Banbury Charities grants
Banbury Charities is a group of eight local charities in Oxfordshire, making grants to individuals and organisations for poverty relief, recreation and education.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Banbury Charities is a group of eight registered charities based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, that make grants to individuals and organisations mainly within Banbury and the surrounding area. Trustees assist individuals and organisations in the Borough of Banbury and within a five-mile radius of Banbury Cross, though its guidance on relief of poor people describes a wider area of within ten miles of Banbury — check which applies to the grant you are interested in. Its purposes include providing facilities for physical recreation for the inhabitants of Banbury and the surrounding area, assisting educational establishments and students under 25, benefiting sick or poor people, and assisting schools, colleges or other institutions of further education with facilities for the arts, literature and science.
What they fund
Banbury Charities supports general charitable purposes, recreation, poverty relief, amateur sport and education and training.
Who and where
It supports people with disabilities, children and young people, older people and other groups, in and around Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Banbury Charities says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
What they say they're looking for
“To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the physical recreation of the inhabitants of the town of Banbury and the neighborhood thereof”
Source: banburycharities.co.uk — Banbury Charities – Banbury Charities are a group of eight registered charities →
“to assist educational establishments and students less than 25 years of age”
Source: banburycharities.co.uk — Banbury Charities – Banbury Charities are a group of eight registered charities →
“to benefit sick, poor persons by such means as the Trustees consider appropriate”
Source: banburycharities.co.uk — Banbury Charities – Banbury Charities are a group of eight registered charities →
“To assist schools, colleges or other institutions of further education in providing facilities for the promotion of education in the arts, literature and science”
Source: banburycharities.co.uk — Banbury Charities – Banbury Charities are a group of eight registered charities →
Who they say they'll fund
“The Trustees assist individuals and organisations in the Borough of Banbury and within a five-mile radius of Banbury Cross”
Source: banburycharities.co.uk — Banbury Charities – Banbury Charities are a group of eight registered charities →
“The application of the income of the Trust Fund is for the relief of poor people residing in or belonging to or connected with the Town of Banbury in the County of Oxford and/or any place or places situate within a radius of Ten Miles from Banbury”
Source: banburycharities.co.uk — Individual Grants – Banbury Charities →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
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How to approach them
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Common questions
What does Banbury Charities fund?
As a group of eight charities, its purposes include providing facilities for physical recreation for the inhabitants of the town of Banbury and its neighbourhood, assisting educational establishments and students under 25, benefiting sick or poor people, and assisting schools, colleges and further education institutions with facilities for the arts, literature and science.
Who can apply?
The trustees assist individuals and organisations in the Borough of Banbury and within a five-mile radius of Banbury Cross. Separate guidance on the relief of poor people describes a wider catchment of within ten miles of Banbury, so the exact area may depend on which grant you are applying for.
How do I apply?
Find details for individual grants and organisational grants on the Banbury Charities website, then apply using the relevant route. Check the funder's own website (banburycharities.co.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 201418) for current guidance, as processes can change.
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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Banbury Charities.