MOTHERS' UNION, DIOCESE OF LEEDS

Registered charity 1164024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOTHERS' UNION IN WEST YORKSHIRE AND THE DALES, WY&D MOTHERS' UNION

Mission, campaigning and fundraising through prayer and action to provide Christian care for families in the UK and worldwide. Projects include prison work, hospital projects and providing holidays for families in need and supporting the work of Mothers' Union worldwide.

Objects

TO DEMONSTRATE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACTION BY THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE THROUGH THE NURTURE OF THE FAMILY IN ITS MANY FORMS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS AIM AND PURPOSE MOTHERS' UNION WILL CARRY OUT ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS.2.1 TO UPHOLD CHRIST'S TEACHING ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE ITS WIDER UNDERSTANDING;2.2 TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FAITH AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH;2.3 TO MAINTAIN A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS UNITED IN PRAYER, WORSHIP AND SERVICE;2.4 TO PROMOTE CONDITIONS IN SOCIETY FAVOURABLE TO STABLE FAMILY LIFE AND THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN; AND2.5 TO HELP THOSE WHOSE FAMILY LIFE HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY.VALUES

Area of benefit: YORKSHIRE AND THE DALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£92k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £10,324 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by unrestricted and restricted fund deficits. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £116,266, which exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £91,000 (one year's running costs). The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £91,000 (held: £116k)

“The Charity maintains unrestricted cash reserves which are approximately one year’s running costs which amount to approximately £91,000.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

EVELYN HAIGHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Daryl Janet Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Johnson
Gillian Wilks
HILARY POLLARD · trustee of 2 other charities
Heather Powling
Jennifer Guy
MARGARET ELLEN CRAWFORD
Pamela Jane White

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Lancashire · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£81k	£92k
31/12/2024	£87k	£87k
31/12/2023	£108k	£88k
31/12/2022	£82k	£86k
31/12/2021	£75k	£78k

Common questions

Is MOTHERS' UNION, DIOCESE OF LEEDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £10,324 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by unrestricted and restricted fund deficits. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £116,266, which exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £91,000 (one year's running costs). The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Mothers' Union.

Mothers' Union income £3.1m
THE MOTHERS' UNION (LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN BRANCH) income £61k
THE MOTHERS' UNION DIOCESE OF PETERBOROUGH income £33k
THE MOTHERS' UNION IN THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD income £46k
THE MOTHERS' UNION - (DIOCESE OF ST EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH BRANCH) income £56k
THE MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER) BRANCH income £63k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MOTHERS' UNION, DIOCESE OF LEEDS	£81k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Mothers' Union FY2024	£3.1m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE MOTHERS' UNION (LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN BRANCH) FY2025	£61k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE MOTHERS' UNION DIOCESE OF PETERBOROUGH FY2025	£33k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE MOTHERS' UNION IN THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD FY2025	£46k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE MOTHERS' UNION - (DIOCESE OF ST EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH BRANCH) FY2024	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.