# MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF EXETER BRANCH)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 250823
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 3, 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=250823


## Contact

- **Address:** ST. SIDWELLS CHAPEL, SIDWELL STREET, EXETER
- **Postcode:** EX4 6NN
- **Phone:** 01392254126
- **Email:** office@mu-exeter.co.uk
- **Website:** www.themothersunion.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 THE 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:** Overseas: raising funds for development projects and emergency aid.In Devon, arranging holidays for disadvantaged families; providing toys for prisoner's children visiting prisons; knitting goods for the elderly and for still-born babies; providing goods for womens' refuges and prisoners, supporting rufugees. Supporting actions against gender based violence and modern day slavery.

**Area of benefit:** DIOCESE OF EXETER.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Devon



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £39123 | £44100 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £46215 | £38845 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £37649 | £47061 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £36384 | £64353 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £45687 | £65418 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Anna Scott Venables — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Mary Elizabeth Harrison — appointed May 24, 2024
- Michael John Collop — appointed July 17, 2023
- Nicola Jean Over — appointed Jan. 1, 2013
- Nicola Mary Sweatman — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Ruth Denise Collop — appointed Jan. 1, 2019