Registered charity (CIO) · London
Roots of Empathy UK
- 6 trustees
- Income £52k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.rootsofempathy.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£52k£140k
- 2024£266k£260k
- 2023£155k£217k
Earlier years
- 2022£203k£149k
- 2021£282k£210k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY TEACHING AND ENCOURAGING EMPATHY, MUTUAL RESPECT AND EMOTIONAL LITERACY AMONGST CHILDREN.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Mary Patricia Gordon C.M, O.N.L Chair since 2016
- Ashley Walter John Prime since 2016
- Dorothea Glenys Thornton since 2018
- Dr Elizabeth Gregory since 2018
- Lauren Jones-Davies since 2026
- Rowan Brudenell since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Mary Patricia Gordon C.M, O.N.L Chair since 2016
- Ashley Walter John Prime since 2016
- Dorothea Glenys Thornton since 2018
- Dr Elizabeth Gregory since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Mary Patricia Gordon C.M, O.N.L Chair since 2016
- Ashley Walter John Prime since 2016
- Dr Elizabeth Gregory since 2018
- Lauren Jones-Davies since 2026
- Rowan Brudenell since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Dorothea Glenys Thornton since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1170754
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Dec 2016
- Contact on the register
- 447555938624 · bkatz@rootsofempathy.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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