Registered charity · Derby
Mothers Union (Diocese of Derby Branch)
Mothers Union (Diocese of Derby Branch) is a registered charity (number 242671) based in Derby, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Emily May Brailsford since 2022. Latest income £28k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 11 trustees
- Income £28k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Emily May BrailsfordChair · since 2022
- Alison OrchardTrustee · since 2019
- Beryl MurdyTrustee · since 2019
- Carol Joy JohnstonTrustee · since 2023
- Christine Elizabeth McmullenTrustee · since 2019
- Denise TomlinsonTrustee · since 2024
- Janet BradshawTrustee · since 2017
- Rev Eleanor Shields BerryTrustee · since 2025
- Sheila Elizabeth RandallTrustee · since 2019
- Sheila PorterTrustee · since 2019
- Wendy FitchTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 2 more
- Where
- Derbyshire, Derby City
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28k£28k
- 2024£28k£26k
- 2023£34k£32k
Earlier years
- 2022£74k£32k
- 2021£81k£38k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1) TO UPHOLD CHRIST'S TEACHING ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE IT'S WIDER UNDERSTANDING. 2) TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FAITH AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH. 3) TO MAINTAIN A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS, UNITED IN PRAYER, WORSHIP AND SERVICE. 4) TO PROMOTE CONDITIONS IN SOCIETY FAVOURABLE TO STABLE FAMILY LIFE AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. 5) TO HELP THOSE WHOSE FAMILY LIFE HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY.
Board analysis
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Emily May Brailsford Chair since 2022
- Alison Orchard since 2019
- Beryl Murdy since 2019
- Carol Joy Johnston since 2023
- Christine Elizabeth Mcmullen since 2019
- Denise Tomlinson since 2024
- Janet Bradshaw since 2017
- Rev Eleanor Shields Berry since 2025
- Sheila Elizabeth Randall since 2019
- Sheila Porter since 2019
- Wendy Fitch since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Orchard since 2019
- Beryl Murdy since 2019
- Christine Elizabeth Mcmullen since 2019
- Janet Bradshaw since 2017
- Sheila Elizabeth Randall since 2019
- Sheila Porter since 2019
- Wendy Fitch since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alison Orchard since 2019
- Carol Joy Johnston since 2023
- Rev Eleanor Shields Berry since 2025
- Sheila Porter since 2019
- Wendy Fitch since 2019
Portfolio (6)
- Emily May Brailsford Chair since 2022
- Beryl Murdy since 2019
- Christine Elizabeth Mcmullen since 2019
- Denise Tomlinson since 2024
- Janet Bradshaw since 2017
- Sheila Elizabeth Randall 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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 242671
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26 JUL 2016AS AMENDED ON 24 OCT 2019AS AMENDED ON 20 NOV 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07731 342447 · derbydp@mothersunion.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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