The Tabitha Trust

Charity 1045539

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

The Tabitha Trust appears to be a small, flexible grant-maker whose practical identity is more focused than its broad charitable objects suggest. Its stated priorities connect suicide prevention among ethnic minorities with mental-health concerns, while its grants are mainly directed to West Midlands organisations. The planned transfer of funds to Staffordshire Community Foundation suggests an operating-model transition: the Trust may retain strategic discretion over grants while relying on community-foundation infrastructure for stewardship or administration.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Regional

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • Direct evidence from the Charity Commission states that the trust operates in Birmingham City, but it does not identify any Birmingham ward, recognised place, grant recipient, service venue or beneficiary location. No supplied Birmingham area identifier can therefore be evidenced.
    • The trust is a grant-maker rather than a direct service provider. Its operational presence in Birmingham appears to be through grants to organisations and/or individuals, but the current recipients, amounts and locations of those grants are not publicly specified.
    • The Charity Commission record says that most grants go to West Midlands organisations and lists Birmingham City alongside Sandwell, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton. This supports a regional operational footprint rather than a neighbourhood-, district- or Birmingham-citywide delivery model; it does not establish the scale of activity within Birmingham itself.
    • The recorded Stafford address should not be treated as a Birmingham operational site. The Charity Commission also records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
    • The stated transfer of funds to Staffordshire Community Foundation indicates an administrative and grant-management relationship, while the trust says it will retain control of grants. The evidence does not show whether this arrangement currently changes the geography of grants made in Birmingham.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current grant list or annual grant report identifying Birmingham recipient organisations, projects and their ward or place locations.
    • Confirmation from The Tabitha Trust or Staffordshire Community Foundation of the current grant-management arrangement and whether any active Birmingham grants are administered through it.
    • Evidence of any physical meeting, delivery or programme sites used by the trust in Birmingham.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Disability
    • Economic/community Development/employment
    • Education/training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Religious Activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Makes Grants To Individuals
    • Makes Grants To Organisations

    Discoveries involving this organisation

    The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

    Observations

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • A broad-purpose trust with a concentrated practical focus

      Although its objects permit activity across poverty, education, religion and general charitable purposes, the Trust appears to use its grant-making primarily around mental health and suicide prevention among ethnic minorities.

      Why it matters

      This distinction helps identify the Trust's likely role in the local funding landscape: not as a generalist funder, but as a potentially specialist source of support for an underserved intersection of need.

      Show evidence

      • “TO ASSIST THE POOR AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION RELIGION AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW AND BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “We focus on the prevention of suicide amongst ethnic minorities and mental health issues.”

        Source:Organisation

    • Geography, governance and funding infrastructure may be separating

      The Trust appears to have a cross-regional structure: most grants go to West Midlands organisations, while its funds are being transferred to Staffordshire Community Foundation and grant control is retained by the Trust.

      Why it matters

      This may create a useful bridge between local funding infrastructure and needs beyond the immediate geography of the community foundation. It also raises questions about how local knowledge will inform grant decisions after the transition.

      Show evidence

      • “Most grants to West Midlands organizations.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “We are transferring our funds to Staffordshire Community Foundation but will continue to control grants from our trust.”

        Source:Organisation

    • The Trust combines targeted wellbeing funding with youth enrichment

      Sponsoring a girls' chess championship alongside mental-health and suicide-prevention grant-making may indicate an interest in prevention and opportunity that extends beyond crisis-focused support.

      Why it matters

      This is a distinctive combination. It suggests the Trust may value both direct responses to serious harm and activities that build confidence, participation or educational opportunity for young people.

      Show evidence

      • “We sponsor the Middlesex Girls Chess Championship under the aegis of Barnet Junior Chess.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “Children/young People”

        Source:Charity Commission

      Remaining uncertainties

    • Which ethnic-minority communities, places and forms of suicide prevention the Trust prioritises.
    • Whether grants are mainly proactive, responsive, recurring or project-based.
    • How the transfer to Staffordshire Community Foundation will change administration, eligibility or relationships with West Midlands organisations.

      Additional evidence needed

    • A recent grants list showing recipients, amounts, locations and purposes.
    • The Trust's grant criteria, decision-making process and intended role for Staffordshire Community Foundation.
    • Information on the aims and outcomes sought through the Middlesex Girls Chess Championship sponsorship.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    We are a grant making trust. We focus on the prevention of suicide amongst ethnic minorities and mental health issues. We sponsor the Middlesex Girls Chess Championship under the aegis of Barnet Junior Chess. Most grants to West Midlands organizations. We are transferring our funds to Staffordshire Community Foundation but will continue to control grants from our trust.

    Charity objects

    TO ASSIST THE POOR AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION RELIGION AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW AND BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC