THE UNION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS
(Reglstered Charity No. 249901)
ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024

THE iINION OF CATHOIMC MOTHERS
ANf4UAL REPORT & FJNANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR LNDKD 31ST DF.CF.MIIWR 2•24
COP4TKN'rs
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Tnd¢p¢nthDt ExaTDincr'5 Rwort
Statement of Finantial Acttyities
B8lat)ce Sheet
Nole5 lo thc Financial sfatcT￿nts

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THE LTNRON OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS
ANNUAL REPORT
31ST DECEMBER 2024
Re
rt of the Trusttej foT the Year Ended 314 De<ember 2024
The t￿5[¢¢$ PTfS¢llt th¢ir annual report and fillancial statemeuts of the charity for Year Ended 3 1° December 2024. The
rinancjal staleft￿ntS have been PfPaTcd in ￿c0[a8￿￿ wth the accounting policie5 S¢t our in Note l ts the accourtts ¢otw)ly
with tho clmrity's governing docwn¢nt, ¢b¢ Chariti¢s A¢t 2011 and Accounting 8J¥i Reporting by Charities.. Statement of
Recommendd Practice (FRS1021.
Ob ectKvu i¢tlYlliES for the ubllc bendlt
The objectives of the charity art
To help Catholic women w appreciate the Swometsi81 ch8Thctera regpollsibi]ities, and permanejjce ofmarriage> and to
]xve itiun8eifisFL love observing the laws of God attd His Ch￿[ch.,
To as$Jst familie% to brins up thcir childroD 85 p￿rtising Catholic8 artdpublic-spirited ci
To teach and defend Chrisiian vth in family lif¢, ittd to ensure Catholic edLK*tion for PU￿re generations;
4. To offer love, 5yrnpathy. arLd PTaCtical help to those in difficulty:
To fosrer voc4tions itt lif¢ ￿lJIlY in Christian Ma￿lage and Famity Life and in the Priesth￿1 Rel1w0￿$ Lif
e of the way5 thcsc objcthives Jremet 1$ throuth the tKOVi8ion of respite. ty)ll¥ale5eeDtholjth￿ for memb¢rn itt n¢ed.
Th¢ Tn￿l¢C$ wnfirm they have complted ￿th the duty in scction 17 of the Act 2011 to have due ￿gard to Publi
Ben¢fit gui(lanr¢ publislttl by Ihe Charity Cominission in det¢Tmining th¢ #¢tiwti¢s undertakett by the Charity and Lonsid¢r that
the activitics cawried out by the charity arc forthc publi¢ benotit.
Struttu
oveTnance oment
The Union of Catholic Mother5 is 4 re￿$¢¢[¢d eharity. number 249901, operating ullder its Consutijtion Orig￿allY adopted in
1962 and amcnded Septrmb¢T 1973, 24" Mgrch 1993. 25-2* March 1996, 25-2P May 2￿5. and 15-IP May 2018 Thc
Trusktt are the National Pt¢sithn¢ NatioDIl Trejsurer aLd N2tio]Jal Secretary. Trugt¢¢s who Sen'￿ th￿ill8 th¢ Endcd 31"
December21Y24, and at the date of this report aTe'._
Mr5 Joan Hod8e-National Presideot
Mrs lJickersthffe- Nlltionttl T￿ASUrer
Mrs Cath Lydoll-N&iionyl Sxt¥lary
The Trust¢¢s tneei rEgul8Ay thrDll8hout the year to agree the srra*8ic dir¢ction of th¢ eharity 9t￿ ar¢45 Or￿tiVity. Th¢ Tru5te¢5
are assi51ed in the operation ot ih¢ Chariiy by ihc Nuliottul C.ommitt¢¢, National Sub4ommitt¢e5 and th¢ N4tiQll81 C¢)uncil atkd
loc•1 activiti¢$ are c(￿rdina￿d by eacb Dioc¢s8n Coullril.
induction pr￿*8S opcrdte5 for new Tr4)%te￿, and from the ￿J￿1 individual is idetstifid &$ & fim]re rmtce thcy wo
together with the existing tN51ee5 for six D)onths itt ord¢r to ga￿ ats UDdEt5ta[￿jlls of tk role before they take up their
The principal batkn of thecharity are National Wfstininster Bojjk. Roy81 TrioTh. 59 The F8r&le. L¢JThsngtou Spa. CV32 4ZX
The IDdepr￿dej]I ETaminBT 15 R.A. PtiDr. FCCA, FCIE, Dchi of W.H. Prior Ch￿¢￿1 Certifi¢d Acwuntants, Railway
Couffj DOnO￿ter. DN4 5FB
The addtt&% is thDt Df thE Naitonal Treasurer. I l F8￿h&Ve￿ Birctl fjr￿ Sk¢knetylAle, Lat￿&1)1￿e WN8 6RQ.
Kei mats* eJJ)eAt
rt£1￿1￿
The trllttees cowrise the kryJn8tkag*nent pe￿ortne1 of the Charity aLd ar¢ T¢SW.__...
Th¢r¢ 8r¢tso ¢J)wloye¢s. ajwj no trustee is rellL"---" '
for th¢ OP￿tiOn tsn & day to d&y basis.

