St Paul's Church Banbury

Registered charity 1153218 · since 2013stpaulsbanbury.org.uk·International, United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

St Paul's Church Banbury describes its giving as partnership with individuals and organisations in gospel ministry in the UK and around the world, so requests that are clearly about Christian mission are the closest fit; its other stated themes are hardship support and retreat bursaries.
Neither the annual report nor the register gives a grants total or a grant range, so there is no published basis for a typical request size, and a grant writer should ask the church directly what it would consider.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to get in touch through the contact shown.
The Capernwray Fund does not fund anyone who is neither resident in the ecclesiastical parish of Banbury St. Paul's nor habitually attends public worship at St. Paul's Warwick Road or St. Paul's Bretch Hill, so people outside those groups should not apply to that fund.

Overview

St Paul's Church Banbury is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1153218).

St Paul's Church Banbury is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1153218), with the purpose of promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church. It runs three areas of giving: the World Church Group, which oversees support for missions overseas and in the UK; the Hard Times Emergency Fund, which supports people in hardship through loans, grants or other financial support; and the Capernwray Fund, which provides bursaries to attend a holiday or retreat at Capernwray Hall.

What they fund

Priority Areas

St Paul’s describes its giving as partnership with individuals and organisations involved in gospel ministry in the UK and around the world, combining financial support with prayer and encouragement. Mission support helps equip churches, train leaders, reach people who have not heard the gospel and support Christians facing persecution. The annual report also records support for missions overseas and in the UK. Alongside mission giving, the church has a hardship fund offering loans, grants or other financial support to people in hardship, and a restricted bursary fund for people resident in the parish or habitually attending its named congregations to attend holidays or retreats. Its approach includes prayer and regular updates from mission partners.

Themes

Christian mission
Hardship support
Retreat bursaries

Geographic Focus

Priority: The UK; around the world.

What they don't fund

Capernwray Fund only: bursaries for anyone who is neither resident in the ecclesiastical parish of Banbury St. Paul’s nor habitually attends public worship at St. Paul’s Warwick Road or St. Paul’s Bretch Hill to attend any Holiday/ retreat at Capernwray Hall in Lancashire

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom
International

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£175,913	£160,779	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£186,630	£160,779	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£226,209	£182,074	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£352,814	£296,076	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£262,462	£315,472	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

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.