The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust
Charity 1072048
Overview
Summary
The Pilgrim Church Charitable Trust appears to be a place-based religious organisation whose charitable role extends beyond worship into community-facing support. Its operating model seems to combine a regular congregation, physical premises, pastoral leadership and public-facing advice or services. The church’s location in The Meadows, Nottingham, alongside leadership connected to youth development, evangelism and Windrush accountability, suggests it may function as both a spiritual home and a locally rooted civic platform, although the scale and nature of its wider community work remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Handsworth
Confidence: high
The organisation’s current official Birmingham page identifies a church location in Handsworth and advertises regular Sunday Bible study and worship there. It explicitly describes the church as serving Handsworth.
- The Pilgrim Church official website, Birmingham page
Lists The Pilgrim Church Birmingham in Handsworth, Birmingham. - The Pilgrim Church official website, Birmingham page
Advertises Sunday Bible Study from 11:00am to 11:55am and Worship Service from 12:00pm to 1:00pm at the Birmingham church, and states that it is 'Serving Handsworth and the wider Birmingham community.' - The Pilgrim Church official website, Sundays page
Identifies Nottingham and Birmingham as the church’s locations and links visitors to information about the Birmingham church.
Remaining uncertainties
- The official site says the Birmingham church serves the 'wider Birmingham community', but it does not identify regular services, delivery locations, outreach activity or partner-led activity elsewhere in Birmingham. This is insufficient to evidence operational areas beyond Handsworth.
- No current evidence was found of material Birmingham partnerships that extend the charity’s operational reach.
- The Charity Commission registered office is in Nottingham, so it should not be treated as evidence of a Birmingham operational site; the Birmingham site is evidenced separately by the charity’s official website.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or Birmingham-specific service/impact report identifying where social-action, pastoral, youth or community activities are delivered.
- Current information from the organisation naming any Birmingham partner organisations, venues or outreach programmes and the areas in which they operate.
- A programme timetable or event record showing whether activity is routinely delivered outside the Birmingham church site.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A worship community with civic-facing capacity
The Trust appears to use religious activity as a base for wider community benefit, rather than treating worship as its only purpose. Its registered ways of helping include services, advocacy or advice, human resources and facilities.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation may be relevant to local support and connection networks, not only to faith mapping. It may hold assets, trusted relationships and convening capacity that other community organisations could potentially use or complement.
Show evidence
“How the charity helps: Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission“Charity objects include furthering any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community consistent with the advancement of the Christian religion.”
Source:Charity Commission
Physical place may be central to its local role
The church appears to operate from an identifiable, active venue with a regular weekly rhythm. This may make it a stable meeting point and potential community infrastructure in The Meadows.
Why it matters
Organisations with accessible premises can contribute differently from those delivering only mobile or remote services: they can host relationships, activities and collaborations over time. Whether this potential is realised is not yet evidenced.
Show evidence
“The Pilgrim Church, Queens Walk, The Meadows, Nottingham, NG2 2DF.”
Source:Organisation“Every Sunday: Bible Study - 11 am; Main Sunday Service - 12 pm; Tuesdays 7:45-9:00 pm - Prayer Meeting.”
Source:Organisation“How the charity helps: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space.”
Source:Charity Commission
Leadership links faith ministry to public justice concerns
The senior leadership profile suggests an unusual overlap between pastoral ministry and national Windrush accountability. This may give the church insight, credibility or networks extending beyond its immediate congregation.
Why it matters
This connection could make the organisation a potential bridge between local faith communities and wider conversations about racial justice, migration and public accountability. It is not yet clear whether that role shapes the Trust’s activities.
Show evidence
“Rev. Clive Foster MBE is a Senior Minister at Pilgrim Church.”
Source:Organisation“Rev. Clive Foster MBE was appointed in 2025 as the UK’s first Windrush Commissioner.”
Source:Organisation
- What specific community services, advice or advocacy the Trust provides beyond worship.
- Which communities use its premises and whether activities extend beyond its congregation.
- Whether its leadership's Windrush and youth-development experience is translated into local programmes or partnerships.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts or trustee reports describing activities, expenditure and beneficiaries.
- Details of room use, community partnerships, outreach programmes and referral relationships.
- Evidence of participation, feedback or outcomes from people using church and community services.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Advance the Christian religion for the benefit of the community.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE PILGRIM CHURCH (AS EVIDENCE FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE MANUAL PUBLISHED BY THAT CHURCH AND TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH SUCH ADVANCEMENTS AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES