Registered charity (CIO) · London
SEX Matters
- 5 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- WWW.SEX-MATTERS.ORG (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£844k
Charitable 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.
Board analysis
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Dr Emma Niamh Hilton Chair since 2024
- Anne Marie Palmer since 2024
- Dr Michael Peter Biggs since 2024
- Rebecca Mary Kirkwood Bull since 2024
- Simon Knapp since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Emma Niamh Hilton Chair since 2024
- Anne Marie Palmer since 2024
- Dr Michael Peter Biggs since 2024
- Rebecca Mary Kirkwood Bull since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Simon Knapp since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1207701
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Apr 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07778748329 · INFO@SEX-MATTERS.ORG
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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