OCTAVIA FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1065817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCTAVIA HILL HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION, OCTAVIA HILL HOUSING TRUST FRIENDS FOUNDATION
The Octavia Foundation works with people affected by unemployment, ill health, social isolation or low incomes to connect them with opportunities for positive personal change. We deliver services in five key areas: care and support for older and vulnerable people work with young people help with training and employment help with money and debt involving the community
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Foundation reported a deficit of £149k for the year, resulting in net current liabilities of £281k. To address this, investments were divested after the year end to settle intercompany balances owed to Group undertakings, returning the Statement of Financial Position to a net current assets position. The Trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by a Letter of Support from its ultimate parent.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £6k; policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure)
“The Trustees recognise that reserves at the end of the year are not in line with the reserves policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Octavia Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
- Margaret Elizabeth Porteouschair
- Ahmed Saleh
- Oyedokun Oluwaseyi Lou Taylor
- Paul Joseph Randle
- Veronica Gordon
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OCTAVIA FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation reported a deficit of £149k for the year, resulting in net current liabilities of £281k. To address this, investments were divested after the year end to settle intercompany balances owed to Group undertakings, returning the Statement of Financial Position to a net current assets position. The Trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by a Letter of Support from its ultimate parent. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.
Who funds OCTAVIA FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OCTAVIA FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE, HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY.
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