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MOTHERS' UNION SOUTHWELL & NOTTINGHAM DIOCESE

Registered charity 249878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL BRANCH), THE MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL)

101 General Charitable purposes,102 education/Training,105 relief of poverty,106 Overseas aid famine relief, religious activities

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 ADVERSITY.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rushcliffe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £40,321, which is below its stated policy target of covering three months' ordinary expenditure. The charity's primary income comes from subscriptions and donations, totaling £18,446 in the year ended 31 December 2025. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material concerns identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The charity aims to keep at least enough in the unrestricted funds to cover 3 months’ ordinary expenditure” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: J Hempstead and J Mason are listed as officials receiving remuneration. The document does not explicitly state they are trustees, but Note 8 groups 'trustees and officials'. However, Note 8 lists '5 Trustees also received... travel expenses' separately from the named officials. Without explicit confirmation that J Hempstead or J Mason are trustees, this is not a related party transaction in the strict sense of trustee remuneration unless they are trustees. The prompt asks for 'related_party_flags: disclosed related-party transactions (who, what, amount)'. Usually, payments to trustees are related party. Payments to staff who are not trustees are not. The document distinguishes 'trustees and officials'. It is unclear if the officials are trustees. However, Note 8 says '5 Trustees also received...'. This implies the named individuals might NOT be trustees, or are in addition to the 5. Given the ambiguity and the rule 'NEVER guess', and the fact that 'officials' are often staff, I will treat this as NOT a trustee payment unless explicitly stated. BUT, wait. Rule 6b says 'trustee_payments: present=true ONLY where one or more trustees received REMUNERATION'. The document lists 'J Hempstead... J Mason' as 'officials'. It does NOT say they are trustees. It says '5 Trustees also received...'. This suggests the named officials are NOT trustees. Therefore, trustee_payments should be false. Related party flags usually include transactions with trustees. If the officials are not trustees, and no other related parties are mentioned, then related_party_flags is empty. Let's re-read carefully. 'Trustees... S Baird-Smith... I Garratt... E Toplis... A Hensby... M Pates... S Massey... J Smith'. J Hempstead and J Mason are NOT in the trustee list. They are 'officials'. So no trustee remuneration. No other related parties mentioned. So related_party_flags is empty array. trustee_payments is false.
“During the year trustees and officials received the following sums: • J Hempstead, £1,500 as Diocesan Accountant • J Hempstead, £1,872 as Diocesan Treasurer • J Mason, £3,103 as Diocesan Secretary” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 75

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 75

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £700 — grants £700 (1); 2% of the £35,849 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 02/11/2023, 2 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£34k£33k
31/12/2024£42k£44k
31/12/2023£36k£42k
31/12/2022£48k£48k
31/12/2021£45k£50k

Common questions

Is MOTHERS' UNION SOUTHWELL & NOTTINGHAM DIOCESE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £40,321, which is below its stated policy target of covering three months' ordinary expenditure. The charity's primary income comes from subscriptions and donations, totaling £18,446 in the year ended 31 December 2025. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material concerns identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/01/2020£1kSupported Child Contact Centres
UK government01/04/2019£1kALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
UK government01/04/2018£2kSupported contact centres

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MOTHERS' UNION IN THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOTHERS' UNION SOUTHWELL & NOTTINGHAM DIOCESE£34k—0below—no doubt
THE MOTHERS' UNION IN THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD FY2025£46k—0above—no doubt
MOTHERS' UNION, DIOCESE OF LEEDS FY2025£81k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MOTHERS' UNION (SOUTHWARK DIOCESE) FY2025£71k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY BRANCH) FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MOTHERS' UNION - DIOCESE OF YORK FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt

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