WILLIAM AND EDITH OLDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST — grant history

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Latest income

£682k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£475k

Accounts grants total

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Accounts grants total not shown: this filing has grants flagged as unverified reads.

reconciliation not assessedextracted from its FY2025 accounts

FY2025: 3 grants totalling £42k are listed but excluded from totals: unverified read (the amount is not printed in the accounts text).

FY2023: 1 grant totalling £5k is listed but excluded from totals: unverified read (this is the previous year’s figure repeated in these accounts (comparative column), so it is already counted in that year).

FY2022: 1 grant totalling £3k is listed but excluded from totals: unverified read (this is the previous year’s figure repeated in these accounts (comparative column), so it is already counted in that year).

FY2021: 4 grants totalling £28k are listed but excluded from totals: unverified read (grantee names (or the pattern of amounts) not found in the accounts text; the amount is not printed in the accounts text).

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Environment/conservation/heritage (5 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (4 grantees)
Education/training (4 grantees)
Religious Activities (2 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (1 grantee)
Disability (1 grantee)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Amateur Sport (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Kent (8 grantees)
Medway (2 grantees)
Bromley (2 grantees)
Bexley (2 grantees)
Oxfordshire (1 grantee)
Throughout England And Wales (1 grantee)
Greenwich (1 grantee)
Lewisham (1 grantee)
Northern Ireland (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	History of Maidstone Project	—	£90k
new	Maidstone Borough Council — Maidstone Museum	—	£50k
new	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	—	£50k
new	Rachel M Koopmans and Leonie Seliger — The Kent Miracle Window Project	—	£25k
new	Teston Parish Council	—	£15k
new	Chiddingstone Castle	—	£7k
new	Holmesdale School	—	£5k
new	PLAXTOL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP	—	£1k
up	THE BLACKTHORN TRUST	£17k	£65k
up	Dr Philp, Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit	£2k	£3k
down	THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY	£4k	£950
not listed	Maidstone Borough Council	£50k	—
not listed	Teston Church	£20k	—
not listed	Barming Primary School	£13k	—
not listed	WADHAM COLLEGE	£10k	—
not listed	MAIDSTONE AREA ARCHAEOLOGICAL GROUP	£5k	—
not listed	Wye Rural Museum	£5k	—
not listed	Godmersham Heritage Park	£2k	—
not listed	Holmesdale School, Snodland	£1k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
History of Maidstone Project	FY2025	£90k	History of Maidstone (Grant of £90,000 over 3 years, payment commenced in Jan 2025)
Blackthorn Trust	FY2025	£65k	Conservatory and Café Extension and Refurbishment
Maidstone Borough Council — Maidstone Museum	FY2025	£50k	Revamp of Local History Gallery (second and final payments: £25,000 + £25,000)
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	FY2025	£50k	Contribution to New Music and Science Block
Maidstone Grammar School	FY2025	£50k	Student Services Project
Archbishop Courtenay Primary School	FY2025	£29k	Development of a Comprehensive Sensory Space
Archbishop Courtenay Primary School	FY2025	£25k	School Library Project
Rachel M Koopmans and Leonie Seliger — The Kent Miracle Window Project	FY2025	£25k	Canterbury Cathedral project
Wadham College, Oxford	FY2025	Unverified read£23k	Pictures and Globe Restoration (payments made in 2025: £9,000 + £4,000 + £4,000; note: first payment was 2024)
Maidstone Borough Council — Maidstone Museum	FY2025	£21k	Revamp of Local History Gallery — Provision of Screens, Projectors and Technical Equipment
