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Urban Devotion Birmingham

Urban Devotion Birmingham is a registered charity (number 1112460) based in Birmingham, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £420k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as UDB (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £420k (2025)

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Birmingham City
Website
www.urbandevotion.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Urban Devotion Birmingham
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£420k£376k
  • 2024£462k£508k
  • 2023£393k£415k
Earlier years
  • 2022£341k£312k
  • 2021£291k£215k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable 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.

Grants received

24 grants · £697,662 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

8.5y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 5Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 6Professional services 3Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£420k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1112460
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 3 MAY 2005 AS AMENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2005
Companies House
Company number 05441379 · Active
Contact on the register
01213509370 · sam@urbandevotion.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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