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TI1£ IJNIONOFCATHOLIC MOTHERS
ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 3IST DF.CF.P*lTIER 2024
Revltwgt
Thi8 year w¢ of raistng ourpublic profil¢ and w¢ ¥¢nt d i¢tterto all Bishcya with UCM FoLmdationy in
their Dioceses asking them to LY)couragc UCM Tnernb¢r¥hTP in th¢iT Dio¢ese8 by publishing EQ their priests. Those Bisho￿ that
did Teply did 80 quickly 2nd positively. Member5 sinc¢￿lY apw¢riat¢ th¥ supry)rt of the?r spmtLLal adYiseTS and it is pleasing to
ot¢ thal m8tty DI￿*¥e& i)Thlained new PTie5ts and DexoRS 2024. Nleanwhile wt continue to pray for ¥ocztiOMS to the
PTieSthMd and religious life Wh￿ we 5&y our UCM Prhycr b¢f¢T¢ ourmeetittgs and duringour Masse9.
'I"o keep mcmbers up to daic With key ¢v¢Dts {¢.g. (i¢n¢rnl r.12ttion and Lssistal Dying Elill}, information was fonvarded
Dioceses on"U5ingOuf Catholic Voice- from CAFOD SVP B4ving wuy$ to cont*1 yOL4T MP and li￿￿S ￿EBcEw atMI Pro-
life w¢hsitts. liarly in this ycar wc had th¢ ncws Ihatboth King ChaTI¢s and L*theTine th¢ of Wales had bttn diag￿Sed
with canceT. ma￿ c8rds were sent en b¢half of all members 10 both and OUT 2024 N¢wsp3p¢r hatt a IwJn¢r heading
855UIiIJ8 th¢m ofourptsyeT8 for Ibeir¥ettly recovery.
FoundatiODS and Diwe3¢5 ¢njoy J range of aCLiwiLies and events throughow the year. M05t have an anttual programme of
Elleelings 8ntE events. All sUPPOrt their local parish eotnn)urriiic8. cDeourn8¢ each oth¢r spiribjal acuvitie5 sucIL as
?il8rJmagcs, PTayU. visbts a￿441k$.
One Dio¢e$¢ T¢￿)rt8 that they have managed to attract & fiTSt YLYT Univwsity Studwrt ￿ tl*1rmeEtin￿, with s¢vrraJ yO￿Spe0p1C
joining them when they have a Speaker OT outing.
A8 18 ll￿%1 kn UCM lots of hjttd raising for I￿al cbariti&% took plac¢ thriKthi the y￿, DitK¢Y¢ sup￿rI th¢ bame
¢huTih&8 yw on yw. PTi¢sts"Iraining Truryi, CAFOD, SVP. IrKa] Fwdbatlks, childrens charities. local ¢huTches. Caritas. hoste]
and hospiccs.
Chaplain& wa¥ al¥oi)y:"
Ordinatio￿. BiTthdA￿ 80th 85th 95°. 102"
Wtddin8 ADoiv¢wrie4 70th 65￿ 60th
Foundotitso AnDiYers2ries 9011 tsnd
AntJiv¢rsary ofpriesihuod 50
Al￿ evcn a bthy St Joscphs Si
Networking
Dioceses are ryrtsllg Nmjre iDSIRnc£s of attendills cvellts fogether.. R4)sary Rally& tteighbouritig Diocese AGM4 MBs&C4
Pilgtimage5. special PEHyer cvcllts. As well as Naliollal s￿dY Diocrsc5 h()Id ihrir own I￿•1 Study cvcnts. oflrtt illvÈtillby uther
DiDce5e5 h) the4TL MiddJesbTough h8d &Eh OPtA ￿ all wolnc￿ Study 4)A c0J￿¢t￿p1&tiVe prayer ￿lI￿￿181ed with Aft p2rt of
wbi¢b w?$ "Prdyill8 WLth Clay" Leeds Diocesarl AGM atknded by Middlesbrougb Diocese involved an ittierestin8 pi8yeE
¢xp¢rien¢e"g¢ttiDg ¢Dtan8led th wool"
meAnber numbers continue to dccliDe slowly dcspitc wclcomiDg ucw me￿)b¢Th aud FOuDd￿tIon8. Our rccords iDdic4te that
w¢ had 1.90] members in 2024. Some FouDdations re-opeTr￿ gnd there were llt l¢H* 49 new rDember ¢Drolments. One Diocese
brink of ¢losure b¢xause ibey b8d no officeT5, have R n¢w Pre8ideD¢ S¢¢r¢tw attd Tr&st¥rr th¢y attend￿ National
uticil 4ttd Study. Sometimes when a Fouwlation ck￿S du¢ kn falling nutJiw join Other kKal F￿1]0Th$
become Independent memb¢r5. Siguifi¢8ntly theTe 8ee]ns to be 00 dOW￿DI￿ iti the amouot of time ond eoer2y mtllthr& CODtitLue
to conrribuic in thEir parish¢5 gnd communitirs. Hi)weveT, IheTe is a reluctani* to ￿0]utsteer foi'offiGe- 2t all lev¢15. We are
delighted to have becn abl¢ to el¢¢t Mts Eileen Priest IBiTrningh3m} &¥ National Prtsident Itts start May 2025). aT￿ to appoitLt Mrs
tA)n* Fry (Pommwth) AB W*lsinglwn Admini8ww. V*An¢4¢8￿ntiry￿ kn¢xi# *or the2 Vi¢¢ I>v8idthtw)g
Communl¢•do
The National c￿Ittee continue to meetre8ularly. Tky aim toTheet in P6TSOn ai least J a year in addition w the NatiOThPdl
Council in May and Octobcr. al othcr lim&s they 7.￿rn. laaiwn (wfic¢r& continuc to sw)tM)rt their Di￿&￿¢$ and *tcnd kcy
e¥£uts when po&siblc. Sincc COVID c(Mnmittee Thcrnt¢rsn¢￿ attend rned1T￿s 4¢ via and Wcbinars Icading
to grealer involvern¢nt at little c051 {no travelll. Reports baye for¥vRrdcd to Dtoce5eg giv￿¥ details. SigDific8Dt cont￿1 witb
WUCWO ￿ be¢n Tnade by.wrn4 iTKludin8: the Ptt&ident Elect, MYS Eileen PriesL the Nattonal Secretsryy C.&th Lydon. and
the Natiollaj W¢lfare 0￿1cCT, vivleD￿ O'Byrnq aiiending a ll*eiiD8 with the WiJC.WO Presidfflt G￿eraL Mrs Mouica
aDd Sea¢tsry G¢ttcr•L Lawiffjia Rtttbi, at Romcw Ho￿e itt Imd0￿. Ollly a few orgwis8ti¢)ns wtw itiiryt¢
IVUCWO I￿are strugglJk8 ￿ keep their Website up (o date. 8ctting atiicles for the1rNewSpa￿ and panicipants in meeting.

