Octavia Foundation

Analysis

Octavia Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03436993). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Octavia Foundation reported income of £171k and spending of £290k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £421k to £171k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Octavia Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bacup Family Centre (£170k), IHYA Foundation (£171k) and The Priceholme Trust CIO (£170k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.