Teston Church	FY2025	Unverified read£18k	Repair of Church Hatchments (payments made in 2025: £5,842 + £9,154 + £3,084)
Teston Parish Council	FY2025	£15k	Teston Village Green Play Area — Replacement Equipment
Maidstone Borough Council — Maidstone Museum	FY2025	£10k	Revamp of Local History Gallery — New Exhibition Case for 21st Century
Maidstone Borough Council — Maidstone Museum	FY2025	£9k	Revamp of Local History Gallery — Interpretation Writing
Chiddingstone Castle	FY2025	£7k	Relocation of an Ancient Egyptian Coffin
Maidstone LitFest	FY2025	£6k	Maidstone LitFest 2025 Launch
Rochester Cathedral	FY2025	£5k	Rochester Cathedral Garden Project
Holmesdale School	FY2025	£5k	New Audio-Visual Equipment for Main Hall
Giles Whitehead	FY2025	£4k	Project to promote Local History and in particular Maidstone’s Industrial heritage within Schools
Rochester Cathedral	FY2025	£3k	Mediaeval Wall at Rochester Cathedral — Heritage impact Study
Dr Philp, Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit	FY2025	£3k	Publication of Discovering Dover's Buried History Report
Plaxtol Local History Group	FY2025	£1k	House Year 2026 History Project
National Trust	FY2025	£950	Stoneacre Graffiti Survey
David Carder	FY2025	Unverified read£800	Publication of 3 Archaeological Reports (payments made in 2025: £400 + £400)
Teston Village Hall Management Committee	FY2025	£650	Replacement of Light Fittings in Main Hall
Maidstone Grammar School	FY2024	£50k	Student Services Project
Maidstone Borough Council	FY2024	£50k	Maidstone Museum – Revamp of Local History Gallery
Maidstone Grammar School	FY2024	£46k	Audio Visual Wall part of 475 Year Celebration
Archbishop Courtenay Primary School	FY2024	£22k	School Library Project
Teston Church	FY2024	£20k	Repair of Church Hatchments
Blackthorn Trust	FY2024	£17k	Provision of an Accessible Covered Seating Area at their Café
Barming Primary School	FY2024	£13k	Building to support work with Children coming into School with delays in speech and language
Maidstone Borough Council	FY2024	£10k	Maidstone Museum – Revamp of Local History Gallery – New Exhibition Case for 21st Century
Wadham College, Oxford	FY2024	£10k	Pictures and Globe Restoration
Maidstone Area Archaeological Group	FY2024	£5k	East Farleigh and East Malling sites
Rochester Cathedral	FY2024	£5k	Rochester Cathedral Garden Project
Wye Rural Museum	FY2024	£5k	Works at Brook Rural Museum
Maidstone Borough Council	FY2024	£5k	Maidstone Museum – Revamp of Local History Gallery – Interpretation Writing
Maidstone LitFest	FY2024	£4k	Launch Event to promote reading with Children
Giles Whitehead	FY2024	£4k	Project to promote Local History and in particular Maidstone’s Industrial heritage within Schools
National Trust	FY2024	£4k	Post Excavation Assessment at Smallhythe
Godmersham Heritage Park	FY2024	£2k	Restoration of the Susanna Sackree Memorial at Godmersham Church
Dr Philp, Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit	FY2024	£2k	Publication of the Albany Place, Dover Archaeological Report
Holmesdale School, Snodland	FY2024	£1k	Provision of STEM Enrichment Day
Community Safety Education	FY2024	£1k	Financial Literacy Course at St. Augustines Academy
Teston Village Hall Management Committee	FY2024	£650	Replacement of Light Fittings in Main Hall
David Carder	FY2024	£400	Publication of an Archaeological report in the Annual Report of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Dr Jack Newman	FY2024	£398	Scoping Document for the History of Maidstone Project
Dennis Astridge	FY2024	£180	Reprint of The Mighty Pen which had previously been funded by the Trust
Maidstone Borough Council	FY2023	£100k	Maidstone Museum New Archaeological Gallery
Holmesdale School, Snodland	FY2023	£60k	Provision of an outside area Amphitheatre
Maidstone Grammar School	FY2023	£50k	Audio Visual Wall part of 475 Celebration
