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Registered charity · South Yorkshire

The Mothers' Union in the Diocese of Sheffield

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £46k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
Where
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City and more
Website
www.sheffieldmu.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£46k£42k
  • 2024£47k£39k
  • 2023£38k£55k
Earlier years
  • 2022£42k£57k
  • 2021£38k£31k
Charitable objects

1) TO UPHOLD CHRIST'S TEACHING ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE ITS WIDER UNDERSTANDING2) TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FAITH AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH3) TO MAINTAIN A WORLD-WIDE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS UNITED IN PRAYER, WORSHIP AND SERVICE4) TO PROMOTE CONDITIONS IN SOCIETY FAVOURABLE TO STABLE FAMILY LIFE AND THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND 5) TO HELP THOSE WHOSE FAMILY LIFE HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.8y median 4.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Overseas Aid/famine Relief 11Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1Hospitality 1Manufacturing 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£46k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1063619
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 15 JUN 1926AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 06 SEP 1974
Contact on the register
07764486711 · secretary@sheffieldmu.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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