Registered charity · Bristol
The Oldham Foundation
- 6 trustees
- Income £45k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 1975
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£45k£107k
- 2024£44k£89k
- 2023£44k£71k
Earlier years
- 2022£57k£87k
- 2021£36k£70k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME OR THE CAPITAL FOR OR TOWARDS ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS WHO ON THE 8TH JANUARY 1972 OR EARLIER WERE IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF 1) OLDHAM INTERNATION LTD OR SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES 2) THE LATE JOHN OLDHAM 3) THE LATE ENID DORIS OLDHAM 4) ORLANDO OLDHAM AND THE SPOUSES WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, CHILDREN REMOTER ISSUE AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH EMPLOYEES BY MAKING PROVISION BY WAY OF GRANTS LOANS ANNITIES PENSIONS OR BY MEETING HOSPITAL MEDICAL OR OTHER EXPENSES
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- John Wetherherd Sharpe Chair since 1997
- Edward Oldham since 2017
- John Hervey Oldham since 1990
- Michael Davies since 2007
- Stephen Roberts since 1992
- Thomas Frederick Roles since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- John Wetherherd Sharpe Chair since 1997
- Edward Oldham since 2017
- John Hervey Oldham since 1990
- Michael Davies since 2007
- Stephen Roberts since 1992
- Thomas Frederick Roles since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Edward Oldham since 2017
- John Hervey Oldham since 1990
- Michael Davies since 2007
- Stephen Roberts since 1992
- Thomas Frederick Roles since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- John Wetherherd Sharpe Chair since 1997
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 269263
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 16 DECEMBER 1974, AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION 3 NOVEMBER 1999
- Contact on the register
- 01179069350
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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