The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust

Registered charity 278844 Registered since 1979

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

7y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5General Charitable Purposes 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 2Health and social care 2Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£39k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.oppenheimdownestrust.org
Phone07870886790
Address25 Melrosegate, Heworth, York, YO31 0RL

Finances

£39,135 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£37,873£57,305
2022£67,804£70,949
2023£66,783£73,101
2024£37,284£57,055
2025£39,135£49,751

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable 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.

Governing document: WILL DATED 5TH OCTOBER 1969 AS AMENDED BY A SCHEME DATED 22 AUGUST 2008.

Trustees (5)

5trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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