THE OCTOPUS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1161273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support of other Charitable Organisations by grants and by volunteering activities.

Objects

A) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE; ANDB) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £77,993 from £23,451 in the previous year, a level the Trustees consider adequate but not excessive. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £54,542, driven by donations of £313,074 against charitable expenditure of £268,753. The Trustees confirm the charity has adequate assets to fulfill its obligations and no material uncertainties exist regarding its future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Stuart Andrew Neil Sheppardchair
• Christopher Thomas Llewellyn
• Emily Quilter
• Simon Andrew Rogerson

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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