SEX EDUCATION FORUM

Registered charity 1193467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEF

We promote and protect the physical and mental health of children and young people by improving their access to Relationships and Sex Education through: convening stakeholders to share effective practice and identify gaps; supporting educators to be confident providers of RSE; gathering international evidence to inform policy and practice and improve public understanding of the benefits of RSE.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY IMPROVING THEIR ACCESS TO RELATIONSHIPS AND SEX EDUCATION (RSE) IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN ENGLAND THROUGH:1.CONVENING KEY RSE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, STATUTORY AND NON-STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN RSE PROVISION TO SHARE EFFECTIVE PRACTICE, MONITOR PROVISION, AND IDENTIFY GAPS;2.SUPPORTING EDUCATORS, PARENTS AND CARERS TO BE COMPETENT AND CONFIDENT PROVIDERS OF RSE; AND3.GATHERING AND UTILISING THE EVIDENCE FOR EFFECTIVE RSE TO INFORM POLICY AND PRACTICE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFITS OF RSE

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

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Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £32,447 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £77,731. The trustees confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Hadley OBEchair
• Amena Dove
• Bhavshri Chandarana
• Chris Schulz
• Corah Gritton
• Henry Chan
• Jane C Lees OBE
• Liam Beattie
• Robbie Currie
• Ruby McDougall
• Sakira Intrabal

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RESPECTED.

• RESPECTED income £52k
• COLLEGE OF SEXUAL AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPISTS income £414k
• THE SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE AND INFANT PSYCHOLOGY income £75k
• CEASE UK income £690k
• THE SOCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION income £690k
• NORTH EAST SEX WORK FORUM income £26k

Side by side with its peers

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