Trust Property Held In Connection With The Oratory Of St Philip Neri At Birmingham

Charity 239857

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

The available material provides only the organisation’s name. It suggests a possible connection to the Oratory of St Philip Neri in Birmingham and to the holding of property, but this cannot establish the charity’s legal purpose, activities, beneficiaries, governance, assets, or current role. Civic Atlas’s understanding should therefore remain provisional and should not infer service delivery or community impact from the name alone.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Neighbourhood

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Ladywood

Confidence: medium

Direct evidence establishes active worship, parish groups and associated facilities at 141 Hagley Road. A Birmingham City Council planning record assigns that address, including the Oratory Church and Oratory House, to Ladywood ward. The Oratory's own materials use the locality name Edgbaston, which is not conclusive ward evidence.

  • Official Birmingham Oratory website, Parish Groups page ([birminghamoratory.org.uk](https://birminghamoratory.org.uk/parish-groups/?utm_source=openai))
    The organisation lists regular parish groups, including children's, youth, adult, SVP and Legion of Mary activities, meeting in the Oratory House, cloister halls and Newman Shrine at 141 Hagley Road.
  • Official Birmingham Oratory website, Mass Times page ([birminghamoratory.org.uk](https://birminghamoratory.org.uk/mass-times/?utm_source=openai))
    The site publishes a continuing schedule of public Masses, confessions and devotions at 141 Hagley Road, demonstrating ongoing service delivery from that premises.
  • Birmingham City Council planning record 2015/06415/PA ([eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk](https://eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/Generic/StdDetails.aspx?DAURI=PLANNING&FT=Planning+Application+Details&PARAM0=758998&PT=Planning+Applications+On-Line&PUBLIC=N&TYPE=PL%2FPlanningPK.xml&XMLSIDE=&XSLT=%2FNorthgate%2FPlanningExplorer%2FSiteFiles%2FSkins%2FBirmingham%2Fxslt%2FPL%2FPLDetails.xslt&utm_source=openai))
    The council records the site address as '141 Hagley Road, Ladywood, Birmingham B16 8UE', identifies the applicant as the Oratory Church/Oratory House, and gives the ward as Ladywood.
  • Charity Commission register, The Oratory of St Philip Neri at Birmingham, charity 239857 ([register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/239857/full-print?utm_source=openai))
    The record identifies this organisation as an associated charity of the parent Oratory charity and gives The Oratory, 141 Hagley Road, Birmingham B16 8UE as the parent charity's contact address; the parent charity's reported activity is holding trust property for religious and connected charitable purposes, particularly in or near Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
  • The supplied record is for associated charity 239857-1, a property-holding trust. The available current service evidence is published by the parent charity/working name, The Birmingham Oratory, rather than separately attributing each activity or building to associated charity 239857-1.
  • The evidence supports a single active Birmingham operational hub at 141 Hagley Road. It does not identify current, location-specific delivery by this trust in other Birmingham wards.
  • The official site describes the premises as being in Edgbaston, while the council planning record assigns the address to Ladywood ward. This is best understood as a locality-name versus electoral-ward distinction, but a current ward-boundary confirmation would remove residual uncertainty.
  • The Society of St Vincent de Paul and Legion of Mary meet at the Oratory, but the available evidence does not specify the areas reached through their outreach; no wider operational areas have therefore been inferred.
Additional evidence needed
  • A current trustees' report, asset register or property schedule that distinguishes the land and buildings held by associated charity 239857-1 from those held or used by the parent charity.
  • Current reporting on grants, outreach, pastoral activity or partnerships that names delivery locations outside 141 Hagley Road.
  • A current Birmingham City Council geographic lookup or ward-boundary confirmation for 141 Hagley Road.

Areas of work

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    Who they help

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      How they help

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        Discoveries involving this organisation

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        Observations

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            Remaining uncertainties

          • No evidence is provided about the organisation’s charitable objects, legal status, governance or current activities.
          • It is unclear whether the organisation actively manages property, supports religious activity, funds services, or operates solely as a holding trust.
          • There is no evidence of beneficiaries, partnerships, geographic reach beyond the reference to Birmingham, or relationships with the Oratory itself.

            Additional evidence needed

          • Charity Commission register entry, including charitable objects, trustees, financial history and latest annual return.
          • Governing document or trust deed clarifying the property held, permitted uses and relationship with the Oratory of St Philip Neri at Birmingham.
          • Recent accounts, annual reports or organisational communications showing current activity, expenditure, property use and beneficiaries.
          Charity Commission profile
          Source:Charity Commission

          Activities

          Charity objects