William and Edith Oldham Charitable Trust

Analysis

William and Edith Oldham Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, William and Edith Oldham Charitable Trust reported income of £682k and spending of £396k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £237k to £682k (+188%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 1483%. Over the whole period it spent 24% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, William and Edith Oldham Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sargent Charitable Trust (£682k), Beavers Arts Limited (£683k) and In Place of War CIO (£681k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 62% and investments 37%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £424k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £363k. Reserves of £9.9m would cover about 278 months of spending at that rate.