The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Kings Heath Church
Charity 1188772
http://www.phsouthbirmingham.com
Overview
Summary
The available evidence suggests that The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Kings Heath Church is primarily a faith-led local organisation whose charitable remit combines Christian worship and outreach with a broad commitment to relieve poverty, sickness and related distress. Its stated geography centres on Birmingham while retaining permission to operate nationally and internationally. The organisation appears to frame service provision as an extension of its religious mission, but the evidence does not yet show what practical support is delivered, at what scale, or through which local relationships.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Billesley
Confidence: medium
The organisation’s official website identifies Potters House Church in Yardley Wood as its address and gives regular Sunday and Thursday service times. Charity Commission reporting describes this as its rented church building. The available evidence does not directly identify the ward in which the church building is located.
- Potters House Church South Birmingham official website
Lists Potters House Church in Yardley Wood, Birmingham, with regular Sunday and Thursday service times. - Charity Commission trustees' annual report, year ended 31 March 2025
Identifies the principal address as The Potters House Church in Yardley Wood, Birmingham, and refers to improvements to the charity's rented building.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence establishes a regular worship and outreach base in Yardley Wood but does not identify the location of the 2024-25 No Knives Gospel Concert or any other outreach activity away from the church building.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates, but this is a broad self-reported geographic category and does not, by itself, demonstrate routine citywide delivery.
- The organisation uses the names Kings Heath Church and South Birmingham, but its evidenced current site is in Yardley Wood; these names should not be treated as evidence of separate operational locations.
- No material operational partnerships, satellite sites, or delivery arrangements extending the organisation's reach were evidenced.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, events calendar, annual report narrative, or service-location list showing where outreach, poverty-relief, youth, or other community activity is delivered.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether services are delivered beyond the Yardley Wood church building and, if so, the relevant Birmingham wards or venues.
- Direct evidence identifying the ward in which the church building is located.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Faith is the organising mission
The organisation appears to be structured principally around advancing a defined Christian faith, with poverty and sickness relief positioned as a connected charitable expression of that mission rather than as a separate specialist service.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the church from a general community-service provider and suggests that worship, belief and practical support may be closely integrated in its operating model.
Show evidence
“To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of faith in Birmingham and other parts of the United Kingdom and the world.”
Source:Charity Commission“Also the relief of poverty and sickness and distress caused thereby regardless of nationality, religious, political or other opinion.”
Source:Charity Commission
Local base, potentially outward-facing remit
Birmingham appears to be the organisation's practical centre of gravity, while its governing purposes allow activity across the United Kingdom and internationally when the church council considers this appropriate.
Why it matters
This may indicate a locally rooted congregation able to participate in wider church, mission or relief networks, rather than an organisation confined to a single neighbourhood.
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“In Birmingham and such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the church council may see fit.”
Source:Charity Commission“In the United Kingdom and such other parts of the world as the church council may from time to time think fit.”
Source:Charity Commission
Broad beneficiary categories, unclear delivery model
The organisation presents itself as serving children and young people, older people and the general public through services, but the available evidence does not identify distinct programmes or targeted needs for these groups.
Why it matters
This suggests possible cross-generational reach, while highlighting that the church's practical civic contribution cannot yet be assessed from category labels alone.
Show evidence
“Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Services.”
Source:Charity Commission
- What services are actually provided to relieve poverty, sickness or distress.
- Whether the church currently operates beyond Birmingham or works through partner organisations.
- Which communities use its services and whether support is delivered independently of worship activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts or activity reports describing programmes, beneficiary numbers and expenditure.
- Information on local partnerships, referral routes, venues and any national or international projects.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SCHEDULE ATTACHED IN BIRMINGHAM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL MAY SEE FIT. ALSO THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION IN BIRMINGHAM AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 4.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; 4.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY, RELIGIOUS POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND 4.3 SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH.