Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

THE MOTHERS' UNION DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD 

HOLIDAYS FOR PEOPLE IN NEEDPRISON VISITS & CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR PRISONERS IN LICHFIELD DIOCESEPARENTING COURSESTO ENCOURAGE MARRIAGE AND THE BRINGING UP OF CHILDREN IN THE FAITH & LIFE OF THE CHURCHKNITTING FOR BABY UNITS
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/21£51£73£-22n/an/an/an/an/a900
31/12/20£56£65£-9n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/12/19£85£99£-14n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/12/18£86£80£6£0£0£0n/a01,144
31/12/17£98£94£4£0£0£0n/a0400
31/12/16£100£99£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£96£99£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£98£87£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£44£32£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£29£25£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£40£34£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£30£31£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£33£35£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£34£35£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£38£36£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£31£35£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£71£35£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£43£36£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 58 years

www.mothersunionlichfield.org.uk

office@mothersunionlichfield.org.uk

01543416330

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City, Telford & Wrekin, Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 900 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/11/1966, number: 249942
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR04: 3 days late,
Main office

9 Poolfield Road
LICHFIELD
WS13 8EB

Objectives

1. TO UPHOLD CHRIST'S TEACHING ON THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND TO PROMOTE ITS WIDER UNDERSTANDING. 2. TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FAITH AND 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 THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. 5. TO HELP THOSE WHOSE FAMILY LIFE HAS MET WITH ADVERSITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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