# THE OPPENHEIM-JOHN DOWNES MEMORIAL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 278844
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 20, 1979
- **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=278844


## Contact

- **Address:** 25 Melrosegate, Heworth, York
- **Postcode:** YO31 0RL
- **Phone:** 07870886790
- **Website:** www.oppenheimdownestrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SCHEME OF AWARDS (OPPENHEIM-JOHN DOWNES MEMORIAL AWARDS) TO DESERVING ARTISTS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER WRITERS, PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, MUSICIANS, DANCERS, ACTORS, CRAFTSMEN, INVENTORS OR ARTISTS OF ANY COMPARABLE NATURE OR DESCRIPTION BEING UNABLE EFFECTIVELY TO PURSUE THEIR VOCATION AS SUCH ARTISTS BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY AND BEING OVER THIRTY YEARS OF AGE AND BEING BRITISH SUBJECTS BORN WITHIN GREAT BRITAIN, NORTHERN IRELAND, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS OR THE ISLE OF MAN.

**Activities:** The maintenance of a scheme of awards to deserving artists, writers, craftsmen and musicians of anykind who by reason of their poverty are unable to pursue effectively their vocation as such. Beneficiaries must be over 30 years of age and be born within Great Britain, Northern Ireland, The Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and must be British Citizens.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £37284 | £57055 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £66783 | £73101 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £67804 | £70949 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £37873 | £57305 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £38552 | £49466 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANTONY GILES GOSTWICK** (Chair) — appointed July 27, 2011
- Alexandra Ahavni Sarkis — appointed Nov. 30, 2020
- JONATHAN LANE — appointed Aug. 22, 2013
- Mary-Alice Stack — appointed March 22, 2016
- Peter James Illingworth — appointed July 31, 2024
- Ranbir Kaur Jhutty — appointed July 31, 2024