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IJIYIONOFCATIIOLIC MOTHE.RS
ATrINUAL REPORT YEARENDED ICONTINUEDI: 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Wdfare and NHRHS
MaTry tbal￿* go to Mrs P8ddy RoEtrts for Iwd work ovw 5 YUTY. A n*￿i￿g with her. the nelv cO￿din8￿r. )Ars .4At*t
E￿ble[W Ihe NatioTwI Tretsurer. Mrs Su¢ Bi¢tsst8ffe. and the Naiiunaj Welfar¥ OffiL¥r. MTS Vivienne O'Byrne. Iwk p18¢e in
Jartuary to facilitat¢ the h3ndoYer. A new Application fomt bas btert dtv¢lor*d and sent to DiocesC5. At National Council It was
suggestd that support be offetsl to Dio¢es8n Chaplains las mt%]]bers of Ihe UCM). To boosl donations to NHRH& il wa8 agreed
fun¢ts raised ol NB¢10￿1 (A)WKkl & AGM be divided into ihifd8, 4)ne third bctng Oonatcd to NHRFIS. one third to the host
Diocese's own fund5 snd the final third going to 8 charity Df that Diocese's choic?. During 2024 NHKHS pro¥ided fund5
sthpport to 4 appli¢8nts at ¢ost of £1549.73. Donations TeLeived were £2461.62. The end ofyear Balance was £13,267.36. Wo
C4Jntinucs to uylHte infi)rniptiOTI for4llembets abDUt the Scr¥ice.
ACCid￿ts.. Th¢r¢ were 3 attidetts at 2024 National Couwl: weT¢ r¢port¢d to Thc 14Jyts.
Ju%det and P￿Ce
The Annual National Ju#i¢e & ljeace Network Gwfctrncc Juty was att¢nd(xi by ow Na¢ion41 Vicc Pr¢5idert k4onicA
Ovrl. ThL￿e Diocew who ha￿e lusrice & Peace Offic￿5 kwi ¢xtren*ly well ijthrmed ar both locaL Datioual aud
intetnational level. Such activities includ¢d.- Si￿)￿g govcTllTnEnt petit20ns. Ffflting to theiT MPS, organi5ing ecutnenical rneeling4
attcnding a migrnrtt Mass. 2 fdcial ju8tice Mas$, supporting local c&m￿ls￿ pr()MOtin￿ Llima(L' i5sucs artd hLlpiTrg parishes to
8¢hie¥e "Live Simply" award. This yeaT we are able lo teport ittdivldual par4shes ha¥e 4Acluded ttpotts *lld lirths
infonnatlon wchavc 5Cnt out in thEir Parish Newsletters.
Medla.
In January 20?4 we wtrt in￿1ed tu write sn artick for the Catiwlic HeT&ldon work ofucm which was published Thanks ro MTS
Penny Jarrold MT5 Anne Emblem for fotwarding the contact oil to us. In March 2024 we &lso had a piece from our National
PresId￿t on thc Wc*dd Dtty of Prayer 2024 by the women of Palestine published in the WUCWO Women's Voice. We were 8lyA)
85k¢<l io do a $trK>n video pre￿lati￿ lor Aid io the ChuTLh ill Nee<L howe¥er as di5tw)c¢ The4ni we would have h&1 lo vid
Du￿e1V¢S they settled on a short piccc by OUT National PresTdent {phewlll Our Meditt Officer Mn Jean LoFV-Lopcz is
coniinuing w Tnonitor and post the Fa(th)ok p#g¢" and of ¢ours¢ WOTk on the UCM newspaper never stops. Dio¢¢s¢g ¢ontriiMrt¢
regularly to tbeRr local Catholic New5papp¥ with articles alld oue Diocese ht% a regujarthomthly &lumtt.
Webslle
Thttc has ￿¢n sub5tanual actsvity in and Brouttd the Web$itr. It WL8 discovcred in the summer that our Dotoaiti owthetsh4)
wvu]d expir¢ io Sept¢tnb¢r 2024 alld that Jafflie was louKei 4ble io suppon us. Jeati did tremendous ￿search ioto websitss of
other fjryanisali4)fj$ 4od obtdinfxl 4uuLes' frum dEvelopets etc. The CDSIS W£tr pt4)hibiU¥£- as as £24k o¥cr 3 yUT5. W
w¢re to hear of a patibbioner (Paul) io Sktsljllersdale who was b¢lpin¥ a Joca] Catenian orgallisation lo de￿I￿P their
wekksite. Paul a8tccd kn bclp us 1001 NatLonal Media Officer (Jean Loptr4 Lopez) Secretary (Cath Lydon) Iw¢ bcgutt
Wo￿1￿8 with him ott our ]Jtw W¢bsitr. Hc i8 (e8chitig us how to nunege &Dd chang¢ con¢¢nt the Websile ourselves. Progress
forAKn8ieurs is slow bu( beiug mth.
N&d0J￿1 Study
AftEI a lot of wot* in SfrnDging Study for March 2024, 1]ue to Unfo￿seen CircUrn￿lanccs at the Oblatc Ret￿l Ctntre we had
to ¢an¢el StDdy and rea￿angE a Dew date in June. The Iben)e of our Sttjdy this ye&r wss"Tow*rds Imptttthl Y(>uth Nfmisty 8nd
OutruLh- it was held over 2 Jay5And wa5 w f¥ilitateil by m£D￿lId, DitectDr4Jf Youth Miuk5ty 4>f aDd
ADith Motha. CEO of Mil]ion Miullte8 {Cathobc Yoth Agets¢y). Tb&nk8 to our Vice Presidettts and Natiolld TTc3sur¢r who hmd
to c￿¢1 re-Arnge at shortttolice. The aim of the Siudy was lo facilitsle convetsations on how to CODnecl with young peop
in a meaningful way. 'I'o g￿trate ideas for actsoDS on cn888ing youn8 pcoplc. To aciion plan personal
con)ti)i1me4tslorgaDis￿1orJaL to enJ.¥ with YO￿ p¢iyl¢. W¢ h•v¢ receiyed posktsve fee4lback from
attthdccs and also from knila end SusaD
Youth Project
Follo￿,1￿84tt from the £xttllcnt Study Sc551QkS a WBS iuspiRd to look at IK>W the UCM mig&ttskc thi5 forward to support
out P¢￿Ie. Mr5 ADnt Embl¢tn (NHRHSI VLVL¢lltL¢ O'By]D¢ IN8tional W6lhr¢ Offi¢rrl vi51t¢d Altoll CasÈl¢, a
Catholic Youtb Retrest Cetktre In Sti)ke-on-TreDt IArchdi(Kese of Birniinshaml illtd t[￿t the CEO. Further Rt St Chad's ill
BirmillghaLnwe had aspeak¢rfron) KENF.LM on tbe Ftiitb ID A¢tiou Award (TtA}. KENELM delivets th¢ award iti B2rnuogl)am
ArL"hdÈ￿e$e schools. At k&%t 3 9th¢i' Dio¢<s¢s have ieported contact with the Yi>uth OtgaD55atiolls wlx> aiE izjvolvd with FiA
ward in DioG¢saD 8chtstyJ$. 8lld Viv ar¢ hOPefi￿ that fiMherprogres8 wiu made with other d]'o¢eses. M05t of th¢ artiyity
that owth¢mb¢rs aT¢ uthd¢rtakin8 will be u nwd¢rntors w511 take place toward¥ the close of the acad¢mie year in May 2025.
Our Public Servic¢ Officer Sarah Davits (PSO) has been WOTking on collecting 3 compTeh¢nsive list of Diocesan
Independent Memb¢TS. This hos jwt gone Is quickly &5 l￿d Ee¢D hoped althougb the b¢gimnittg of 2025 $etD * MASSIVE
st¢p f¢)rward withthi$ work

