Registered charity · Chorley
The Mothers' Union (Diocese of Blackburn Branch)
- 12 trustees
- Income £154k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Elaine GeldardTrustee · since 2025
- Elizabeth Anne CareyTrustee · since 2022
- Elizabeth JohnstonTrustee · since 2021
- Kath BillTrustee · since 2019
- Kathleen LaneTrustee · since 2015
- Lesley Jane CairnsTrustee · since 2022
- Louise Elaine WilliamsTrustee · since 2025
- Lucille Joyce PorterTrustee · since 2023
- Margaret SimsTrustee · since 2016
- Sharon BatesTrustee · since 2016
- Susan Ann WilloughbyTrustee · since 2025
- Wendy Elaine BarberTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.mublackburn.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£154k£157k
- 2024£167k£166k
- 2023£162k£160k
Earlier years
- 2022£158k£163k
- 2021£121k£132k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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 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.
12 trustees on the board
- Elaine Geldard since 2025
- Elizabeth Anne Carey since 2022
- Elizabeth Johnston since 2021
- Kathleen Lane since 2015
- Kath Bill since 2019
- Lesley Jane Cairns since 2022
- Louise Elaine Williams since 2025
- Lucille Joyce Porter since 2023
- Margaret Sims since 2016
- Sharon Bates since 2016
- Susan Ann Willoughby since 2025
- Wendy Elaine Barber since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Kathleen Lane since 2015
- Kath Bill since 2019
- Margaret Sims since 2016
- Sharon Bates since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Elaine Geldard since 2025
- Elizabeth Anne Carey since 2022
- Elizabeth Johnston since 2021
- Kath Bill since 2019
- Lesley Jane Cairns since 2022
- Louise Elaine Williams since 2025
- Lucille Joyce Porter since 2023
- Margaret Sims since 2016
- Sharon Bates since 2016
- Susan Ann Willoughby since 2025
- Wendy Elaine Barber since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Kathleen Lane since 2015
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.
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
- 249927
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 MAR 2002AS AMENDED ON 17 MAR 2016AS AMENDED ON 15 JUL 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01772324376 · MOTHERSUNIONBBD@GMAIL.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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