# Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 288585 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/288585)
- Website: http://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/priory/groups/boat/
- Latest income: £96.6k; spending £89.8k
- What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Overseas aid / famine relief, Economic / community development / employment
- Who it helps: Children / young people, People with disabilities, Other defined groups
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Last verified: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/blackfriars-overseas-aid-trust

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.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## What it funds

Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, health / saving of lives, overseas aid / famine relief and economic / community development / employment for children / young people and people with disabilities; the register records that it makes grants to organisations. In its latest reported year Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust reported income of £96.6k and spending of £89.8k.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust in its sources (last checked 16 Oct 2026). Its website (bfriars.ox.ac.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 16 Oct 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Does Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust give grants to individuals?

The Charity Commission register records that Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust makes grants to organisations, not that it makes grants to individuals.

### How large is Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust?

In its latest reported year Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust reported income of £96.6k and spending of £89.8k.


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