THE MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF LEICESTER BRANCH)

Registered charity 250038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Encouraging faith and practical Christian living in the context of marriage and family life throughout Leicestershire.

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 CHILREN 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 FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.(5) TO HELP THOSE WHOSE FAMILY LIFE HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF LEICESTER

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,543, which the Trustees assessed as satisfactory to secure the charity’s immediate future. The charity reported a deficit of £821 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total assets. The Trustees noted that falling membership remains a concern for the charity.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Paying staff
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ruth Mary Fryerchair
• Eileen Margaret Payne
• Margaret Ann Rouse · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Elizabeth Clarkson
• Noreen Mewies · trustee of 3 other charities
• SUSAN WILSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• THE MOTHERS' UNION DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD income £62k
• MOTHERS' UNION (CHESTER DIOCESE) income £49k
• THE MOTHERS' UNION (LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN BRANCH) income £61k
• THE MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER) BRANCH income £63k
• MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER BRANCH) income £40k
• THE MOTHERS' UNION (SOUTHWARK DIOCESE) income £71k

Side by side with its peers

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