Ocu Foundation

Analysis

Ocu Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in October 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Ocu Foundation reported income of £85k and spending of £115k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from April 2024 to April 2025, income fell from £106k to £85k (-20%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ocu Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gate Church (Prudhoe) (£85k), Grains of Hope Foundation (£85k) and London Bangla Press Club (£85k).