VICTORY OUTREACH CHURCH BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 1193053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a Christian church serving the communities in Birmingham and the Black Country. We help people to discover the Christian faith and live out their faith practically through Sunday services, prayer meetings and bible teaching. We reach the hurting people in the inner city. We help people affected by addiction to achieve life transformation through recovery.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. PROVIDING A PLACE OF WORSHIP AND HOLDING RELIGIOUS SERVICES, CEREMONIES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, RAISING AWARENESS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE AND CARRYING OUT INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES WHICH ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.B. PROVIDING PASTORAL CARE AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR ILL HEALTH AS A PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF FAITH.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN:A. LIFE SKILLS SUCH AS COMMUNICATION, TIME MANAGEMENT AND TEAMWORK.B. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE PERSONAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS, SUCH AS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTC. EMPLOYABILITY SUPPORT SUCH AS CV WRITING AND INTERVIEW SKILLS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,156 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £3,303 from £6,459 the previous year. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities, citing adequate assets to fulfil obligations despite noting that securing funding remains a serious challenge. The charity operates with a single paid staff member and approximately 25 volunteers.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GANEL SIMMS
• Lucy Ann Bartley
• Tarnya Claudette Coley

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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