THE iIT410Th OFeATHOLIC MOThERS
ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED (CONTINUED): 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Cbristttms C￿15 Wcte 5eJt to Ptymouth Thocesan Independettt Me]nbers. 88 they have no diocesall org&nis&tion to ￿m.
oth￿8 ha¥e now be￿ ideatified iu a 8iu414r w5ilion.
]ndepend￿t Member5 and ensuTe thcyfecl )$ ¢los¢ to (w organisatioti rA>SSible.
The National Comrnittee wced that onE Di￿e￿an TndEpendtht Members. expet)SC5 will now bc paid for by National tts attcr
thc Nationaj C4)uuciJ in M*y (in Derbythitt 4L%uallyl 8tsd &Jother al thc Half Yearly Mecting * St Chwl's in Btrnitngkn. This
indLVLdual will Dol have a Vole. {Is rtol represettlmg ihe other Dioce5aft Indepcndenl M6mb¢rs.} but whose ownk)n from
diffeTetLt perspe¢ti¥¢ w*ll b¢ vdued Thcir first Point of Cont%t should be the PSO.
P4atioJ¥l Coyfftcil
NatioT￿l Coun¢il wos hii by 4 rAiI stnTre ￿}Ch rneant the President of UCM Wale5 GDuldn'l attend and our speakeTS trwel
aTrang¢Tn¢nts a150 $uITcted. However all Dioceses were r¢presented as wcll a5 Mr5 Siobhan Garibaldi. ]¥e5idcnt of CWL and
&routtd 80 oth¢r att¢ndcc8 including clew and guesL8. National Council vns hostgd by tho Port5Tr)outh Diocese led by their
Pr¢$idwJt Mts Bel Flynm. We wett fo￿￿￿te lo have 3 STr￿kerS in adth.tion to Bi51u)p Alan thi5 y¢aT. B15t￿P Philip Egan from
Port5tnouth was unablc to attend and wa5 yepre5ented by F*tber Benjamkn Theobold, his Episcop￿ Vicor for Vrtatiot$. and
Canon 18vryer as well as the PaTish Prie51 of Th¢ Holy Family in Souttwllptots alld the Cbkpiaiji to the Uttiv¢rsity! Hi5
resw)nsibilities are th¢￿roTe mwny and vari¢d. F¥th¢r Bcnj4Tntll'5 own vo¢xtionBI story is 8 tjyical one. tn8Dy 5ayiDg ho would
a Piles( but like InaHy, h¢ 4niti4lly r4ist¢d 4mtil ev¢ntuolly subrnitting to the Will of G￿1. His motb¢r #Iso had
reservations due to Challeng￿ of Prie511y life, livin8 alone, hcavy wo￿]￿a￿4 attd little income. However. FaLheT B¢rtj3rniTt's
obvious happine55 in his path ￿l￿¢Ved her artxietie* Mothers have & hllEC tttflllet)ce Priestly vocatiot)s the￿ is tt mle for
the UCM- prdying for Vo¢Aiions lour V(￿￿tiO￿$ Prayer, said frequthtly)- prtyer and support for familits of seminarians? PIèyeT
and 5UPPOrt for thc Sknitwians thcm5¢1v¢5. In Portsmtyth Diocest each foumdattth hÈs'W" a Seminasian SI¥￿ ?023
maintain light coniact with th¢ry w¢¢iilly for th¢ major¢¢lebT•tion¥ of the church. Father Benjamin believes itl9 importaJ)i that
cach person should be ask¢d if they have cDn5ide￿d a Religiou% lite, &$ Seminarians repon ihat a ptincip81 tnfluertce in theTr c&ll
tjas bten discus$ions wtth ft Pri¢sL The for Thore Prtests taDnot be undeTestiTrated •xl his toTrteTrtio￿ is that .MORE oyert
practiccs of the faith irk families rnight also help 8u￿e youn8 ￿0p]e into conS￿ering vocations ID Priestly? reliBious, attd faithfiLI
rnarricd lif¢ would b¢ of bthefiL In addition to Vocations to the Priesthood being mfft I￿]UentlY at the front of parishioneTS'
mind wh¢tt gew io kllow 4t￿ ¢onvqsiDg with young meL
FI￿ MtC#rthy His 4iti) is to promot¢ w8]king p1jgril￿R¢$. baving been inspired by a '*- 08 a ehild ¢tms¢d by
family pariiciyation in kn]ks". His life w&% changeA by wttlkin8 pil81ima8e4. Havin8 taken a 3 month hreak from his work as a
GP he walked from CaDl¢rbury to RO￿¢. ill 2014 he Kave up Ibdl wutk and. Dut knuw10￿ wbJi ¢u do, h¢ IIK)k anoth¢r long
'Iv¥lk" trybjn Rorne to istaolwl. SiAce tbeu ke IKS i'ariety of Eole4 alL liukrd ts wJvLr&i&¥ pil¥ri£Tra¥e. He h85
writtcll scvctal books 1)n Y￿10v5 ￿pEctsIr0UI￿8 ￿ pilgrTr• Pi)pe BenedicL said. 'To ¥0 on pilgriTttsJ8E is to Step ovt of
YOUr￿lf ill order ¢0 ¢ThcouDkr God whetr H¢ bas rtve81ed himsel( where His grAee ]JBs shone with particujar spleodour Wld
prryJuc¢d rich of wnvewsion and holines% atnotL8St who believt". ltt 2016 Popc Frattcis tsked u¥ to welcotne Pilgrim5
and, wb¢iL Ih¢y 8TTiV¢ ¥¢ • sbriae, they The w￿￿1 uf (hMI attd ttttive the Sacrnmtrtts. Pilx[i￿ spiti1u￿Y . its
practical naiur4 pilgrimages liiUa]ly kccp you grO￿￿tI iti cotttaci wfftth the eatth. Ther¢ is vlllDttabiiity kn vyeathcr,
chance, dq￿ellt ott tbe ki]Jdnegs of straD8ers. The pil8tiJn b￿￿Me& aware of those whose T￿lStePs thtry are following Rt
those who will follow. The dhutth h&% 8 txew metaplwr'lhe pi]grirti ￿pIC of G￿1. It is a dHloglle ojjly the Chwcb
bllt also a dilllogue with other CTrriStia¥￿ Synodality ￿e&￿s ryalkuig togekn. It is abtyjt us to walk kn￿the￿ is
church, a5 one bl￿]Y. ooe pilgriuL people. Pbil W￿lts to thCOtsrn8¢ ptopk to wALk * pIlgriti￿ge of 'bope' durillB 2025. Pope
Fr￿Cl5 wantcd us to ae¢ th¢ churGh 'out thcTr' on th¢ 5tre<ts. a vi3ibl¢ sw. Ilopt do¢m't m¢an thTllgs alww work ovl wcll. b
if they doll't there is a need ar￿ purrmise what ￿ do. r5 th¢ hop6 vALi¢b Christianity ¥iv¢s w. ar4J whicb Popc Francis
tri&1 lot1￿Urage t￿PIC.￿S liY¢ in 2Q25. Phyl hq)ed that th¢ UCE44 wouldeDc¥yJw its go on PilgriDW during tbe
'HolyYw' and gave us mg]ry iDspifillg ¢x8rnpI¢5.
WUCWO- Kr5 SV*rd. Val's Rq)ort C(w¢￿d her S Ye}￿ l)t)ard rnembcr of wiJc.wn, froru election to th¢ Board atthe
IS G¢n¢ral As5¢D]bly in Dthr. S¢aeg¥l, ￿ that iu A55LSi iu 20?3. V41 was iu a workiDL wup for Viol￿ff 4geiDSt Wome￿ and
a cojwnunicatioa Gonuuittce. These ujeelings are not e85y as the wups t￿15t of women fff>Jn around th¢ world spe8kiD¥ i
diffeteni languages. She Sttyed in these groups througFH)ut her temi. The Covid pandemic affttt*t WUCWO, ys 911 othcr
Drg4Lnisatll)T15, 50 8(wiJ meetingy became ViTtual Tneetings over 3 or 4 tonseculive allernoons. Sume vf the 5ubject5 cov¢r
were" violence against women. Pope Francis. encyclical4 WUCWO Day. S￿￿1•I1ty. ur*uning Ge￿￿8* Assemblie$ me&ing
with women from thc Middlc FAst. and WUCWO'S big proj¢ct- World Worncn's Obs¢Tvatory. The Mlomcn of the Mlddle E&8t
Meeiing was held in Raffin4 Gre￿¢ aThJ had b¢¢n TM>S4)0nc￿ tiM¢¢ du¢ ts> C<)wd. t￿t to rnany virtual rneetings therc wa8
dRDkmish￿I opportunity for g¢ttiDg to kn)w other Board M¢nJb¢rs' l¢ading to IiLTLiLed n¢tworkin& building of tNst and rapporL key
facknTX Witth"n the Organis￿50n. S￿￿ trtelin884rt ¥erydeM￿l￿$- Olberhighligtsts of kn4itx P05t'. ¢ekhrnl￿g Holy Mass
at the Tomb of St Peter with Cardi)￿J Ouellet {Can*la) who Rave a reauy good homily (May 20L9): WUCWO took p8rt in the
8enerai audiellte wtth Pope fmciy (Mty 2020) ¢bis w&$ ihe I10lh atUJAvew ot"WUCWO - a beautiSAI ptsyer vigtl wa5 beld
Zoom Wilb ovcr 2(M) paTli¢ipants. WUCWO had ￿rnC cxccllcns spcakcrs OVLY tbc rcrn2 of officc ott a varicty of Is$￿eR mainty
latillg to women; (Romc 2023) WUCWO AudieDc¢ with FrdllCi8 and Val w&$ a8ked io belp outbefore the awthieacc which
meant a Start but thc Popc was noL thie untsi 11.301 Val was cs¢ort¢d 10 JJlo¢at£d seAt at about 9.30 and w&$ swpris¢d to
discoverthat She W854WLthc front row with th¢ Tcstof th¢ B(Trard a?¢mbet5 a￿1 S(￿ in¥itwJ gu¢5t* WUCWQ weiy theollty

