Monmouth Diocese Mothers Union

Analysis

Monmouth Diocese Mothers Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abergavenny. It was registered in February 1999, 27 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, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Monmouth Diocese Mothers Union reported income of £24k and spending of £20k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £24k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Monmouth Diocese Mothers Union sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paddington Relief in Need Charity (£24k), Luv Preston (£24k) and The Shiloh Pentecostal Fellowship (Ipswich) (£24k).