United Children'S Foundation
Charity 1127307
Overview
Summary
United Children'S Foundation appears to be a broad, youth-centred community-development charity using informal education and practical support as its main route to inclusion. Its activities suggest a model that begins with children’s learning, confidence and recreation, while extending toward homelessness prevention, disability inclusion and employability. The unusually wide charitable objects may allow it to connect local disadvantage in Birmingham with wider concerns around environmental education, faith relations, equality and disaster relief, though the evidence does not show how actively all of these strands are delivered.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Aston
Confidence: low
The charity's current Charity Commission contact information lists an address in Aston, Birmingham. Its latest accounts also record building insurance, business rates, maintenance and a gas installation, supporting the reasonable interpretation that it maintains a physical base in Birmingham. However, the available evidence does not establish operational activity in Aston or explicitly confirm that its listed youth and education services are delivered from the contact address.
- Charity Commission register — contact information for charity 1127307
Lists the charity address as a location in Aston, Birmingham. - Charity Commission register — receipts and payments accounts for year ended 1 October 2024
Records expenditure on building insurance, business rates, maintenance and a new gas installation.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission describes the charity as operating in Birmingham City, but does not identify the Birmingham neighbourhoods, schools, venues or service locations where current activities take place.
- The listed Birmingham contact address is evidence of a physical base, but it could partly serve administrative or correspondence functions; the available records do not explicitly identify it as a service-delivery venue.
- No current evidence identifies schools or other local organisations with which the charity materially partners, so partnership-enabled reach within Birmingham cannot be mapped.
- The charity reports work in the City of London, Bangladesh, Turkey and Yemen as well as Birmingham; the available evidence does not show how its expenditure or activity is distributed between these places.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or impact report naming Birmingham delivery venues, participating schools and neighbourhoods.
- Current programme information confirming whether homework clubs, holiday activities, training or homelessness-prevention work are delivered at a Birmingham venue or elsewhere.
- Named partnership agreements, grant reports or partner confirmations identifying the Birmingham locations reached through schools or other organisations.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Education/training
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Youth activities appear to be an entry point to wider social mobility
The available evidence suggests that clubs, trips and confidence-building are not ends in themselves: they appear to be used as accessible ways to build skills, belonging and readiness for education or work among young people facing disadvantage.
Why it matters
This frames the organisation less as a provider of leisure activities and more as a developmental bridge between childhood support and longer-term participation in society.
Show evidence
“Homework clubs, holiday clubs, after school activities, camping trips, residential outings.”
Source:Organisation“Working with schools in helping children from deprived backgrounds, confidence booster sessions, leadership skills.”
Source:Organisation“To help young people through recreational and leisure time activities and support which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may operate across life stages rather than serving only children
Although children and young people are identified as beneficiaries, the activities indicate support for people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness, including work programmes and courses leading toward employment.
Why it matters
This suggests a potentially broader role in Birmingham’s support ecosystem: it may address disadvantage as a connected household and community issue, rather than treating youth outcomes in isolation.
Show evidence
“Working to prevent homelessness and poverty.”
Source:Organisation“Providing work programmes and educational courses to help people with disabilities, young people and the homeless eventually leading to work.”
Source:Organisation“To develop the capacity and skills of members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its formal remit is much broader than its recorded activity profile
The charity’s objects include environmental education, religious harmony, equality and diversity, and disaster relief, while the described activities concentrate on local education, youth development and poverty-related support. This may indicate strategic flexibility, dormant strands, or activity not captured in the available record.
Why it matters
The gap is important because it identifies both a possible source of partnership potential and a key question about the organisation’s actual priorities and capacity.
Show evidence
“To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.”
Source:Charity Commission“The promotion of religious harmony for the benefit of the public.”
Source:Charity Commission“The promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit.”
Source:Charity Commission“Homework clubs, holiday clubs, after school activities, camping trips, residential outings.”
Source:Organisation
- Which of the charity's broad formal objects are currently active, funded and delivered.
- Whether homelessness, disability and employability work is delivered directly or through partners.
- The geographic reach, scale and demographic profile of current beneficiaries.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and service plans showing current programmes, expenditure and delivery partners.
- Information from schools, referral agencies and beneficiaries on outcomes and the organisation's local role.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Homework clubs, holiday clubs, after school activities, camping trips, residential outings. Working with schools in helping children from deprived backgrounds,confidence booster sessions,leadership skills. Working to prevent homelessness and poverty. Providing work programmes and educational courses to help people with disabilities, young people and the homeless eventually leading to work.
Charity objects
TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY * TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: A THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; B PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. * TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY * TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 16 LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: A ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.; B ADVANCING EDUCATION; C PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BIRMINGHAM WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: A EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS; B PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: A ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; B PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED [INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID]..