Octopus Community Network

Analysis

Octopus Community Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04490634). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Octopus Community Network reported income of £239k and spending of £237k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £477k to £239k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Octopus Community Network sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fenland Gymnastics Academy (£238k), Wildside Activity Centre (£239k) and Willows Centre Troedyrhiw (£238k).