The Mulberry Bush Organisation Ltd

Analysis

The Mulberry Bush Organisation Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in January 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00538828). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Mulberry Bush Organisation Ltd reported income of £8.0m and spending of £8.6m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.9m to £8.0m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Mulberry Bush Organisation Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highclare School (£8.0m), Tettenhall College (£8.0m) and Repton Preparatory School (£7.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, donations and legacies 12% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 148 people.

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.