The Midlands Eventide Home Trust
Charity 244949
Overview
Summary
The Midlands Eventide Home Trust appears to occupy a distinctive niche at the intersection of later-life housing, financial support and Christian Brethren community connection. Rather than functioning solely as a residential provider, its stated powers suggest a flexible model that can sustain accommodation through buildings, direct assistance and support to other organisations. Its beneficiary focus may make it especially important as a source of continuity for older people whose religious community is central to their sense of belonging.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no direct current evidence that the trust delivers services, owns or manages accommodation, makes grants, or has an operational site within any Birmingham ward or the City Centre.
- The trust's registered correspondence address is in Solihull, outside Birmingham; it should not be treated as an operational site.
- A secondary directory associates the name 'Midlands Eventide Home' with a Birmingham address, but this is not reliable current evidence of operation by the trust. The site is currently identified by the Care Quality Commission as UKSKIN Birmingham, operated by UK Skin Ltd.
- The regional coverageType is a cautious interpretation of the trust's name and its stated purpose of supporting residential accommodation, rather than evidence of a confirmed current regional delivery footprint.
- No material partnerships extending the trust's operational reach were identified.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustees' report or accounts identifying homes, supported accommodation, grant recipients, or areas of benefit.
- A current official website, service directory entry or contact response confirming whether the trust directly operates accommodation and where.
- Property, leasehold or regulatory records linking any current residential accommodation site to the trust.
- Evidence of current funding or delivery partnerships, including the locations and nature of supported provision.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Elderly/old People
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Other Finance
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A faith-linked housing safety net
The Trust appears designed to support older people connected with the Christian Brethren when age or disability limits their ability to support themselves. This may indicate that accommodation is intended not only as care provision, but as a means of preserving community, identity and mutual support in later life.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the Trust from a general older-persons housing charity: its role may depend on relationships within a particular faith community as much as on property or care capacity.
Show evidence
“To provide and maintain homes for old or elderly people, especially those meeting with the Christian Brethren who may no longer be able through age or disability to earn their own livelihood.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity is run by Christians and exists to support the provision of accommodation and/or funds to support residential accommodation for the elderly.”
Source:Organisation
More than a single-home provider
The combination of maintaining homes, funding individuals, funding organisations and providing facilities suggests a potentially flexible support model. The Trust may be able to respond through property, grants or financial assistance rather than relying on one form of residential provision.
Why it matters
This broadens understanding of its potential role: it may act as enabling infrastructure for later-life accommodation, including provision delivered by others.
Show evidence
“Makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations, provides other finance, and provides buildings/facilities/open space.”
Source:Charity Commission“Exists to support the provision of accommodation and/or funds to support residential accommodation for the elderly.”
Source:Organisation
A possible bridge between personal need and community provision
Because the Trust can support both individuals and organisations, it may be positioned to connect immediate housing need with the capacity of residential providers. This could make it a useful partner where older people need support that neither families nor providers can meet alone.
Why it matters
The potential bridging role points to relationships worth investigating with care homes, housing providers and Christian Brethren networks.
Show evidence
“Makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“Accommodation/housing and religious activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the Trust directly operates homes, mainly funds places, or combines both approaches.
- Whether support is restricted to Christian Brethren members or available more widely.
- The location, scale, eligibility criteria and current beneficiary reach of its accommodation support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing spending on properties, individual grants and organisational grants.
- Information on homes supported, referral pathways, eligibility and relationships with residential care or housing providers.
- Evidence of how beneficiaries experience the faith-community dimension of the support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The charity is run by Christians and exists to support the provision of accommodation and/or funds to support residential accommodation for the elderly
Charity objects
TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A HOME OR HOMES FOR THE CARE AND COMFORT AND RESIDENCE OF OLD OR ELDERLY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THOSE MEETING WITH THE CHRISTIAN BRETHREN WHO MAY BE NO LONGER ABLE THROUGH AGE OF DISABILITY TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVELIHOOD.