The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Covenant Restoration Assembly Dudley
Charity 1148087
Overview
Summary
The available evidence suggests that The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Covenant Restoration Assembly Dudley operates as a faith-centred charitable organisation with a broader social-support role. Its Christian mission appears to provide the organising framework for counselling, poverty relief, education and grant-making, rather than these being separate programmes. The organisation may therefore function as a local point of pastoral and practical support across several life stages, although the evidence does not yet show the scale, location or specific form of that support.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as a current area in which the charity operates, but neither the Commission record nor the organisation's website identifies a Birmingham service venue, ward, neighbourhood or programme. No supplied Birmingham ward or recognised place can therefore be evidenced as an operational area.
- The organisation's public website gives Dudley as its contact location and describes Sunday worship, a youth programme and Zoom Bible study. This supports a direct service base in Dudley rather than Birmingham.
- The Charity Commission contact address is in Oldbury, while Companies House records a registered office in Oldbury. Both are outside Birmingham and should not be treated as Birmingham operational sites.
- No material delivery partnerships extending the charity's operational reach into Birmingham were identified. A trustee's separate trusteeship at another Birmingham church is not evidence of a partnership or shared delivery arrangement.
- The evidence supports Birmingham-wide operational reach at local-authority level, but not a conclusion that activity is evenly distributed across Birmingham or that the organisation has a physical site there.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, venue-hire agreement, event listing or project description naming Birmingham delivery locations.
- The charity's latest trustees' annual report or annual return with a breakdown of activities, beneficiaries or expenditure by Birmingham location.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether its Birmingham activity is delivered in person, online, through grants, or through partner venues.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith appears to organise a wider support offer
The organisation appears to combine religious practice with practical welfare activity, using its Christian beliefs as the basis for counselling, poverty relief, education and other charitable work.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish it from a narrowly worship-focused congregation or a secular advice provider: faith may be central to how people encounter, understand and receive its support.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include the advancement of the Christian faith worldwide and the relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission“We provide counseling for people on a range of issues.”
Source:Organisation“The charity works in religious activities, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its operating model may extend beyond direct pastoral services
Alongside providing services and advice, the organisation is able to make grants to both individuals and organisations. This may indicate a mixed model that can respond directly to need while also supporting others' charitable activity.
Why it matters
Grant-making could make the organisation a potential connector or resource within a wider local support network, not only a provider working with people one-to-one.
Show evidence
“The charity makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
The intended reach is broad, but prioritisation is unclear
The organisation identifies children and young people, older people, disabled people and the general public as beneficiaries. This suggests an inclusive remit, but the available evidence does not reveal whether it has specialist capabilities for any group.
Why it matters
A broad beneficiary definition may create opportunities for partnership across age, disability and poverty-related work, while also raising questions about where the organisation concentrates its resources.
Show evidence
“The charity helps children/young people, elderly/old people, people with disabilities and the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether counselling, grants and poverty relief are delivered locally in Dudley, elsewhere in the United Kingdom, or through wider church networks.
- Which needs the organisation addresses most often and whether any beneficiary group receives specialist support.
- Whether it works with other charities, public services, schools or faith communities.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity reports showing programmes, grant recipients, beneficiary numbers and geographic reach.
- Information on partnerships, referral routes, volunteer roles and the practical relationship between worship activity and social support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We provide counseling for people on a range of issues. We advance the Christian Faith in accordance with the statement of beliefs. We fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and are connected with the charitable work or the Trust in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom.
Charity objects
(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WORLDWIDE. (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. THE OBJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT AS A PROCLAMATION OF THE BELIEFS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 8 OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.