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gu&%ts- 830. In front was 10 steps to where the Pope vmuld sit a couple of Cardinals. (W¢ lat¢T discovered that PTesid¢nr
Zelensky w85 ll￿1]￿g *hc Popc aftcr w). The P4)pe 4valked slowty acr058 to his chair using bis Stick to 49eafeoing applause ard
ehews and ulu]atiDg. H¢ looked very mu¢h alone. Il quite SUYTea]. TheEe were th¥J sp¢eche5 by M8ria 1.10 7.ervino. ISpani8h}
￿￿1¢& SantaTTiaria ISpaTti$hl, Maribeth Stewart (English) and other8. The srttchcs wcrc mainly about thc work of WUCWO.
The Pope then gave a sptrGh in Spanish. Thtt wholv ofthis audience is on YouTube in English. The security men ihen brought
his wheelchoir, and he left the 5taEe i'la a Eamp. He ￿lled and gbook ]Jands with all of us on thc frottt row attd onc of his uaff
followcd behind T058ry beads fot ￿1. In front was a photographer taking pbotographs. Pope Francis didll't speak to
anyon4 but h¢ h35 a lovely smile, and h< w&% 5Tnilin¥ all the tirne hc wa5 with pu)ple. It was over *¢ry quickly bul ht went
behind us and saw 811 the pts)ple the￿, but he dith'l look well. No onc w&5 in a hury to Icave, 4nd it s{￿cdto bc ovcr in a flash.
Val return￿ ¢0 St P¢kr'$ 8bwt 3.30wn for 5pm Ma8s atjd sal amongst othupwle from WUCWO. Fr Mwctllo {EcclesiQStic41
A.&sistant to WUCWO) can￿ do1￿ thc Aislc and asked Val to sit on the front row and r¢ad th¢ prayers of the faithfvl. So. what a
exatingday-T51eetinKthe Pope, a rosary gift from the Popt and reading in St Pdcr'5 Basili
Blsbop Alan offered congramlations to Clifton Diocese on the llPPOiTJttrtent of Rt Rei Bosco M2¢tkn&ld 2$ the n¢w 8ishop of
Clifton. He also said there bern rec¢nt Ordinations iD Southwark. Wcsttninster. tb¥ OrdiDaTialc and Binnillgham. He said th&t
it had brO￿ght a lot of joy. It is sometitrKs quite difficlllt to think of our%elves outside ourowo comfort YK)rtt. It is nice to bE with
our Deighbours with our 51Ster¥ bT4)thvTS, aDd it i¥ niL¢ to %ry wl knk oulside O￿TSel¥t8. All pari5b Priests dilT¢zrDt,
bishops are differenL and all Ctholi¢$ are difftrettL We should b¢ aw8r¢ of divcrsity in the world. Don't foTgcE th¢ panblc of th¢
'lost sheep, where the 5h¢ph¢rd goes in 5faT¢h of the lost sheep. th us pray that Our Lord ￿11 give us a very. very wide ran8¢.
Bishop AlaD Works with youth and vi55ts LLlliV¢T5itic5 and schools regularly, and IL is worth ihe UC".M recognising that I>UT world i5
noi iheir world. A lotof young p¢opk at th¢ mom¢nt ar¢ ho¥ing a reAlly hat¥1 til￿ and there &re issye*, ¢.x, m¢DtyI h¢okh.
Young p¢opl¢ 8Te very vulneTable &s there is a loi Eoing tsn.. wir, the environment. and some of them aTe profoundly depTessed
about the world in whi¢h wt liv¢ i*. The UCM rtLxxts to have a broader pr08pect and a wide orth look 8t the worfd ar0￿d us.
Bishop Alan said he knesrt't want to be misetable, b￿a￿e he fijndamentally b¢litlies that the kst way of living is Catholit
Chn51ianity. St John'$ Go9pel stat¢5'. "1 h&vEÈo%ne th8t ha¥£ lik hxye it lo the fvll-. If you w8nta Yeally IMa￿llg
lif¢. liv¢ a Catholic Christian life. It Means that we are * people of hope in which w¢ b¢li¢v¢ that God will look after ug. There is
an enom￿￿$ difterence bettveen someone who has fa?th and praycr in thur Iivc5. and sorrth)dy ivho has Mot. When yowjgstevs
meet Jiffjcuiiies ￿ their lite. if they meet them witbout prayer, it is hard for them. W¢ have ts> be people of hope. Sornetimes as a
CatholiL th1￿ch wc catt start to tccL sony for outselves, howevu. Lt is worth re￿eMb¢ring that w£ ar£ better off ill many way8
than the woild around us. Symoda]iry. wthat the UCM havc been dolng for a long lirne - a bit of tespcctful. praycrful. listeDing
eng88ement. Bishop Alatt encouraged the UCM when they go home lo ￿ve young people prayer1￿1, list¢niDg engagement
thuing N&tinnlll Cnuncil we weie able to have 8 Nettvotkirtg session. This followed a suggcstiott fiom Council 2023 th￿L￿￿PIe
wouldpref￿ in stllallu bTruup¥ Lu lar¥e pttrti¥ularfy tbose rtcw to CoullLil WCEY h¥pi<r ts) talk ID sm&ll
groups. DioGC5a￿ Offi¢m werc sort¢d into loosc Gcowpbital art8s Ènd they went into bre8koui io distw$ is5u￿ snd
k35t one of the N&tionHI cott￿lt￿£ w&% with tach gft)up. We obviously di51x]ssal a few
quesiioDs15ugge5tion5 b¢foreknud lo encouTage discussioll but W2 foulld that with 5tllall of Do more than 15116 even th05¢
new to Council were qllite happy to thlk. The Geo8whitsl split of Dioceses was dotse to help fatililAte clo%er WQTking
reknionsbips and local support, so￿ething that tneniioned at National Council itL 2023. We wdl coDtillue witb this forllwt a5
it was i'ery wdl god ¥liettdy knve UPide4ce that Diocesc each other gnd
takittg pat1 in each other's evenL8 t.g. Piignmages, Rosary Rally's and Masse5. Also dRscu¥sed at thes¢ meetsngs w&s risillg costs
beitig faced by tAfjctses and it was suwstcd that Dioce%&% hold the odd fimdraising event tor their Thfrcesao cosL8. UCM
Metnbers coosistendy wpport and raise funds lor local aEKf natiODal c￿l￿¢s. ¢.g. Foodb8nks CAFOD ond, MacDJillaD. but few
ise monty for thanscl¥c5. Followin8 on trom thcse me¢tin85 it Vns S￿ested tb8t ay)Dcy the Host Dioccscrai5es at the raffle
National Council wb]"ch has usu8lly atrww gon¢ to a llatiollal or local charity of the Htsst Dio¢es¢ Ch￿S]￿B oouLd be spht into 3.
A third to our natiollal charity the National Holidays and Resi Horne Service, a third to a charity of Ehe k05t Diocc5e Ch￿sit)&
W¥tsiDglLa
The 77" UCM A]Jttual Pi18timage 10 WAlsinBbom rook place ort Tuesday 2" Suly 2024. The was led by th¢ Di{￿¢
f knuthwark. The pilgtima8e bcgatt at IU.OU am with pilgiim8 arrivillg at the Shllrte by coach. followed by the Pr￿e￿&l￿n ta the
Sbtine al0￿g tbe Pl1￿1￿ Way. UCM ￿.le￿la&￿￿l Advswi Bisknp A]4EL willi￿￿. Bi5h(y uf led pilgrill
ill at 12 Muth Bishop Philip Moger. Auxiliary B2shop of Southwrt Fr Robert BiiiiDg, Rector of th¢ Shnne, and a
umbcr of Pritsts ￿nCeleb￿tIn￿ AfteT luncb. there wa8 the Ble&%iftg of the Sick ill the Chapel of Reconciliation, followcd by a
Prot¢$siotk from the Car Park 10 the Shrine, kjthl l¥t¢r. Bendiciion an41 Refl¥blitsn led by Bishop Moger. There wetr 50uJe
cb&D8es thi8 year Wedid ftot 80 irtto the .4bbey the weather was bad so the e¥e&ittg torchlight pro¢c5S
bad 10 be ¢8￿Celle￿. althougb hardy pl1￿1￿}5 did llwllagc to walk. The 4wThber&tte￿1llgWa5 Ilwi theprevious year.

