# MOTHERS UNION (DIOCESE OF DERBY BRANCH)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 242671
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 1, 1967
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=242671


## Contact

- **Address:** Mothers' Union Office, Church House, Full Street, Derby
- **Postcode:** DE1 3DR
- **Phone:** 07731 342447
- **Email:** derbydp@mothersunion.org



## 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 WITH ADVERSITY.

**Activities:** Holidays & outings for families under stress. Provide clothing for prem babies in Derbyshire hospitals & toiletries for emergency admissions.  Provide Helpful Books for children in Primary Schools.  Support for women's refuges & help with project for young girls caught up in prostitution. We help run parenting groups and Mother & Toddler groups.  Provide Moses Baskets for Derby Refugee Centre.

**Area of benefit:** DIOCESE OF DERBY




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Derby City
- Derbyshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £27892 | £25858 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £33730 | £32373 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £73890 | £31646 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £80698 | £38286 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £89270 | £43535 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Emily May Brailsford** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 1, 2022
- Alison Orchard — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- BERYL MURDY — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Carol Joy Johnston — appointed March 17, 2023
- Christine Elizabeth McMullen — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- DENISE TOMLINSON — appointed March 15, 2024
- Janet Bradshaw Mrs — appointed Jan. 24, 2017
- Rev Eleanor Shields Berry — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Sheila Elizabeth Randall — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Sheila Porter — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Wendy Fitch — appointed Jan. 1, 2019