) TO PROVIDE AND FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF MENTORING SUPPORT SERVICES TO BOTH ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAUMATISED BY VIOLENT CRIME OR AS DISADVANTAGED DUE TO ISSUE SUCH AS CHILD ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PROSTITUTION, LEAVING THE CARE SYSTEM (YOUNG PEOPLE), MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER FACTORS. 3) TO SUPPORT AND NETWORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANISATIONS AND/OR INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING A RANGE OF RELEVANT SERVICES IN ORDER TO CREATE A "SUPPORTIVE TEAM" APPROACH TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SUCH ISSUES BY ANY OTHER MEANS WHICH THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.