Bhsf Medical And Welfare Charity
Charity 502428
https://bhsfmedicalcharity.co.uk/
Overview
Summary
BHSF Medical and Welfare Charity appears to be a small, long-established grant-maker operating at the intersection of health, welfare and medical advancement. Its role is less to deliver services directly than to selectively strengthen other organisations, research and hospital-based wellbeing through targeted funding. The evidence suggests a deliberately broad charitable remit paired with a practical preference for discrete, tangible projects that can produce visible benefit across multiple groups.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission's current register entry records Birmingham City among the places where the charity operates, but the available evidence does not identify any current Birmingham grant recipient, project or service location at ward level.
- The charity's website says it supports charitable organisations nationwide, while its Charity Commission return records operations across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands area. This leaves uncertainty over whether current grant-making is regional in practice or extends nationally.
- The charity's published contact address is consistently available, but the evidence does not establish whether it is an operational office, a shared administrative location or correspondence address. It has therefore not been treated as a confirmed operational area.
- A website testimonial confirms a grant to Birmingham Royal Ballet in December 2022, but this is historic evidence and does not demonstrate a current partnership or a current operational location within Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current grants list or annual impact report naming grant recipients, projects and locations for 2024 onwards.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether its published contact address is a staffed operational base and, if so, its role.
- Current information on active Birmingham partnerships, including whether any grants support delivery at identified venues or in particular wards.
- Clarification of the geographical scope of current grant-making, reconciling the website's reference to nationwide support with the regional locations declared to the Charity Commission.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A broad remit is translated into focused, project-level grant-making
The charity appears to convert wide objects—medical research, education, hospital amenities and support for people who are sick or disadvantaged—into relatively specific grants for items or defined activities. This may be a way for a small funder to retain breadth while keeping decisions manageable and outcomes visible.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the charity from a general health-service provider: its likely civic value lies in filling smaller, practical funding gaps that larger institutions or public systems may not prioritise.
Show evidence
“As a small charity, we look for specific items and projects that will be of benefit and make a difference to many.”
Source:Organisation“The total amount of Grants that were approved in 2024 was £15,250.”
Source:Organisation“Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research.”
Source:Charity Commission
The charity connects clinical advancement with everyday wellbeing
Its funding priorities appear to span formal medical science and less clinical forms of support, such as bereavement resources, mental-health activity and carer respite. This suggests an understanding of health that includes both research and the lived experience of illness, disability and caring.
Why it matters
This mixed role may make the charity a potential bridge between medical institutions, research activity and community organisations addressing the human consequences of poor health.
Show evidence
“Examples of past donations are £1600 towards memory boxes for those who experience stillbirth, £1000 towards singing sessions to help to promote good mental health and wellbeing, £1000 towards medical research into foot deformities and £500 towards support and respite for isolated rural carers.”
Source:Organisation“The Charity continues to support charitable organisations nationwide concerned with the sick and disadvantaged; assist medical research, education and science; and provide amenities and improve wellbeing for patients or staff in hospital and medical charities.”
Source:Organisation
Its national purpose is rooted in a Birmingham-linked legacy
The charity appears to have originated from BHSF and retains a Birmingham address, while describing support for organisations nationwide. This may give it a distinctive position: locally anchored in institutional history but not geographically limited in its grant-making.
Why it matters
Understanding this tension is useful when assessing its relationship network: its strongest connections may be shaped by its Birmingham heritage even if eligible beneficiaries are national.
Show evidence
“Founded in 1972, the BHSF Medical and Welfare Charity was initiated when the then Executive Council of BHSF decided to set aside £573 3s 3d to form a charitable organisation.”
Source:Organisation“The Charity continues to support charitable organisations nationwide concerned with the sick and disadvantaged.”
Source:Organisation“14th Floor, 54 Hagley Road, Birmingham, B16 8PE.”
Source:Organisation
- How grants are distributed by geography, beneficiary group, theme and organisation type.
- Whether BHSF provides ongoing funding, governance support or referral relationships beyond the shared historical ethos.
- How the charity identifies priorities and measures the outcomes of small grants.
Remaining uncertainties
- A multi-year grants list showing recipients, amounts, locations and purposes.
- Annual reports or accounts showing income sources, reserves, grant-making costs and governance relationships with BHSF.
- Grant criteria, application data and outcome reports from funded organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To provide comforts and amenities for patients or staff in hospitals and medical charities, assist medical research, education and science, and support charitable organisations concerned with the sick or disadvantaged.
Charity objects
THE PROVISION OF A CONVALESCENCE SERVICE AND THE PROMOTION OF MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GENERALLY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 1 OF ABOVE DECLARATION OF TRUST).