# BLACKFRIARS OVERSEAS AID TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 288585
- **Other names:** BOAT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 1, 1984
- **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=288585


## Contact

- **Address:** BLACKFRIARS PRIORY, ST. GILES, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX1 3LY
- **Phone:** 01865278400
- **Email:** john.thanassoulis@wbs.ac.uk
- **Website:** http://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/priory/groups/boat/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF CHRISTIAN PARISHES, ORGANISATIONS, AND SOCIETIES, SITUATED IN OR WORKING OUTSIDE EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, IN (I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND (II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

**Activities:** BOAT (Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust) provides support for the charitable activities of organisations and societies in the relief of poverty and the advancement of education.

**Area of benefit:** OUTSIDE EUROPE,U.USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Brazil
- Burma
- Cameroon
- Ethiopia
- Grenada
- India
- Iraq
- Kenya
- Nicaragua
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £85591 | £92610 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £83605 | £96554 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £83222 | £83932 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £91874 | £76060 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £75489 | £57230 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Geraldine Johnson** (Chair) — appointed June 1, 2022
- ANGELA MACKEITH
- DR FILOMENA NAVE
- Dr JOHN ERNEST THANASSOULIS
- Elizabeth Ann Robertson — appointed June 2, 2024
- JENNIFER MARJORIE DYE — appointed July 10, 2013
- Julie Lynch — appointed June 1, 2025
- Mick Conefrey — appointed June 20, 2021
- ROSALEEN OCKENDEN
- Rene Banares-Alcantara — appointed May 5, 2017