THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST

Registered charity 1156496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST, THE OLDFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST

The Trust's main aim is to support programmes which reduce offending and reoffending, promote entrepreneurship amongst the young and disadvantaged, and tackle other challenges such as homelessness and addiction.

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Latest income

£334k

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust has no employees and incurred no administrative costs other than the fee to its auditors. The trustees report that the Trust has made over 300 grants totaling more than £15 million since its formation in 2015. They plan to reduce the number of grants in future years to increase the average grant size.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The Trust has no employees and has had no administrative costs other than the fee to its auditors.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£2.6m

Reserves (reported)

£15.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~68.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD JOHN OLDFIELDchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Amicia Oldfield · trustee of 1 other charity
Angelica Oldfield
Baroness Jenkin
Edward Oldfield
LEONORA ROSE PHILIPPS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£334k	£1.1m
31/03/2024	£214k	£1.8m
31/03/2023	£181k	£1.6m
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£2.6m
31/03/2021	£1.0m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust has no employees and incurred no administrative costs other than the fee to its auditors. The trustees report that the Trust has made over 300 grants totaling more than £15 million since its formation in 2015. They plan to reduce the number of grants in future years to increase the average grant size. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£39k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	2	£20k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k
THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	—
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION	1	—
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY	1	—
The Ethos Foundation	1	£3.5m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Trust Foundation.

The Trust Foundation income £3.0m
EDWARD HOLT TRUST income £255k
SPITALFIELDS CRYPT TRUST income £3.0m
WEST LONDON COMMUNITY TRUST income £153k
ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOMES income £3.3m
ACCESS COMMUNITY TRUST income £5.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	£334k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2024	£3.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EDWARD HOLT TRUST FY2025	£255k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPITALFIELDS CRYPT TRUST FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
WEST LONDON COMMUNITY TRUST FY2024	£153k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOMES FY2024	£3.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.