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Mothers' Union

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £3.1m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Antigua And Barbuda, Australia, Burundi and more
Website
www.mothersunion.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
"Mothers' Union"
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.1m£2.9m
  • 2023£3.0m£2.8m
  • 2022£2.5m£2.5m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.6m£2.6m
  • 2020£3.3m£2.8m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO UPHOLD CHRIST'S TEACHING ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE ITS WIDER UNDERSTANDING. 2) TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FAITH AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH. 3) TO MAINTAIN A WORLD-WIDE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS UNITED IN PRAYER, WORSHIP AND SERVICE. 4) 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.

Grants received

2 grants · £3,800 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Overseas Aid/famine Relief 14Religious Activities 14The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 14

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

Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

27 from 39 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
240531
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 15 JUNE 1926 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS DATED 6 SEPTEMBER 1974, AND 8 FEBRUARY 1995, AND BYE-LAWS DATED 28 JUNE 1995, 17 SEPTEMBER 2002, 10 OCTOBER 2002 AND 9 APRIL 2008 as amended by an Order in Council on 24 Apr 2018 as amended by an Order in Council on 24 Apr 2018
Companies House
Company number RC000356 · Active
Contact on the register
02072225533 · mu@mothersunion.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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