Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM)

Registered charity 1040450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MATTERS

To produce and distribute an international journal and other publications on sexual and reproductive health and rights. To hold seminars, conferences and workshops on these topics.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERNING ALL ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRODUCTION OF REGULAR PUBLICATIONS IN THIS FIELD

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £50,388 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income decreasing to £292,885 from £548,049 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £248,422, which is above the stated policy target of £80,000, though the charity faces a material uncertainty regarding future funding.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02959883

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KABIRU, Caroline Wanjiku, Dr — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• SEN, Gita, Professeor — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• OWOLABI, Onikepe Oluwadamilola, Dr — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• HUSSEIN, Julia — director, appointed 21/01/2022on trustee list
• HODGSON, Sarah Margaret — director, appointed 05/04/2019on trustee list
• GRUSKIN, Sofia Mary, Professor — director, appointed 02/04/2018on trustee list
• COTTINGHAM, Jane Caroline — director, appointed 18/01/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~17.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Caroline Cottinghamchair
• Dr Caroline Wanjiku Kabiru
• Dr Onikepe Oluwadamilola Owolabi
• Julia Hussein
• Professor Gita Sen
• Professor Sofia Mary Gruskin
• Sarah Margaret Hodgson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bangladesh · Camden · Canada · France · Germany · India · Switzerland · United States

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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