Mothers’ Union AGENDUM 9 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT Reporting period: Easter 2025 – Easter 2026 Author: Revd Glenys Payne, Diocesan President Mothers’ Union
BOARD MEMBERSHIP
The Diocesan President, Three Archdeaconry Vice-Presidents, and two General Trustees from each Archdeaconry (General Trustees: two from each Archdeaconry to liaise with the VP to filter information down to branch leaders). The Chaplain, Secretary, Treasurer and Safeguarding Lead attend but do not vote and are not Trustees.
THE OBJECTIVES
Our Vision is a world where God’s love is shown through loving, respectful and flourishing relationships which members actively pursue by praying, campaigning and enabling others. Our Mission is to show our Christian faith by transformation of communities worldwide.
ACHIEVEMENTS THIS YEAR
• Our partnership with Plant Dewi continues with MU supporting and actively participating with the Baby Bundle scheme. We have also supported Plant Dewi via MU A way F rom I t A ll . AFIA, one of our longest-running projects, by contributing to family trips and days out.
• The continuation of our Seafarers, Women’s Refuge and Cross in the Pocket projects and many local hospital and community projects run by Branches have also been introduced..
• We have changed the format of our Diocesan meetings by streamlining the format of the meetings. There are three ‘Gatherings’ one in each Archdeaconry. We have continued with a short talk from a speaker followed by an informal discussion with members.
• A day of Celebration was held in August at the Cathedral to celebrate the Birthday of our Founder Mary Sumner. This culminated in a Service of Thanksgiving.
CHALLENGES THIS YEAR
Yet again one of biggest challenges is to maintain and nurture current branches. We are very grateful to our younger clergy who are helping us in this venture with a view to increasing membership. With most of our members heavily involved in Church life it has been a little difficult at times to continue with the administration in so many different avenues.
LOOKING FORWARD
This year we are celebrating the 150[th] Anniversary of MU. We are planning a visit from our Worldwide President in May. There will also be a 150[th] Anniversary Celebration in the Cathedral in June. There will also be a Service in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London which a few of our members are involved in. With guidance from our Clergy and our Central Board, our Trustees continue to look at new ways to facilitate existing branches. We are also looking at encouraging more young people to embrace the work of MU with a view to
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them becoming supporters and eventual members. We accept that this will take time. We pray that God will guide us to walk alongside our Clergy in furthering His work in this corner of the vineyard.
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Financial Audit ofmothers, Uniot) Accounts 2025 The Financial Audit undertaken on 23 March 2026 looked at the following accounts: St. Davids Diocesan mothe Union Treasurers Current Account- No. 00567475 SL Davids Diocesan Mothers Union Bus Bank Instant Dew)sit Account- No. 07107976 The Accounting Records Kept A detailed electronic spadsheet records all payments made and displays these in relevant categories. These electronic records are backed-up to Google Cloud. TheTr is currently no online banking arrangement. Income receipts_are recorded in detail on the Bank Receipt Tabs. oC&10na1 income receipts are made direct to the Mothers, Union AccounL All payments and income receipts are processed through the Mothet3' Union Account. All payments are made via cheques. No Peu) Cash is held. All paymenls require 2 signatories. There are currently 4 stgnatories to these accounts. A Gift Aid applÈcalion was made in this financial year. Reconciliation of Accounting Records with Bank Statemenl Records Th¢ Accounting R¢cords in r¢sp¢rt of th¢ Moth¢rs' Union Accounts reconcile with the Lloyds Bank Statement Records for ?0?5. The Forniat of the Accounts Prestnted The Annual Financial Report of the Treasurer of the Mothers, Union is in the correct receipts and payments fornwt as directed by the Charities Act 2011 for those organisations whose income and expenditure falls belov*. the £?S0:(M)O threshold. The Annual Financial Rewrt clearlv presents the reconciled receipts and payments. Also presented is an inforniative spreadsheet showing the detsil of income receipts and payments made. Payment receipts are retained. Where payment receipts have not en received. these are Tecoided by the'I reasurer and shown in her accounts. Large payments are made to Mothers, Union Mary Sumner House, St. Non's Relrnt and St. Davids Diocesan Children's and Youth Fund; these continue not to be acknowledged 01 receiptrd. Committed payments that have noi been processed by the Bank are identified. The AEmual Financial RepK)rt allows for comparisoDs with previous years: Current Acc. Income EXndit Balance Total Assets for Current & Deposit Accounts 25,371.18 24.342.43 5,146.55 11.717.10 29,191.64 ?8,541.14 5797.05 1?,419.86 Independent examination has been &vried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ?01 l. David Thorley 5 Parc Thomas Camiarthen. SA31 IDP signed-.
Financial Audit ofmothers, Uniot) Accounts 2025 The Financial Audit undertaken on 23 March 2026 looked at the following accounts: St. Davids Diocesan mothe Union Treasurers Current Account- No. 00567475 SL Davids Diocesan Mothers Union Bus Bank Instant Dew)sit Account- No. 07107976 The Accounting Records Kept A detailed electronic spadsheet records all payments made and displays these in relevant categories. These electronic records are backed-up to Google Cloud. TheTr is currently no online banking arrangement. Income receipts_are recorded in detail on the Bank Receipt Tabs. oC&10na1 income receipts are made direct to the Mothers, Union AccounL All payments and income receipts are processed through the Mothet3' Union Account. All payments are made via cheques. No Peu) Cash is held. All paymenls require 2 signatories. There are currently 4 stgnatories to these accounts. A Gift Aid applÈcalion was made in this financial year. Reconciliation of Accounting Records with Bank Statemenl Records Th¢ Accounting R¢cords in r¢sp¢rt of th¢ Moth¢rs' Union Accounts reconcile with the Lloyds Bank Statement Records for ?0?5. The Forniat of the Accounts Prestnted The Annual Financial Report of the Treasurer of the Mothers, Union is in the correct receipts and payments fornwt as directed by the Charities Act 2011 for those organisations whose income and expenditure falls belov*. the £?S0:(M)O threshold. The Annual Financial Rewrt clearlv presents the reconciled receipts and payments. Also presented is an inforniative spreadsheet showing the detsil of income receipts and payments made. Payment receipts are retained. Where payment receipts have not en received. these are Tecoided by the'I reasurer and shown in her accounts. Large payments are made to Mothers, Union Mary Sumner House, St. Non's Relrnt and St. Davids Diocesan Children's and Youth Fund; these continue not to be acknowledged 01 receiptrd. Committed payments that have noi been processed by the Bank are identified. The AEmual Financial RepK)rt allows for comparisoDs with previous years: Current Acc. Income EXndit Balance Total Assets for Current & Deposit Accounts 25,371.18 24.342.43 5,146.55 11.717.10 29,191.64 ?8,541.14 5797.05 1?,419.86 Independent examination has been &vried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ?01 l. David Thorley 5 Parc Thomas Camiarthen. SA31 IDP signed-.