THF. I,'NION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS
ANNUAL REPORT YEARENDED (CONTINUED): 31ST DECEMBER 2024
As uslllll thss tneeiirtg ]k)S￿l by the Binningham Aschdi￿eée and onty one Dioce8e was wt able to attend this maittty
duE io i]]n¢s& but there were some issucs with travclling. Thartks as alway5 ￿ Birningham mernb￿ for providing refrtshmentts.
Over 50 rneMbe￿ attended and after celebrated by Fr Paul EdwanL8 we listened to a Teaily interesttng tatk on the Faith I
A¢tion.4ward fr￿M Paddy {Patsiu'k) DeAt0￿oF the Krnelm TR￿. This was a very faaual pre%¢n141ion with ￿￿1)rIn*￿'t10Th a￿1
question5 from McMbc￿ Thc aim of thc PTcscntstion was to highl￿1 how UCM manbEF5 Could give practi￿1 kclp and sUp[￿rt
in the delivery andachievement of the award fw youngpwle.
Again we had seta8ide tin%4t this meeting forneiwoTkiagbetween Dioce￿ thisdid not ¥045 well as at Nal?onaJ Cowil b&# it
sltll Tesulted in a volunteeT for the post of Walsinghwn Admtntth3tor Lorthe Fry (Pottsmouthl and a Host Dioctse for Nalional
Council 2026 (Northamptonl.
I would ]ikc to thank evtr5we for th¢ir e•th 4)thÈr and to the UCM throu8W the y£tr 5cthg the their
reports. I would also Jik¢ to sbdT¢ a Ly)uple olquotstions frora tepvtts received :_ 'Wot 8llCbaTity is C45h Based" aDd'Th>d is in
charge.
The ch￿ilY is r¥]iani un the support uf il¥ MEth through thciT subscriptioH4 dDnatK)ns, alld fi]ndrdis1ll￿. For tbe Y¢ar End
31° D(wmb¢r 2Q24 there was a deficii of £5,27412023.. deficit £6,165). Tor￿ income w&q less ifl 2024, with low¢r Pl1￿]mage
i9LxW￿ I￿ltI)￿l expuulitwt w&4 Also lesÈ Al£74￿7? {2023.. £95,8061
ta vi¢w of th¢ natiollal natu￿ olth¢ Clwity's HctiTriti¢5, the TTU5tee5 io maitiloill ftee Merve5 in uryr¢stri¢t¢d fuJJd5 at a level
that equates to 2 y6ats' ullresthcted expeaditsre. The bal&nce held as PAt4rethc*d fu￿[% ￿ &t iiil DEceth 2024 WAS £131.735
of wtsich £121.396 is r¢g8rded a5 fre reEervcs gfter &Uowiug for £10.339 up in laDgible ￿ed Hsset* Thts r¢pre8ents
for the fntsre
an organisation we ar¢ cornmitt¢d to increasing our M￿)b¢r$bip. We will explore ways of wO￿an8 ts fulfil our obj'cctsvc to
Ri51t Asse85ment
Th¢ T￿*￿$ have &3565seAI the rn&jOT risk5 to svhic13 the chgrity ￿ eKFo%ed, in ￿rtiCUlar Lhos¢ relatrd to its operatiOJk8 and
firjawts. By fflon1to￿8 th¢ l¢v¢l ofre5¢tV¢S, ¢J151UI￿ ￿￿trol ovv fjnasjcial sysi¢m5 th¢ Op¢[￿10￿￿1 r&sks faced.
the Tru5tw& b¢li¢ve$ that ¢ff¢divc $ysicms havc b¢¢n cstabli5i￿d ¢0 mitigat¢ tb05¢ risks.
nsAblUlle814 to the 1kn4ncA•l stAtr•ellts
The charity trus*d arc resrrf>nsible for preparing a thJstee%' aTmual re￿rt and financial stattrLent8 in at£¥Trrdattce with apPli￿bI¢
law and UnitwJKi]tgdom Ac¢oulltiDg Standard5 IUnitedkng(knn Generally Accepted knothing Prxtice).
Tbe law ¥ppli¢abl¢ to cJwiti¢5 ill EnoJHlld Wales rwirw Ib¢ rlwity to pNKre slale4￿5 for e*h yejr
which give a mi¢ fair view of the 5tat¢ of affairs of the cknlty, and of the uKomillB resources attd applicati4)n of resour￿, of
the charity forthar period. In preparing the fioallcial st&tcmcnts. the tA￿te¢S rcquired ro.. .
select Milablea£touokn8wli¢ies aAdappEy themtotssistentlyi
ob8erve th¢ mcrhods andprinciples in the applicable ChaTitie5 SORP:
make judgeTu¢tLtS Wld esiimatrs ihal are Teasonable and prudenl
5tatcwkn¢tbcrapplicablc accovntinB StgDdarts and stat¢￿ts of ptactscc have been folloryved, wbjec¢
Any M41￿1￿ d¢pthur¢sdi￿i0S¢d aDd ¢Ap141T￿l in th¢ fill￿1•1 #4ttDKBts;
prep&rt the financial statemwts OA th¢ gosng toncern b￿1$ uthl&*$ it is ithan>Ttkpriats to pr￿4￿￿ that th¢ charity will
Continue its activitio3.
The tsustecs are reswlls4ble li)Tkttping properwoountsng ¥ccords th*t4Jb'sclose with ¥usoRablc accuTacy4tanylimciht fin**i*l
position of thc Charity and to cnable them to engure that the fimanual statem￿tS comply ￿th the Charities Act 2011. the
4JplL￿bIt Chrrities (AL¢ounis and Reports} Regul￿t00. and the provisions of the c]Larity'S CoD5tstution (the governiD8
document). They are also tesponsible for safeBU8rding tbe assets ofthe chartty amd iaknng ￿*90￿able SLEps foT theprev¢ntiorL 4nd
4J¢te£tioll of fraud and other irregularitie5.

P￿t7
AfiNUAL REPORTYEAR ENDED (CONTINUEDI: 31ST DVCFMBER 2024
114￿ OTC rc5POUsiblc lor the maitite]w￿t attd itttegrity of the £har4ty and fia￿la] illfozmatioll tllcluded on ltse ilwitrj 8
website. t£siskntion in *he UnitEd Kingdom ¥overnin8 the PTerAration and dissertFination of financial.%tatements may differ from
le￿5]at￿oN rn oth¢riuTi5di¢tions.
Approved by the L4UStetsoA 9"JU#e_￿J7 aad sAgned ontheir beh8Jf by:.
Mri. C. Lydon

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INDZPEf4DENT EXAMif*TR'S RFPORT
TO THF. TRiif5TEESOF THE LThryOPIOFCATHOLIC MOTaE
I rEPOrt on th¢ ac¢ounts of The Union of Cats￿lIc Moth￿5 kn the Y¢Jr EndeAI 3111 D¢wnbEr 2024. whith arc set out on
pag¢5 9 to IS.
R48Wli¥¢ r¢4wtssthilitie$ of Trusl¢e Eyjmlmer
11¢ ¢b8rity's Ths¢ccs are resp)Dsible for the preparnlion of th¢ a¢¢ouDts. The ¢knai¥ty'S Trust￿ ¢ODsid¢r that audit k
UOL required for this ye4r ullder Section 144(21 of th¢ Chariti¢5 Aci 2011 (the 2011 Act) and thai an Ind¢p¢tKl¢nt
8xamitiation ystt£*led.
It is ttly TC¥Po￿liblJlty to:_
the WOUDts Ulldersecti￿ 145 of the 2011 Acl"
to follow the procedures Iaid down in t￿¢ Gencral thrections giv¢n by th¢ Charity ComTllis5ionus (under
$edioJt 14515Xb) of the 2011 Act. and
Bajls of Jndepewd¢mt Ex%rnln¢TPI Report
My examination was Ca￿lEd &￿Id3￿Ce with the GenBtal Ditectiotss given by tbe Charity CoJnL¥Ji&%ione55. AD
with those [￿Ord& It also iTLeludes consid¢rAtiOth of any uousuèl items or dI￿10$ur¢S in th¢ A¢¢OWlts sthj seekiug
explanatlOD5 from you as Trust¢¢5 conc¢rning any $vth rnatt¢Ts. The procedures und&tskets do ttot providr all the
evidenc¢ thgt would b¢ r¢qDirtd iu ￿ audi( al￿ rollyW￿￿t[Y Jko ()pinion is given a& to wheth¢r th¥ pre8CUt
IlldtpeDd￿t EigWiDpf's Stat¢rn¢llt
the accO￿tIng rceords wcrc notktpt ill acc¢xdaDC¢ with s￿￿13￿ 130 ofthe ChaTilies Art; or
the accounts did noi accord with the accounting record5. or
the acwunts4tid tsot•y with the appkc4ble requiremejm Lorrt¢rning the for￿ oThJ routut of dccoujts Set out All
th¢ Cknitics (Accouthts and Reports) RegulatioThs 2DDR other than requirement thatthe acGouDts give a and
I bave come scr￿ no othttmattcr8 conncction wtththc Examination to which attention should be in this TetAX
ILA. PriDr. FCIL
Charthrtd Cer1117ed At£•u￿tant
W. H. Prlor,
Chartered Certllltd A¢countsAts
R￿l￿ttY Court,
l)•n¢8stsr. DN45FB
gh 2025

