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Blackfriars Overseas AID Trust
Blackfriars Overseas AID Trust is a registered charity (number 288585) based in Oxford, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Dr Geraldine Johnson since 2022. Latest income £97k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Boat (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £97k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Dr Geraldine JohnsonChair · since 2022
- Angela MackeithTrustee
- DR Filomena NaveTrustee
- Dr John Ernest ThanassoulisTrustee
- Elizabeth Ann RobertsonTrustee · since 2024
- Jennifer Marjorie DYETrustee · since 2013
- Julie LynchTrustee · since 2025
- Mick ConefreyTrustee · since 2021
- Rene Banares-AlcantaraTrustee · since 2017
- Rosaleen OckendenTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Grenada and more
- Website
- www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/priory/groups/boat (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£97k£90k
- 2024£86k£93k
- 2023£84k£97k
Earlier years
- 2022£83k£84k
- 2021£92k£76k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable 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.
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Geraldine Johnson Chair since 2022
- Angela Mackeith
- DR Filomena Nave
- Dr John Ernest Thanassoulis
- Elizabeth Ann Robertson since 2024
- Jennifer Marjorie DYE since 2013
- Julie Lynch since 2025
- Mick Conefrey since 2021
- Rosaleen Ockenden
- Rene Banares-Alcantara since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Jennifer Marjorie DYE since 2013
- Rene Banares-Alcantara since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Geraldine Johnson Chair since 2022
- Angela Mackeith
- DR Filomena Nave
- Dr John Ernest Thanassoulis
- Elizabeth Ann Robertson since 2024
- Jennifer Marjorie DYE since 2013
- Julie Lynch since 2025
- Mick Conefrey since 2021
- Rosaleen Ockenden
Portfolio (1)
- Rene Banares-Alcantara since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 288585
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10/01/1984AS AMENDED ON 15/11/1998AS AMENDED ON 04/05/2014 as amended on 08 Sep 2021 as amended on 02 Jun 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01865278400 · john.thanassoulis@wbs.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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