# The Gospel Oak Project CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1188761
- **Other names:** GOSPEL OAK COMMUNITY FORUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 25, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1188761


## Contact

- **Address:** St. Michaels Church, 17 Redstone Farm Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands
- **Postcode:** B28 9NU
- **Phone:** 01217775659
- **Email:** st.michaels@hotmail.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE AREA OF HALL GREEN BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS KNOWN AS GOSPEL OAK, BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** Gospel Oak Community Forum arranges services in the area of Hall Green known locally as Gospel Oak that will bring the community together.  These services include a community library, book fridge, adult learning classes, coffee mornings.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £50 | £50 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £76 | £161 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £0 | £150 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £54947 | £58346 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £10804 | £7817 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev Ian David Crockford** (Chair) — appointed March 1, 2020
- Ann Eileen Holloway — appointed Nov. 20, 2020
- Janet Herbert — appointed Nov. 24, 2020
- Judith Ann Clarke — appointed May 10, 2020