Swansea and Brecon Mothers Union

Analysis

Swansea and Brecon Mothers Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberdare. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Swansea and Brecon Mothers Union reported income of £23k and spending of £24k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £26k to £23k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Swansea and Brecon Mothers Union sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Linas Hachesed (£23k), The St Paul's Old School Trust (Cheltenham) (£23k) and Richard Kilcuppe (Otherwise Field) Charity (£23k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.