Registered charity · Salisbury
The Mothers' Union (Salisbury Diocese Branch)
- 10 trustees
- Income £44k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sandra GambleChair · since 2022
- Alison Margaret OakesTrustee · since 2019
- Carole Elizabeth JonesTrustee · since 2019
- Carolyn Ann WalshTrustee · since 2020
- Elizabeth GoaterTrustee · since 2025
- Jocelyn Patricia ShortTrustee · since 2022
- Josephine HiggsTrustee · since 2019
- Marlene HaffendenTrustee · since 2013
- Michael BowlerTrustee · since 2016
- MRS R AllenTrustee · 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, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
- Where
- Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire
- Website
- www.salisbury.anglican.org/mission/mothers-union (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£44k£46k
- 2023£70k£64k
- 2022£48k£48k
Earlier years
- 2021£54k£51k
- 2020£36k£43k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
1.TO UPHOLD CHRISTS TEACHINGS ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE ITS WIDER UNDERSTANDING. 2.TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDERN IN THE FAITH AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH.3.TO MAINTAIN WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTAINS, UNITED IN PRAYER,WORSHIP AND SERVICE. 4.TO PROMOTE CONDITIONS IN SOCIETY FAVOURABLE TO A STABLE FAMILY LIFE AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. 5.TO HELP THOSE WHOSE FAMILY HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY.
Grants received
2 grants · £30,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £30,000
- Woodward Charitable Trust · £500
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Sandra Gamble Chair since 2022
- Alison Margaret Oakes since 2019
- Carole Elizabeth Jones since 2019
- Carolyn Ann Walsh since 2020
- Elizabeth Goater since 2025
- Jocelyn Patricia Short since 2022
- Josephine Higgs since 2019
- Marlene Haffenden since 2013
- Michael Bowler since 2016
- MRS R Allen since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Margaret Oakes since 2019
- Carole Elizabeth Jones since 2019
- Carolyn Ann Walsh since 2020
- Josephine Higgs since 2019
- Marlene Haffenden since 2013
- Michael Bowler since 2016
- MRS R Allen since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alison Margaret Oakes since 2019
- Carole Elizabeth Jones since 2019
- Carolyn Ann Walsh since 2020
- Jocelyn Patricia Short since 2022
- Josephine Higgs since 2019
- Marlene Haffenden since 2013
- Michael Bowler since 2016
- MRS R Allen since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Sandra Gamble Chair since 2022
- Elizabeth Goater since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 249696
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 21/10/1975
- Contact on the register
- 01722333402 · mothers.union@btconnect.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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