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Words Matter

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £183k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.wordsmatter.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2022

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£183k£161k
  • 2024£123k£81k
  • 2023£143k£127k

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE EFFECTS ON THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND ADULTS CAUSED BY THE VERBAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS BY ADULTS, BY PROMOTING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC AND TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO DIRECTLY ASSIST VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD VERBAL ABUSE AND THOSE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS.

Grants received

2 grants · £70,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£183k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1201281
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Dec 2022
Contact on the register
07812082138 · jessicabondy@wordsmatter.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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