Mothers' Union (Diocese of Manchester Branch)

Analysis

Mothers' Union (Diocese of Manchester Branch) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St John's House. It was registered in February 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mothers' Union (Diocese of Manchester Branch) reported income of £40k and spending of £48k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £48k to £40k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Mothers' Union (Diocese of Manchester Branch) sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund (£40k), South East Hindu Association (£40k) and Westgate Baptist Church (Funds Held in Connexion With) (£40k).

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.