SEX MATTERS

Registered charity 1207701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We campaign for clarity on sex in law and policy to protect everyone 's human rights.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WHERE THEY RELATE TO BIOLOGICAL SEX, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(B) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;(C) RESEARCHING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(D) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;(E) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;(F) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;(G) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(H) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;(I) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;(J) CARRYING OUT INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(K) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY, PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CIO CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ABOUT BIOLOGICAL SEX AND THE LAW RELATING TO THE SAME.(3) TO PROMOTE THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN RELATION TO BIOLOGICAL SEX ANDEQUALITY IN THE LAW.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £586,066 for the period, with total income of £1,429,806 primarily derived from public donations. The trustees report that free reserves of £424,615 are slightly below the stated policy target of six months' operating expenses, but consider the financial position adequate to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Laws Audit Limited. Discloses 6 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.

• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• 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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Emma Niamh Hiltonchair
• Anne Marie Palmer
• Dr Michael Peter Biggs
• Rebecca Mary Kirkwood Bull
• Simon Knapp · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM).

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) income £293k
• DYSLEXIA MATTERS CHARITY income £340k
• Population Matters income £1.7m
• FULL FACT income £2.9m
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m
• FAITH AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS COALITION income £314k

Side by side with its peers

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