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BLACKFRIARS OVERSEAS AID TRUST

Registered charity 288585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOAT

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.

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.

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

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£97k
Latest spending
£90k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished 2025 in good health with total incoming resources of £96,594 and total expenditure of £89,815. Per the Treasurer’s Report, unrestricted reserves stood at £32,776, which is above the stated policy target of £24,000. The charity reported no staff costs as all committee members are volunteers.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (64% of income)
“Donations received under Banker's Order (unrestricted) 62,002”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately £24,000 (held: £33k)
“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain reserves of approximately £24,000.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brazil · Burma · Cameroon · Ethiopia · Grenada · India · Iraq · Kenya · Nicaragua · Pakistan · Peru · Philippines

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£97k£90k
31/12/2024£86k£93k
31/12/2023£84k£97k
31/12/2022£83k£84k
31/12/2021£92k£76k

Common questions

Is BLACKFRIARS OVERSEAS AID TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished 2025 in good health with total incoming resources of £96,594 and total expenditure of £89,815. Per the Treasurer’s Report, unrestricted reserves stood at £32,776, which is above the stated policy target of £24,000. The charity reported no staff costs as all committee members are volunteers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BLACKFRIARS OVERSEAS AID TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLACKFRIARS OVERSEAS AID TRUST as a grant recipient include BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£500