Registered charity · Oxfordshire
The Mulberry Bush Organisation LTD
3. The objects for which the Company is established are:- a) To provide specialist therapeutic services to meet the social, emotional and educational needs of emotionally troubled and traumatised children, young persons, adults, and their families...
- 14 trustees
- Income £8.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Chris Naunton PughTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Amy LudlowTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Geraldine Ann AkermanTrustee · since 2024
- Helen Elizabeth SowdenTrustee · since 2024
- Keith Campbell BirdTrustee · since 2024
- Lucy Cecilia WhitehouseTrustee · since 2024
- Mark ThomasTrustee · since 2015
- Michael SarringtonTrustee · since 2015
- Prof Kristine LanghoffTrustee · since 2024
- Rosemary LilleyTrustee · since 2019
- Timothy Paul McmahonTrustee · since 2024
- Tobias BarrettTrustee · since 2024
- Victoria SnowTrustee · since 2024
- Zoe Barbara Maria LattimerTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.mulberrybush.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Mulberry Bush Organisation Limited
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.0m£8.6m
- 2024£6.8m£8.2m
- 2023£6.9m£7.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£6.8m£6.6m
- 2021£5.9m£6.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3. The objects for which the Company is established are:- a) To provide specialist therapeutic services to meet the social, emotional and educational needs of emotionally troubled and traumatised children, young persons, adults, and their families and wider communities; b) Maintain a school under the name or style of ?The Mulberry Bush? at Standlake in the County of Oxford as established by Barbara Estelle Dockar-Drysdale, and/or elsewhere in England and Wales, conducting the same in such a manner that any such school shall be eligible for approval as a Residential Special School within the meaning of the Education Act 1993 or any statutory re- enactment or modification thereof for the time being in force; c) To contribute to the development of new and existing services for children, young persons, adults, and their families and communities with such needs; d) To advance the education of both the public and fellow professionals in the subject of specialist therapeutic services to meet the social, emotional and educational needs of emotionally troubled and traumatised children, young persons, adults, and their families and wider communities by supporting research, investigations, publish research materials, host seminars and facilitate the training of workers.
Grants received
13 grants · £249,474 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- CHK Foundation · £140,000
- Woodward Charitable Trust · £71,475 (5 grants)
- The National Archives · £22,749 (2 grants)
- Staples Trust · £10,000 (3 grants)
- The Childhood Trust · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Archives
- The National Archives
Board analysis for researchers
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Chris Naunton Pugh since 2020
- Dr Amy Ludlow since 2025
- Dr Geraldine Ann Akerman since 2024
- Helen Elizabeth Sowden since 2024
- Keith Campbell Bird since 2024
- Lucy Cecilia Whitehouse since 2024
- Mark Thomas since 2015
- Michael Sarrington since 2015
- Prof Kristine Langhoff since 2024
- Rosemary Lilley since 2019
- Timothy Paul Mcmahon since 2024
- Tobias Barrett since 2024
- Victoria Snow since 2024
- Zoe Barbara Maria Lattimer since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Thomas since 2015
- Michael Sarrington since 2015
- Rosemary Lilley since 2019
- Zoe Barbara Maria Lattimer since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Chris Naunton Pugh since 2020
- Dr Amy Ludlow since 2025
- Dr Geraldine Ann Akerman since 2024
- Helen Elizabeth Sowden since 2024
- Lucy Cecilia Whitehouse since 2024
- Mark Thomas since 2015
- Michael Sarrington since 2015
- Prof Kristine Langhoff since 2024
- Timothy Paul Mcmahon since 2024
- Tobias Barrett since 2024
- Victoria Snow since 2024
- Zoe Barbara Maria Lattimer since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Keith Campbell Bird since 2024
- Rosemary Lilley since 2019
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 9.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 309565
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/10/1954AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/1994AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/10/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 JAN 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 DEC 2019 as amended on 01 Jan 2020 as amended on 17 Dec 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 00538828 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01865300202 · finance@mulberrybush.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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