Occtopus Oxford Colon Cancer Trust

Analysis

Occtopus Oxford Colon Cancer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Occtopus Oxford Colon Cancer Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £144k, spending 354% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £248k to £41k (-84%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Occtopus Oxford Colon Cancer Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highlands Village Hall Mannagement Association Ltd (£41k), Giving Relief (£41k) and Moroccan Children's Trust (£41k).

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.