Mothers' Union

Charity number: 240531
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

THE MOTHERS' UNION DELIVERS ITS CORE OBJECTIVES TO SUPPORT FAMILY LIFE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & DEVELOPEMENT, TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING, PRAYER AND FELLOWSHIP, CAMPAIGNING, EMERGENCY RELIEF TO THOSE WHOSE FAMILY LIFE HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY, MEMBERSHIP RESOURCES - TO FACILITATE THE CHARITY'S WORK WITHIN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE IS A MOTHERS' UNION PRESENCE.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£3,033,296

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Donations and legacies £2.13m
Charitable activities £15.75k
Other trading activities £566.86k
Investments £315.91k
Other £478

Total expenditure:
£2,788,129

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Raising funds £524.71k
Charitable activities £2.26m
Other £0

£75,634 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £524.71k
Charitable expenditure £2.26m
Retained for future use £245.17k

People

25 Employee(s)

11 Trustee(s)

30000 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 2
£80k to £90k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Antigua And Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Burundi
  • Canada
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Guyana
  • Ireland
  • Isle Of Man
  • Kenya
  • New Zealand
  • Northern Ireland
  • Rwanda
  • Scotland
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • United States
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 May 1965: Standard registration
  • 07 February 2024: Funds received from 285061 THE PROVINCE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN SUPPORT ASSOCIATI...
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • THE MOTHERS' UNION (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JULIA JAMIESON Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Iris Suitor Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
CANON CATHERINE HILTON Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Mary Kamwati Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Jennifer Barton Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Kathleen Snow Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Thembsie Mchunu Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Paul Hindle Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Marie Pierrette Bezra EP Rosoanaivo Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Roshini Mendis Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Sheran Roxanna Harper Trustee 01 January 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £3.23m £3.33m £2.61m £2.48m £3.03m
Total expenditure £3.22m £2.76m £2.58m £2.46m £2.79m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £206.17k £50.62k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.96m £2.63m £1.86m £1.71m £2.13m
Income - Other trading activities £1.08m £553.64k £462.53k £532.62k £566.86k
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £171.05k £0 £15.75k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £180.47k £137.83k £111.07k £224.47k £315.91k
Income - Other £8.78k £987 £0 £13.10k £478
Income - Legacies £225.86k £64.73k £226.82k £106.25k £92.44k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £2.29m £2.00m £2.09m £1.90m £2.26m
Expenditure - Raising funds £930.12k £758.64k £485.87k £555.35k £524.71k
Expenditure - Governance £232.61k £70.66k £73.09k £92.36k £68.54k
Expenditure - Grants institution £166.37k £223.83k £271.44k £190.25k £312.79k
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £714.74k £766.06k £657.49k £597.01k £542.68k
Long-term investments £2.77m £2.55m £2.90m £2.65m £2.73m
Other assets £637.28k £937.20k £964.70k £683.91k £1.73m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£260.61k -£220.30k £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £827.56k £655.43k £752.60k £372.30k £1.12m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 22 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 30 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 30 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's 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

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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED.

Contact information

Address:
The Mothers'union
24 Tufton Street
London
SW1P 3RB
Phone:
02072225533
Email:
mu@mothersunion.org
Website:

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