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THE UMON OFCATtIOLIC ￿￿fHFRs
ATETrfENTOF FP4ANCIAL Act11T￿s FOR TU£ YFAR EYDF.D 31ST DECEMBER ￿24
UnTes￿Et
Fund8
RHtrirted
Totsl
2024
Income
Dona¢ionsand kgacics
Charitable activitie5
Othcr trad]ng actI￿ti¢9
InV￿Qnent Incom¢- Bank Intttest
5.850
53,880
4.708
2.650
2.16?
12
13,136
68,292
5.959
2,254
53
4708
£803
153
TOTAJ. INCOME
67.088
2315
69.403
89.641
Expenditsre
EJp¢*ditMrethi ¥4i¥iug fquda. Itthising
Expenditllre on Charltabk aelivitie$
Naii0o21 Collfetence & Annubl Meeting
Officers & Represcntative8 Trnvcl
StudyC4)nfereAtt & Mtdia Day5
Pilgrima8CS
Otlw Cbarithle Activities
17,239
8.1¥2
3.38]
16,975
27,570
17339
182
3J81
16.975
28.900
22.A97
9,414
338
32,530
30.627
1.330
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
73,347
1.330
95.806
(6J59)
412741
16,L65)
BsJaD¢¢s bfouEbtforwthl
1st Iaw 2024
137,994
17,666
155,660
161,82S
310 Dettmbtr 2024
131,735
18,651
150J86
155.660
The Jhote$ 00 pw 11 b) 16 6)Lm th¢s¢ f￿￿1&] Stat￿llent$

gtl•
THE UNIOY OF CATIIOLIC MOTHERS
BAL￿NCE S￿T AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2024
2•23
Flxed a8sets
Tugible assets
10,339
10,L83
Current2%￿5
Stock
D¢btOT5 and PTyyments
C&yh &t and in hand
3.7￿)
8.560
130,(Y25
J.7
io
142.465
142,285
(2,2381
147,565
{2,088}
Ual)lli¢iri: r￿ling41ue w4thinone ygar
Net wrretyt •siets
140,047
145.477
Nel AsJ(4s
150.386
155.660
L8.651
13 1.735
[7,666
137.994
UnTEStrictcd Funds
13
JS)386
155.660
7be fLHwJKial stotaKotson p88es 1441 21 wrEapptovd bythethistees4)n 20254Dd signed on th¢irbeiJaJfby".
MTJ J. Ilodge
Tr￿ee (N4¢loNal Prethknt)
Mr5 S. Bl¢ktr¥taffe
Tryjtee (NalloH*l Trnsmr)
pagtg 1 I w 16 fLYmPgrtDf thes¢ filw￿la1 statrnty

Pkgell
THE UYION OF CATHOI.IC. MOTHERS
NOTES TO THE FIN￿NCIAL STATEMEfqTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBFR 2024
At¢•wdug poknc4e5
B8sls uf prEpArntio
The fittancial ¥tate]n¢TJts have been in ac¢ord4ncc with Ac£ixLnttnE attd Rq)orfing by Chariti¢%.' S121enJent of
ccommrythl 1￿ctIc¢{SoRP)"AcCQIUthn%•ndRep011lnS by ChoriEies" (FRS102) and thecknIti￿ A£t 2011.
'Ibe financial slatemenis have PTepared under ihe Triisioric41 cost convention with it¢ms Tecogniged at eost OT
tr￿9￿ction valuc unlc&8 otherwise %tst¢d iii the relevani aeefjunting policy note.
All in¢tsllK 15 tr¢akd ￿ u1￿¢S￿lctal incorne. unkss the doll￿ hsx pl¥¢d r¢stiictioJk¥ th¢ which the
donLIioD or 8TBnt tnay be spent, in which c&$8 it j5 trtated &$ restri¢¢ed wcom¢. The Testticted fimds are detailed in
Note 12. D¢51gnated Furtth repTesellL amow)ts set asAde for Sp￿Irj( ateas of cxpendikne by the Tftuste¢$ aud are
d¢tailed in Note 13. Iwcies rtrowjised lojlowing ihc of wobat¢ whets the thinistraior/exe4utoK of
the Estate cvrlltDUDical¢d the eJ)titl¢]neDt in writillg.
All ¢KpenditUFe 18 QCCOW)ted ftsr on an ￿C￿lIS b&8is. Dir¢¢t Cl>aTitable expenditure including support costs and
governance costs (costs involving public accourttability and compliance with regulation and good practi¢¢l.
EKp¢nditUTC is recogntseA ￿ s(M)h as there is a legal or cimstruclive obltgatson lo make a payment to i thkrd PATty.
il 4S Probable that %ettlement ￿.411 be wuired. the 8ny)unt of the obligatioJ)£an be measured ￿lIablY.
Third hrty Colle¢tiODS #nd Fuhd5
Colk¢tioD4 aod othcr fu￿d5 r￿Se￿, for the benefit of tbird parfy cbarities do llol rEp￿Sent illcomc or ¢xptsnditure
for Th¢ uw0￿4)r Catholic Mothe￿. Lon8quently they are ioclth iu the Sialewent of Actiyiiies os
llcotnc or expenditure. Any baiattce bcld by the clwity as at the B8lanG¢ Sbett date for a th"Ird party cknity is
shown ￿ È liability and refleckd iD Creditors (Note I l}.
Br&nthes
Th¢ charity operates natio[￿llY through a braDch $t[uCtu￿ bayed largely aLDui￿ the dio(*s¢s of the Catholic
Church in Englattd. The8e finttnciwl ststemethts thc transactions, and &8S¢ts and liabi]ities, of the NatiOno1
and Diocesan Committees. Individual Foutydations arr distinct from the thatity itself and do uot opcratc undeT the
elwitable rc(FLgrratiottof Ibe Ulllollof CAtholic MthbeTS. Theltallsaciioijs. asset5 alld JiabilLts¢$ of Fo)JDdatio￿ are
therefore notreflected in th¢s¢ financial statemellts.
Fixed Asxts
A￿ fLx¢d ￿et8 with 8n orig1tt￿ cost of in exttt3 of £250 arc capttoli8&1. Depreciation of fjxed assels is provided
on the straight-litte method at the fullL)wing lates ill OErf¢r to write off ea¢h asset over its tstimated usehjl IIfe'.
RegJli¥. B&d¥e5 & Blltstrr5
Dioccse Equ2pfficnt
OffJc¢ EquipllLeni
£4>JJ¥u*r
2Vv Onc￿1
25Yo OD c¢)sI
12.5% on cost
33.33°A4XLWSt

