The Kingfisher Club
Charity 1077382
Overview
Summary
The Kingfisher Club appears to be conceived as a locally rooted social-welfare organisation for people with learning disabilities and those who care for them. Its charitable purpose is notably broad: it combines recreation and leisure with education, health, poverty relief and the reduction of distress or sickness. The available evidence suggests that its intended role is not only to provide activities, but to convene public bodies, voluntary organisations and local residents around improving quality of life.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no current direct evidence that The Kingfisher Club delivers services, maintains a site, or has an operational partnership within any Birmingham ward or the City Centre.
- The supplied record confirms a registered charity with objects framed around working with local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants, but does not identify a current locality, service venue, beneficiary catchment or programme.
- A historical reference to the club launching activities for people with learning difficulties in Cradley Heath in February 2012 suggests a locally focused operational identity outside Birmingham's local-authority area; it is not sufficient evidence that this remains the charity's current operating location or model.
- No current website content, annual report, accounts, contact address or partner evidence was available to establish whether the charity is presently active, where it operates, or whether it has expanded into Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustees' report or Charity Commission filing identifying current activities, venues and areas served.
- A functioning official website or verified current contact details for the charity.
- Confirmation from the organisation or an official delivery partner of any current Birmingham-based sessions, venues or referral arrangements.
- Evidence of any current Birmingham service location or recognised place.
Areas of work
Who they help
How they help
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A convening role is built into its purpose
The organisation may be intended to work through local relationships as well as direct support, bringing statutory authorities, voluntary groups and residents into a shared effort.
Why it matters
This suggests the Club could be a connector within its local support system, rather than simply a standalone provider of activities. Understanding whether it fulfils this convening role would reveal its potential influence beyond its own membership.
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“Its objects include associating local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort.”
Source:Charity Commission
Leisure is framed as a route to wider wellbeing
Recreation and leisure appear to be positioned as part of a broader strategy for improving living conditions, rather than as an end in themselves.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a narrowly activity-based club. It may indicate that social participation, health, education and practical hardship are understood as connected issues for people with learning disabilities and carers.
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“Its objects include providing recreation and leisure-time facilities in the interests of social welfare with a view to improving conditions of life.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include advancing education, preserving good health and relieving poverty, distress or sickness.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its intended constituency includes carers as well as disabled people
The Club appears to recognise carers as people whose wellbeing and access to support may need attention in their own right.
Why it matters
This may create opportunities for the organisation to bridge support for individuals with learning disabilities and the informal networks sustaining them. It also raises a useful question about whether carers participate alongside beneficiaries or receive distinct support.
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“Its objects refer to improving conditions of life for people suffering from or caring for those with a learning disability.”
Source:Charity Commission
- There is no evidence of the Club's current activities, scale, location, membership or beneficiaries.
- It is unclear whether the broad charitable objects reflect active delivery, historic intentions or a mix of direct and partnership-based work.
- No evidence identifies its relationships with statutory bodies, voluntary organisations or carers.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports, programme descriptions or annual reports showing what support and leisure opportunities are actually provided.
- Information on partnerships, referral routes, participant demographics and the role of carers in the Club's work.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Charity objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RACE, COLOUR, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS: BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM OR CARING FOR THOSE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY