The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Mothers Union (Diocese of Durham Branch)

Registered charity 249868 Registered since 1966

Operates: Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-tees, Darlington

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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.

9 trustees on the board

9.1y median 11y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

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.

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

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

Tech and media 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£58k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitemothersuniondurham.org.uk/
Phone01913881133
Address114 Canterbury Road, DURHAM, DH1 5QZ

Finances

£58,320 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£52,530£47,188
2021£48,977£55,306
2022£77,432£73,550
2023£66,313£73,649
2024£58,320£56,136

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious ActivitiesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

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.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 21/10/1975

Trustees (9)

9trustees
89median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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