OCTAVIA FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-01 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-17
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In forming this opinion, the Trustees have had regard to the risks identified, to the controls in place as set out in the Trustees report and to the level of unrestricted reserves, which are sufficient to comply with the Reserves Policy.”
Significant events
- “On 18 December 2024, the Foundation became a member of the Abri Group when Octavia Housing became a subsidiary of Abri Group Limited.”
- “In September 2025, £0.6m of funds held with the COIF were divested in order to settle intercompany balances owed to Group undertakings, returning the Statement of Financial Position to a net current assets position in the process.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON-CONNOLLY, Gemma | Secretary | 2025-02-10 | — | — |
| GORDON, Veronica | Director | 2026-03-17 | Oct 1975 | British |
| PORTEOUS, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2024-12-18 | Oct 1964 | British |
| RANDLE, Paul Joseph | Director | 2024-03-02 | Apr 1975 | British |
| SALEH, Ahmed | Director | 2023-04-25 | Dec 1991 | British |
| TAYLOR, Oyedokun Oluwaseyi Lou | Director | 2024-12-18 | May 1959 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACON, Iain | Secretary | 2021-12-13 | 2022-10-04 |
| BARRETT, Richard Adam | Secretary | 2023-06-26 | 2024-12-17 |
| HACKETT, Paul | Secretary | 2023-03-13 | 2023-06-25 |
| HILL, Norman | Secretary | 2022-10-05 | 2023-03-12 |
| HUGHES, Colin Edward | Secretary | 2001-07-31 | 2021-11-30 |
| OUNSTED, Deborah Clare | Secretary | 1997-09-19 | 2001-07-31 |
| PEARSON, Sarah Catherine | Secretary | 2024-12-18 | 2025-02-10 |
| ACTON, Michele Louise | Director | 1997-09-19 | 2000-02-07 |
| ALI, Aisha | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2014-12-15 |
| AMLAK, Isis | Director | 2010-10-26 | 2020-03-29 |
| BOURNER, Debs | Director | 2007-07-10 | 2017-03-31 |
| CARO, Sue | Director | 2010-10-26 | 2013-11-12 |
| CHAPMAN, Peter Stuart | Director | 2010-01-26 | 2016-03-31 |
| COOPER, Lara | Director | 2011-10-19 | 2018-12-13 |
| DUNBAR, David James | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2023-10-06 |
| DUNDAS, Robert Anthony | Director | 2004-02-03 | 2009-05-01 |
| EGERTON-SMITH, David Legh | Director | 1997-09-19 | 2010-05-24 |
| FACEY, Ralph Martin | Director | 2024-12-18 | 2026-03-31 |
| FITZSIMONS, Sheila Anne | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2024-12-18 |
| GODFREY, Gwendoline Anne | Director | 2011-10-19 | 2021-07-31 |
| HOLMES, Fiona Mary | Director | 2012-12-13 | 2015-12-03 |
| HOPKINS, Tom | Director | 2014-09-09 | 2023-10-06 |
| JACK, Stephen | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2023-10-06 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Francis George | Director | 2002-01-24 | 2015-12-03 |
| KATWALA, Sandeep | Director | 2019-03-18 | 2023-03-31 |
| RYAN, Patrick Gerard | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-11-03 |
| SHEPHERD, Cerys | Director | 2023-04-25 | 2025-11-26 |
| SODEN, Laurence Martin | Director | 2005-04-14 | 2017-03-31 |
| SOUTHERN, Garry Robin | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2003-09-29 |
| STEVENS, Rosalind Mary | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-13 |
| THORNBERY, Hugh | Director | 2025-01-02 | 2025-09-08 |
| THORNBERY, Hugh Osborn | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2024-12-18 |
| TUCKEY, James Lane | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2010-01-26 |
| WHATMORE, John | Director | 1997-09-19 | 2002-01-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Aldo Arthur, Dr | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2017-01-16 |
| YOUNG, Martin Henry | Director | 2005-04-14 | 2011-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octavia Housing | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2017-03-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one