Wadham College, Oxford	FY2023	£42k	Pictures and Globe Restoration
Boughton Malherbe Hoard	FY2023	£26k	Grant towards Conservation Work, Research and Publication of the Bronze Age Hoard
Rachel M Koopmans and Leonie Seliger	FY2023	£25k	The Kent Miracle Window Project
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	FY2023	£18k	Second World War Visitor Centre Project and Careers
Wadham College, Oxford	FY2023	£10k	Modern Archiving and Preservation of Archive Material — Phase 2
Westborough Primary School	FY2023	£10k	Revamp of School Library
National Trust	FY2023	£6k	Community Research Excavation at Smailhythe
Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings	FY2023	£5k	Archaeological Excavation and related Educational Activities at the Old House Project located in Sandling
Teston Village Hall Management Committee	FY2023	Unverified read£5k	Grant for the provision of a combination of projector, screen and speakers etc., for installation at the Village Hall
Canterbury Archaeological Society	FY2023	£4k	Historical Atlas of Kent
Hollingbourne Late Bronze Age Hoard	FY2023	£3k	Grant towards Conservation Work and Publication
Community Safety Education	FY2023	£2k	Financial Literacy Course for New Learning Academy and Cornwallis Academy
Friends of Teston Church	FY2023	£2k	Teston Church — Survey of Church Hatchments
The Smallpiece Trust	FY2023	£1k	Provision of a Second STEM Enrichment Day at Holmesdale School, Snodland
Dr Philp, Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit	FY2023	£1k	Grant for the Publication of the Meopham Archaeological Report
Westborough Primary School	FY2023	£1k	Revamp of School Library Additional Books
Holmesdale School, Snodland	FY2022	£17k	Provision of an outside area Amphitheatre
Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings	FY2022	£5k	Archaeological Excavation and related Educational Activities at Boxley Abbey and Old House Project
Teston Village Hall Management Committee	FY2022	£5k	Provision of projector, screen and speakers etc.
Lunatraktors	FY2022	£4k	Performance artwork for Boughton Malherbe Hoard project
Dr Nick Stoodley, Archaeologist	FY2022	£3k	Book launch in Aylesford
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	FY2022	Unverified read£3k	Apprenticeship Fairs
Dennis Astridge and Dawn Page	FY2022	£504	Publication of the book “The Mighty Pen”
Boughton Malherbe Hoard	FY2021	£226k	Grant towards Conservation Work and Publication of the Bronze Age Hoard
Maidstone Borough Council	FY2021	£100k	Maidstone Museum New Archaeological Gallery
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	FY2021	£18k	Second World War Visitor Centre Project
Holmesdale School Snodland	FY2021	Unverified read£16k	Provision of an outside area Amphitheatre
Wadham College Oxford	FY2021	£10k	Modern Archiving and Preservation of Archive Material from Wadham College
Teston Village Hall	FY2021	£7k	Grant towards new Flooring
Dr Nick Stoodley Archaeologist	FY2021	Unverified read£6k	Framing of historic pictures of Aylesford Priory
Canterbury Archaeological Trust Outreach	FY2021	£4k	Grant towards the publication of the Historic Towns Map of Canterbury
Hollingbourne Late Bronze Age Hoard	FY2021	£3k	Grant towards Conservation Work and Publication
Dr Nick Stoodley Archaeologist	FY2021	Unverified read£3k	Book launch in Aylesford
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	FY2021	£3k	Careers and Apprenticeship Fairs
Kent Archaeological Society	FY2021	£3k	Grant towards the publication of the Book Maritime Kent through the Ages
The Smallpiece Trust	FY2021	£2k	Provision of a STEM Enrichment Day at Holmesdale School Snodland
Rochester Cathedral Trust	FY2021	£2k	Repairs to the Bishops Gate at Rochester Cathedral
Dr Nick Stoodley Archaeologist	FY2021	Unverified read£2k	Book Romano British Villa and Anglo Saxon Cemetery of the Eccles Monograph

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