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Registered charity · London

Octopus Community Network

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £239k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation and 1 more
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.octopuscommunities.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Octopus Community Network Limited
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£239k£237k
  • 2024£263k£323k
  • 2023£282k£402k
Earlier years
  • 2022£436k£408k
  • 2021£477k£399k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10% · Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREATER LONDON BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, OTHER AGENCIES AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AD TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS, ANDB THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Grants received

11 grants · £2,113,411 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9392026-02-16
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002025-06-02
  • City Bridge Trust £186,4002020-07-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £113,9212020-07-07
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £591,4182019-10-24
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.

5 trustees on the board

5.4y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 6Health and social care 3Other services 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£239k latest income
61%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1128394
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 JULY 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 19 FEBRUARY 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 MAY 2017
Companies House
Company number 04490634 · Active
Contact on the register
02072637095 · julie@octopuscommunities.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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