MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER BRANCH)

Registered charity 250086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A range of services are provided to support and enhance Christian family life in the Manchester Diocese and overseas. Financial and practical aid assists needs in schools, hospitals, hostels for the homeless, for elderly individuals in parishes,the diocese and where there is urgent need overseas.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net cash outflow of £8,064 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted cash reserves from £48,359 to £40,295. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, which the trustees explicitly state does not present a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities. No specific reserves policy target or unrestricted reserves figure suitable for policy comparison is disclosed in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£40k£48k
31/12/2024£41k£49k
31/12/2023£44k£50k
31/12/2022£36k£47k
31/12/2021£48k£56k

Common questions

Is MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER BRANCH) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net cash outflow of £8,064 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted cash reserves from £48,359 to £40,295. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, which the trustees explicitly state does not present a 'true and fair' view of the charity's financial activities. No specific reserves policy target or unrestricted reserves figure suitable for policy comparison is disclosed in the provided text. 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 government19/04/2021£170kResettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
UK government19/04/2021£10kResettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
UK government19/04/2021£385kResettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support