Oliver Heaton Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Trust's giving is for religious purposes in the parish of SS Philip & St James with St Margaret in the City of Oxford, so a church or parish project in that area is the clearest fit.
- Its reported grants have mostly gone to church capital development, major repairs and church activities, such as repair work, redecoration after water damage, new lighting and part of the cost of new furniture.
- The annual report gives no grant range and no published application process, so it is worth using the contact shown for the Trust to ask whether a request would be considered and what size would suit.
- Decisions rest with the parish vicar and churchwardens, and an organisation outside that parish, or one whose work is not religious, is unlikely to match the Trust's stated purposes.
Overview
Oliver Heaton Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1165051).
The Oliver Heaton Trust exists to further religious purposes in the parish of SS Philip & St James with St Margaret in the City of Oxford, as the parish Vicar and Churchwardens think fit. It provides funds for those purposes and administers the Oliver Heaton Bequest. It paid £709,377 in its latest reported year, most of it to St Margarets Church capital development, with smaller sums for major repairs and support for church activities.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2024) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Trust exists to further religious purposes in the parish of SS Philip & St James with St Margaret in the City of Oxford, as the vicar and churchwardens decide. It provides funds for those purposes and administers the Oliver Heaton Bequest. Its reported grants support church capital development, major repairs and church activities. Development support has covered repair work, redecoration after water damage, professional fees, new lighting and part of the cost of new furniture. Its support is directed to religious purposes in the parish and, in the grants described, to church premises and activities.
Geographic Focus
The CITY OF OXFORD.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
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Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- St Margarets Church · Capital development£562,426year to 31 December 2024
- St Margarets Church · Major repairs£113,546year to 31 December 2024
- St Margarets Church · Support for church activities£33,405year to 31 December 2024
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £88,319 | £79,302 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £87,475 | £42,418 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £88,487 | £172,701 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £55,809 | £24,838 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £71,789 | £709,437 | £709,377 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2024)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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