The Mulberry Trust

Analysis

The Mulberry Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Mulberry Trust reported income of £73k and spending of £416k, spending 567% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £73k (-94%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 149% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Mulberry Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rainbow Mission Trust (£73k), Keep It Up (£73k) and Cfor (£73k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.