The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Boniface, Quinton Road West
Charity 1131914
Overview
Summary
St Boniface appears to operate as a neighbourhood-based church with a broad civic-facing role: regular worship is its visible centre, while pastoral care, age-specific groups, school engagement and support for other charities extend its reach beyond services. Its model seems to combine a fixed local gathering place with dispersed relational activity, positioning the church as both a faith community and a potential connector across families, older residents, schools and people experiencing vulnerability.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Quinton
Confidence: high
Direct current evidence places the church and its regular worship, foodbank, children’s, youth and parent-and-toddler activity in Quinton ward. The charity’s latest annual report also describes its charitable work as being within the parish of St Boniface, Quinton, and serving the local community.
- St Boniface Church, Contact page
The church gives its operational address as St Boniface Church, Quinton, Birmingham. - St Boniface Church, Community page
The church states that it loves Quinton and serves the community; it hosts and contributes to a local foodbank, runs Girls’ and Boys’ Brigades, and provides the Teddies stay-and-play group. - St Boniface Church, homepage
The website advertises weekly Sunday worship and Wednesday communion from St Boniface Church, Quinton. - Charity Commission, 2024 trustees’ annual report and accounts for charity 1131914
The report says St Boniface carries out charitable work within the parish of St Boniface, Quinton, Birmingham, including worship, pastoral care for people living in the parish, a foodbank, parent-and-toddler groups, and community use of the church. - Birmingham City Council, Quinton ward map and polling-station information
Birmingham City Council identifies St Boniface Church as a Quinton polling-station venue, supporting its location in Quinton ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence does not identify the full catchment of the foodbank, brigades, worshippers, pastoral visiting, or other groups. People may travel from beyond Quinton, but this does not by itself evidence operational delivery in other wards.
- St Boniface links its foodbank information to the Trussell Trust and runs Girls’ and Boys’ Brigade units. These affiliations materially support activity delivered in Quinton, but the evidence does not show that they create additional St Boniface-operated sites or regular delivery elsewhere in Birmingham.
- The church offers online access to services via Zoom. The evidence does not establish participants’ locations, so this should not be interpreted as evidence of a wider physical Birmingham footprint.
- The charity’s Charity Commission profile records Birmingham City as its area of operation and notes support for charities in the UK and overseas, but the current evidence supports a fundamentally local, parish- and Quinton-based delivery model rather than citywide direct provision.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable or venue list confirming whether any groups, school assemblies, pastoral services, or outreach sessions are delivered away from St Boniface Church.
- Current foodbank referral, collection and distribution information showing its defined service catchment and whether distribution occurs at any additional locations.
- A current annual report or project report with locations for the four semi-autonomous organisations referred to in the trustees’ report.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A church operating as local social infrastructure
The available evidence suggests St Boniface uses worship, groups, pastoral visiting and its premises together to create recurring points of contact for different parts of the local community, rather than functioning only as a venue for religious services.
Why it matters
This helps explain its potential role in local connection and informal support. Organisations seeking to reach families, older people or people facing bereavement may find that the church already holds relevant relationships and trusted routines.
Show evidence
“Pastoral work includes visiting the sick and bereaved.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include provision for senior citizens, parents and toddlers and other special needs groups.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space and services.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its community reach appears deliberately intergenerational
St Boniface appears to organise engagement across life stages, from children and young people to parents, older residents and people who are sick or bereaved. This may make it a rare setting where otherwise separate age groups encounter a common institution.
Why it matters
Intergenerational reach can make the organisation a useful bridge for identifying changing needs across households and generations, rather than viewing local residents through a single service category.
Show evidence
“Activities include youth and children's activities, including boys' and girls' brigades.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include provision for senior citizens, parents and toddlers and other special needs groups.”
Source:Charity Commission“The website identifies families, children and youth, and caring for the vulnerable, as areas of church life.”
Source:Organisation
A potential bridge between parish life, schools and wider charitable causes
The church's work appears locally rooted but not locally bounded: school assemblies create a link into educational settings, while grants and support for charities in the UK and overseas suggest it also channels attention and resources beyond the parish.
Why it matters
This indicates that St Boniface may be a connector between local residents, schools and external charitable networks. It would be worth exploring whether these connections translate into active partnerships or mainly occasional support.
Show evidence
“Activities include assemblies in schools.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
- There is no evidence about the scale, frequency or uptake of groups, pastoral support or use of the church building.
- It is unclear whether school, charitable and vulnerable-person support involves sustained partnerships, referrals or primarily church-led activity.
- The evidence does not identify which local communities are reached least effectively or are absent from the organisation's activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing attendance, volunteer capacity, grants, beneficiaries and use of premises.
- Information on partner organisations, schools, referral routes and the outcomes of pastoral and community activities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Public Worship; Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved; teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups; assemblies in schools; youth and children's activities including boys' and girls' brigades; provision of activities for senior citizens, parents and toddlers and other special needs groups; supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.
Charity objects
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.