Walter Priestman Memorial Fund

Charity 1077389

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Walter Priestman Memorial Fund appears to be a narrowly focused grant-making health charity rather than a direct-service provider. Its role is to support other organisations working on alcohol temperance and drug-abuse prevention, linking a historic public-health purpose to the wider voluntary-sector response. The available evidence suggests a preventative orientation, with children and young people included alongside the general public, but does not yet reveal its funding priorities, geographic reach, grant scale or active partnerships.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Regional

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • The Charity Commission record lists Birmingham City, Warwickshire and Worcestershire as places where the fund operates, but it does not identify grant recipients, projects, service locations or Birmingham wards.
    • The fund reported £0 income and £0 expenditure for the year ended 31 December 2024. This means the available evidence does not demonstrate active grant-making or service delivery in Birmingham during that year.
    • No physical operational site in Birmingham is evidenced. The Charity Commission states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
    • Birmingham is part of the charity's recorded operational geography and governing-document area of benefit, but the evidence is insufficient to determine whether its practical activity is neighbourhood-based, district-wide or citywide within Birmingham.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current grants list or trustees' report identifying recipient organisations, grant dates and project locations.
    • Confirmation from the fund or its trustees of whether any grants have been made in Birmingham since 1 January 2025.
    • Official information from recipient organisations showing where any funded Birmingham activity is delivered.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • The General Public/mankind

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Makes Grants To Organisations

    Discoveries involving this organisation

    The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

    Observations

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • An indirect contributor to prevention

      The fund appears to pursue health outcomes by resourcing organisations rather than delivering programmes itself. Its influence may therefore depend on the capabilities, reach and choices of its grant recipients.

      Why it matters

      This distinguishes the fund from frontline treatment or education providers and directs attention toward its funding relationships as the clearest way to understand its local contribution.

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      • “Makes Grants To Organisations.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • A preventative health mission with unusually specific roots

      Its purpose appears focused on preventing alcohol- and drug-related harm before or alongside more acute health interventions, using the language of temperance and curbing abuse rather than treatment, recovery or harm reduction.

      Why it matters

      This may shape which organisations, approaches and communities are considered eligible for support, and suggests its mission could differ from contemporary substance-use charities in emphasis or vocabulary.

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      • “THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY FOSTERING TEMPERANCE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND THE CURBING OF DRUG ABUSE.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “The charity is governed by a scheme dated 27th August 1999.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • Potential bridge between youth and population-wide work

      By identifying both children and young people and the general public, the fund may be positioned to support interventions across life stages rather than serving a single narrowly defined beneficiary group.

      Why it matters

      This creates a possible opportunity for the fund to connect youth prevention work with wider community norms, family support or public-health activity, though this is not yet evidenced in its grants.

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      • “Children/young People, The General Public/mankind.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      Remaining uncertainties

    • Which organisations receive grants, and whether they work in prevention, treatment, recovery, education or another area.
    • The fund's geography, grant size, frequency, current resources and decision-making criteria.
    • Whether its historic language reflects current practice or only its governing object.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Recent annual reports, accounts and lists of grants awarded.
    • Grant guidelines, trustee reports and any public description of funding priorities or geographic scope.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    The charity is governed by a scheme dated 27th August 1999. The object of the charity is the protection and preservation of good physical and mental health by fostering temperance in the consumption of alcohol and the curbing of drug abuse.

    Charity objects

    THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY FOSTERING TEMPERANCE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND THE CURBING OF DRUG ABUSE