# THE MOTHERS' UNION (SALISBURY DIOCESE BRANCH)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 249696
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 12, 1966
- **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=249696


## Contact

- **Address:** ST. THOMAS'S HOUSE, ST. THOMAS'S SQUARE, SALISBURY
- **Postcode:** SP1 1BA
- **Phone:** 01722333402
- **Email:** mothers.union@btconnect.com
- **Website:** www.salisbury.anglican.org/mission/mothers-union



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.TO UPHOLD CHRISTS TEACHINGS ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE ITS WIDER UNDERSTANDING. 2.TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDERN IN THE FAITH AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH.3.TO MAINTAIN WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTAINS, UNITED IN PRAYER,WORSHIP AND SERVICE. 4.TO PROMOTE CONDITIONS IN SOCIETY FAVOURABLE TO A STABLE FAMILY LIFE AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. 5.TO HELP THOSE WHOSE FAMILY HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY.

**Activities:** We reach out to families by organising parenting groups, parent & toddler groups and marriage preparation resources, family holidays, support for families at our local prisons and women's refuges and a commitment to uphold members around the world in our prayers.  Since September 2010 we have employed, with the help of grants, a Community Development Co-ordinator to facilitate this work.

**Area of benefit:** THE DIOCESE OF SALISBURY




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £44258 | £46240 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £69883 | £64310 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £47975 | £47529 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £54444 | £51282 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £36408 | £43179 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Sandra Gamble** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 1, 2022
- ALISON MARGARET OAKES — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- CAROLE ELIZABETH JONES — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Carolyn Ann Walsh — appointed July 16, 2020
- ELIZABETH GOATER — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Jocelyn Patricia Short — appointed Jan. 1, 2022
- Josephine Higgs — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- MARLENE HAFFENDEN — appointed Dec. 13, 2013
- MICHAEL BOWLER — appointed Jan. 1, 2016
- MRS R ALLEN — appointed Jan. 1, 2019