The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Octopus Foundation

Registered charity 1161273 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: City Of London

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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.

4 trustees on the board

9.5y median 9.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Finance 3Utilities 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://octopusgroup.com/octopus-giving/
EmailGIVING@OCTOPUSGROUP.COM
Phone02077106489
AddressOctopus Giving, 33 Holborn, EC1N 2HT

Finances

£329,324 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£350,635£146,733
2022£264,782£402,004
2023£420,766£489,722
2024£288,412£286,721
2025£329,324£274,782

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable 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.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 14 Apr 2015 as amended on 27 Jul 2018

Trustees (4)

4trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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