The Nancy Woodroffe Baker Trust
Charity 327599
Overview
Summary
The Nancy Woodroffe Baker Trust appears to be a grant-making intermediary rather than a direct service provider. Its role is defined by channelling resources to other charities or voluntary bodies working across poverty relief, overseas aid or famine relief, and religious activities. This combination suggests a potentially broad charitable remit, but the available evidence does not show how it prioritises between these areas, where its grants are directed, or whether it has a distinctive geographic or faith-based focus.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sutton Vesey
Confidence: medium
The trust is registered at St Michael's Church, Boldmere, and its governing objects specifically include supporting the pastoral care and evangelical work of that church's PCC. This gives reasonable evidence of a continuing operational connection to the church location, although the address could also function as a correspondence address and there is no evidence that the trust independently delivers services from the site.
- Charity Commission register: The Nancy Woodroffe Baker Trust (charity 327599)
The registered address is St Michael's Church, Church Road, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5RX; the governing objects include the pastoral care and evangelical work of the PCC of St Michael Boldmere. - Birmingham City Council: Notice of poll and list of polling stations
Identifies St Michael's Church, Church Road, Boldmere, B73 5RX as a Sutton Vesey polling-station location. - St Michael's Church, Boldmere official website
Confirms that St Michael's Church is at Church Road, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5RX.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence does not identify the organisations currently receiving grants, their locations, or the proportion of grants supporting St Michael's PCC versus other organisations.
- The trust's registered address at St Michael's Church should not by itself be treated as proof that it owns, manages or directly delivers services from that site.
- The Charity Commission records the trust as operating throughout England and Wales, but its objects also include relief and Christian mission in underdeveloped countries worldwide. Current beneficiary-level evidence is insufficient to establish its present international operational reach.
- There is no evidence that the trust directly operates elsewhere in Birmingham, or that it has a citywide Birmingham delivery footprint.
Additional evidence needed
- A current grants list or trustees' report identifying recipient organisations, grant purposes and recipient locations.
- Confirmation from the trust or St Michael's PCC of whether the trust currently funds, administers or delivers any activity at St Michael's Church.
- Current information on any overseas grants or delivery partners, including the countries and organisations supported.
Areas of work
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A funding role rather than a frontline role
The Trust appears to influence civic and charitable activity primarily through the organisations it funds, rather than through direct work with individuals or communities.
Why it matters
Understanding it as an intermediary shifts attention toward its grant relationships, selection criteria and downstream impact. Its significance may be greater than its own public-facing activity suggests.
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“Who the charity helps: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission“How the charity helps: Makes Grants To Organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
A remit spanning humanitarian and religious purposes
The Trust may operate across both material need and religious activity, rather than being confined to a single issue area. This could enable support for organisations whose humanitarian and faith-based work overlap.
Why it matters
This is a distinctive combination of purposes that may shape which organisations see the Trust as a potential partner, especially where poverty relief, international aid and religious networks intersect.
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“What the charity does: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its strategic focus remains largely invisible
The available evidence suggests a broad mandate but does not indicate whether the Trust concentrates funding on particular places, communities, denominations, emergencies or types of voluntary organisation.
Why it matters
This uncertainty limits understanding of the Trust's practical role in the wider charitable ecosystem and makes it difficult to identify complementary funders, unmet opportunities or likely collaborators.
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“Makes Grants To Organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which organisations receive grants and what work those grants enable.
- Whether funding is local, national or international.
- How the Trust balances poverty relief, overseas aid and religious activities.
- Whether the Trust has specific eligibility, faith or geographic criteria.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent grant lists, recipient names, amounts and purposes.
- Trustee reports, annual accounts or a grants policy describing priorities and selection criteria.
- Information on geographic reach and any religious affiliation or restrictions.