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TIIEIThryOYOFCATHOLIC MOTHERS
NOTES TO THE FiNANCIAL STATF.IqF.NTS FOR THE YEAR ENDFJ) 31ST DECEMBER 2024
UhTestrlcted
FMNd8
2024
TOTAL
2023
TOTAL
Vun¢Js
Donations & Orants
Collections
Gift Aid Tax
Diocesan [t￿c$
S￿￿¢1￿1 Proj¢cis
895
2,665
2,162
3,057
2,665
6,170
2,330
1,474
2.788
374
.1.6115
674
674
5.850
2.162
8,012
13,136
Jncome from ChAritsbie Adivrtie5
Unrestricted
Reltrieted
Ftrnds
21124
2023
TOTAL TOTAL
Membets. SubsGriptions
32,067
32.067
35,432
7,268
30572
Pil8rizn88e8
18,873
18.873
53,880
53.880
68292
In¢o]D¢ from Othertr*dln# 8Ctivitie¥
Utsrestrirted
Restrlttsd
ds
2024
TOTAL
2ts23
TOTAL
Sale ef Jiegalia, Dikric5, ¢tr.
Fuud-rai5iti8
3.287
1.421
3287
1.421
4302
1,657
4.708
4.708
5,95Y
Expendit￿￿ ralstng hDd8- FuAdr*iiiDg
UDr(*ri¢tsd
RestTkt¢d
2024
21123
TQTAL TOTAL

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. 'NWIN OFCATHOUC NIOTHERS
NOTTS TO THE FIN￿£IAL STAT£MENTS F()R TIIE YEAR E￿￿ED 31ST DECEMBER 21)24
Covernanee e•8ts (SMppDrt C05t in¢lud¢d In Dlr¢rtCb4rilable Expenditsre)
Unrcstri¢ted
Re¥trlrted
2024
21123
TOTAL TOTAL
Tr￿$, ex￿[￿ reimbursed
Irtdeptndent ExamiTW'8 F
Other A¢Lounta#¢y fe¢$ (Brnnd)es)
73
2.J36
75
2,136
80
767
2,088
80
2291
2291
2935
Related Party Tran￿￿10￿3 & Trn5tee%' Expens
Thc rnJsiee4 ill co[lln￿n with 4]1 mcmb￿S of The Unton of CatholiG Mothers. all kysve th¢iT litDe freely without ally forn
of beHefit in kit¥J. Th¢te no ewloyee5 of thr ¥b￿lty. Expenv ttimlwT3ed to the thr£e #¥5tets
(o¢alled £75 (L7671. Thcre. w¢re n()4ts 5(IrDlified RelHte4J Party TrnDSaclions.
Fixed gsgets
Reg8154 B#d8e¥
P.quipmeDt
Equlpment
Tg1¥1
1st January 2024
Additions
12,127
2.912
10260
598
25,299
598
31° Deconbcr2024
14).858
1st Jattuary 2024
Charge for the Year
2.912
10260
199
15.116
442
243
31. DE4XRkn 20?
2,187
10.459
15558
31° 2Q24
399
IOJ39
31stIkneTrkn 2023
11),183
111,183
.4Jl fixed assets4￿ hddby tbedwity forl￿an￿1ts¢b&iIabIetibJCCtiYe5.

•ge 14
THE UNIONOFCATHOLIC MOTHERS
TLS TO THF FINAYCtAI, STAT¥MW.NTS FOR TIIE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMB£R 2024
DebtOTS
2014
2023
fglllng dut witklm yeAr
Pr¢paym¢nts
8,560
1.400
8,500
1,400
Ilj C•sh gt ba•k and In h4nd
2024
2023
Casb Ht BaDk
Cash H￿d
130,020
142,200
266
130,025
141465
li
Llabllllles: amounts faJlLJJg due withiti C￿e year
20Z4
2023
ACen￿lI
2238
2,088
1238
2,088
12 Restricted hEDd
Balaace
1.1.24
31.1224
National Holidays & Rest Home
ConlereBce Res¢r%'e
12282
5,384
2.315
{1.330)
13.267
5 J84
17,666
2,315
(1,330}
1&051

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UPUON OFCATHOL￿ MOTHERS
P40T&S TOTHE Fll¥ANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE ITAR E￿DED 31ST DECEMBER 21124
IZ Rutrkted F4tud5 (c•￿1￿4
Th¢ balanccs CD Re8¢ricted funds reweaent amounts ￿Ce7Ved for sprKified pury05c4 ￿1¢h hav¢ not been exp¢nd¢d
tbe BalaRG¢ Sheet date.
(a)
ional Holidays& Rest Ilow
Thi3 fulld ¢Aists [¢￿11 of donatio￿ rtcci¥ed ts> PTDvkdc Taspite, Gonvaksccnt hotid&ys f¢)r those iti
[¢￿s¢llts th¢ balanc¢ of donatioJJs th81 have nocyei btett ¢xpciyJed.
(cl
Cwfesrn¢¢ R¢BeTV¢
This fimd rellects the b818nce of iM¢om¢ recthvtsl in order trj meet the t0*5 of the Nth"onal Presidolt's
attendance at Inlcrnational Confemc£s.
Id)
Otlw restricted held repr¢s¢nt the bAIATrrt of fi]nd5 teceived 8pecifie4Uy forprojcets itl indivithjai th'occ3u. or
8t National level. Other testrictd fvrjds do not include ￿Illnts raised for, but nol yet remitted to, otlKr
IhHritie8. Such are not an4b¥etof th¢ cb￿lty are Shown A*) Credtts)t8lnotc i J>.
13 Uttrestrided Futtds
Bala￿Ce
31.1224
Desi Oted Fund
Vixed Full
DiocesaD Cou]D]itt¢ts
walsi￿81￿1 Svb.Cotnrnittcc
Confer¢nG¢ Re&erYe
10.183
598
10,339
29,110
2,355
(15.4831
{I4,085)
945
1,000
94,755
15.495
3&111
(43.3371
(598)
137994
67,088
(7.3,347)
131.735
Dcsi8nBted Funds arc amountswkn'ch have be¢n putllside at th¢ discretion of the T￿Ste£S forspecific pmj¢rts.
{•)
F4xed Assd FULO:
This fund compris¢s thr aTKKbunt of the net book value of fix&1 assets as at the Bai8ne¢ Shcet date. excluding
any fixed ￿Sct8 that arc part of a Restricted Fund. ThE vnrestrict¢d T¢s¢rves representsd by fixcd ossets 8r¢ t￿t
dily 4wailabk to the tXi5te*c¢4)f this l&ryJ reco￿.￿ Con¢ept.
(b) Dioce$8n c￿Mmittee5..
This fulld rep￿ellts the hcld by Dioct%an CollDuitttts, de5ign4t&J forusc iu each diocese.
Coofettttc¢ R¢s¢rve.'
{c)
This )knd rcflec15 the ￿nOUn1 d¢signatcd by th¢ Tn￿l¢c5 towarf% mcetin8 t￿ fvtltre cos15 of the N81iollal
PresideM'5 attendanco*4Bt¢ffi&tiODalCoftferen¢es.
(d)
Get)eral Fund..

P#%e 16
THK I'NM)P40AT CATHOLIC MOTH£RS
NixfLq TO THE FLIANCIAL STATEL%IENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDFD 31ST DECEMBER 2024
14
ADxlysi5 of NetAgsets IxttYe¢n Vunds
T*lly￿le
Fixtd
Assets
14et
C*rreDt
2024
TOTAL
2023
TOTAL
National Holida￿ & il¢st Home
COnf￿e￿￿e Reserve
OtheT
13267
5.384
13,267
5.384
12,282
5,384
L'nre5tritttd F￿nd
Fixed As$et Fund
10.339
10,339
10,183
Walstngham Sub-committee
Conference Res¢Tv¢
General Fund
2.355
I,(K)
88.931
2.355
1.000
88.931
94.755
10,339
140,047
150.386
155,660
15
CapitHI c￿mmItMentS
T1￿¢ WeFe Capitsl em￿11￿￿￿t$¥5St 31" De¢eth20?4 {2023.. Ni21.