The Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust

Registered charity 1156496 Registered since 2014

Operates: Kent, Medway

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

9y median 9.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.9y

average years in governance

4 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Commercial experience

Finance 6Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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The Clore Duffield Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Amber Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Parenting Circle 1 shared trustee
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Contact

Website	chotrust.org
Email	info@chotrust.org
Phone	01795886155
Address	Doddington Place, Church Lane, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0BB

Finances

£334,397 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,026,598	£1,619,091
2022	£1,316,195	£2,637,396
2023	£180,985	£1,553,025
2024	£213,514	£1,834,330
2025	£334,397	£1,131,380

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW)AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS TO INDIVIDUALS, CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS, WHETHER REGISTERED, EXCEPTED OR EXEMPT, AND OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 24/03/2014AS AMENDED ON 26 DEC 2017 as amended on 31 Jan 2025

Trustees (6)

6trustees

70median age

1aged 70+

Richard John Oldfieldage 70 Chair since 2013
Amicia Oldfield since 2016
Angelica Oldfield since 2024
Baroness Jenkin since 2019
Edward Oldfield since 2017
Leonora Rose Philipps since 2013

Connected charities (3)

The Parenting Circle 1 shared trustee
The Amber Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Clore Duffield Foundation 1 shared trustee

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