The October Club

Analysis

The October Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The October Club reported income of £45k and spending of £57k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £61k to £45k (-27%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The October Club sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Children's Surgery Foundation (£45k), The Cracked Slipper Company (£45k) and Rebirth Tabernacle (£45k).