Trust Property Administered In Connection With The Church Of England
Charity 522857
Overview
Summary
This appears to be a Church of England-administered trust whose practical civic role is to support St Basils Centre Limited’s work with young people facing homelessness and hardship in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. Its role seems less like a direct-service charity with a broad public mission and more like an enabling vehicle: using finance, property, facilities and advice-related support to sustain pathways from crisis accommodation toward stability, education and work.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records that the trust operates in Birmingham City, but does not identify particular wards, neighbourhoods, delivery venues or beneficiary locations.
- There is no current evidence that the registered address is a service-delivery site; it may be an administrative or correspondence address.
- The trust's objects refer to the charitable objects of St Basils Centre Limited and its working name is recorded as ST BASIL - DERITEND, but the available evidence does not establish a current operational partnership, service site or delivery activity with St Basils.
- The charity reported income and expenditure of £481 for the year ended 31 December 2024 and reports owning or leasing no land or property. This indicates a small-scale trust or grant-making role, but does not show how its current support is geographically distributed within Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustee annual report, grant record or activity statement identifying the recipients, services or locations supported by the trust.
- Confirmation from the trustees, Church of England Birmingham or St Basils of whether ST BASIL - DERITEND remains an active operational relationship and, if so, where activity is delivered.
- Evidence identifying any current physical venue used by the trust for service delivery, rather than correspondence or administration.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
An enabling trust behind a youth-homelessness mission
The organisation appears to operate primarily in support of St Basils Centre Limited’s charitable purposes, rather than defining an independent frontline mission. Its contribution may therefore be financial, property-based or governance-related infrastructure for youth homelessness work.
Why it matters
This changes how the organisation should be understood in the local ecosystem: it may be an important source of capacity for another organisation, even if it is not itself highly visible to people using services.
Show evidence
“FOR CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF ST BASILS CENTRE LIMITED.”
Source:Organisation“Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Other Finance, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
Housing support is linked to longer-term transition
The organisation’s intended model appears to extend beyond emergency relief. Temporary shelter and residential accommodation are paired with counselling, advice, leisure-time education and experience of regular work, suggesting an ambition to help young people move from immediate crisis toward greater independence.
Why it matters
This indicates that accommodation may be treated as a platform for wider social and economic participation, not simply as an endpoint. Potential partners may therefore include employment, education and wellbeing organisations as well as housing providers.
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“Provision of counselling advice temporary shelter and residential accommodation.”
Source:Organisation“To educate them through their leisure time activities and the provision of experience of regular work.”
Source:Organisation
A geographically focused mission sits within broad public classifications
Although the charity is classified as helping the general public and includes general charitable and religious purposes, its objects identify a much more specific priority group: young people in need, hardship or distress within Birmingham Diocese or the West Midlands.
Why it matters
The contrast suggests that broad registry categories may obscure the organisation’s actual place-based and age-specific role. Mapping it only as a general charity could miss its relevance to youth homelessness networks in the region.
Show evidence
“Young persons resident in the Diocese of Birmingham or in the County of West Midlands who are in conditions of need hardship or distress.”
Source:Organisation“The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the trust directly delivers support, mainly holds property, or primarily transfers resources to St Basils Centre Limited.
- Which young people currently benefit, how many are reached, and whether the geographic focus remains active in practice.
- How the Church of England connection affects governance, funding, property ownership or partnerships.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent accounts, annual reports and grant records showing expenditure, assets and transfers to St Basils Centre Limited.
- Information on trustees, property holdings, current services and formal relationships with St Basils and local housing partners.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Assisting homeless people
Charity objects
FOR CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF ST BASILS CENTRE LIMITED NAMELY FOR THE RELIEF EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF YOUNG PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM OR IN THE COUNTY OF WEST MIDLANDS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVISION OF COUNSELLING ADVICE TEMPORARY SHELTER AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMODATION AND TO EDUCATE THEM THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND THE PROVISION OF EXPERIENCE OF REGULAR WORK.