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# OCTOPUS PUBLISHING CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
11908269 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 1 April 2025

## End date: 31 March 2026

# OCTOPUS PUBLISHING CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

Profit and loss |
Balance sheet |
Additional notes |
Community Interest Report |

# OCTOPUS PUBLISHING CIC

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

| 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Turnover: | 2,042 | 1,878
Cost of sales: | 0 | 0
Gross profit(or loss): | 2,042 | 1,878
Administrative expenses: | ( 2,042 ) | ( 1,878 )
Operating profit(or loss): | 0 | 0
Interest receivable and similar income: | 0 | 0
Interest payable and similar charges: | 0 | 0
Profit(or loss) before tax: | 0 | 0
Tax: | 0 | 0
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | 0 | 0

# OCTOPUS PUBLISHING CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2026

| Notes | 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets: |  | 0 | 0
Tangible assets: |  | 0 | 0
Investments: |  | 0 | 0
Total fixed assets: |  | 0 | 0
Current assets
Stocks: |  | 0 | 0
Debtors: |  | 0 | 0
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 0 | 0
Investments: |  | 0 | 0
Total current assets: |  | 0 | 0
Prepayments and accrued income: |  | 0 | 0
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: |  | 0 | 0
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 0 | 0
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 0 | 0
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: |  | 0 | 0
Provision for liabilities: |  | 0 | 0
Accruals and deferred income: |  | 0 | 0
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 0 | 0
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 0 | 0
Total members' funds: |  | 0 | 0

The notes form part of these financial statements

# OCTOPUS PUBLISHING CIC

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 March 2026 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 10 April 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Alexandra Freeman
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# OCTOPUS PUBLISHING CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

- ## 1. Accounting policies

  Basis of measurement and preparation

  These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

# OCTOPUS PUBLISHING CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2026 | 2025
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 0 | 0

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### OCTOPUS PUBLISHING CIC

### Company Number: 11908269 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 March 2026

Company activities and impact

Octopus Publishing CIC continues to be in a formal collaboration with Jisc, and funded by a grant from Research England. We continue have useful partnerships with UKRN and AREN – the UK and African Reproducibility Networks, as well as our integration with the UK government Areas of Research Interest. We are currently working to launch our latest integration, with the UK Data Service, which we hope will provide a format for the rolling out of a whole host of integrations with repositories of all kinds to help bring digital research objects into Octopus, to make them easier for researchers to find and link their work to. Use of the platform has continued to grow with over 40,000 publication views in 2025 and publications.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our main stakeholders are researchers, research funders, and research institutions. We continue a regular dialogue with all of these through workshops, conference presence, and small-group meetings.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
10 April 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Alexandra Freeman
Status: Director