URBAN DEVOTION BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 1112460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UDB

Urban Devotion Birmingham serves children, young people, offenders and families within a variety of community and structured environments and has contact with over 2500 individuals. UDB offers education, activities and mentoring for the benefit and personal development of those who would otherwise lack these important investments in their personal, social, economic and spiritual development.

Objects

TO DEMONSTRATE PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE TRUTH, EFFECTIVENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST BY :-3.1.1 THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) YOUNG PEOPLE;3.1.2 PROMOTING OR SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES WHICH ENCOURAGE THE MENTAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) YOUNG PEOPLE AND INCREASE THEIR POTENTIAL AND SELF-ESTEEM;3.1.3 RELIEVING PEOPLE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;3.1.4 PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES HI THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND3.1.5 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY, AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3.2 TO COMMUNICATE PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE POSITIVE CHRISTIAN LIVING.

Area of benefit: CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Urban Devotion Birmingham ended the year with a surplus and unrestricted reserves of £198,602, which the trustees describe as equivalent to approximately three months of core operating costs. The charity secured multi-year grants from The National Lottery and the Garfield Weston Foundation, providing a reliable foundation for future planning despite a challenging funding environment. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Urban Devotion Birmingham (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bridgette Catherine Anne Baldwin
• Hannah Miller · trustee of 1 other charity
• Luke Joseph Naraine · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Trevor Gibbins · trustee of 2 other charities
• Samuel Miller

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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• URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £12k
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• SCOUT ASSOCIATION COUNTY OF BIRMINGHAM income £2.1m
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Side by side with its peers

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