Annual reports
2025
Financial FAQs
Why do you hold funds in reserve?
Our policy is to maintain reserves to cover six months’ forecast operating expenses. This is good practice. The charity may also designate funds to cover strategic projects such as campaigns.
Why have you not disclosed your donors?
Charities which are funded by a variety of sources, such as individuals, public funding, and grants, typically report their income by category but do not disclose names of individual donors. Sex Matters is funded by individual donors and we do not publish their names to protect their privacy.
Are monthly donations important to the work of Sex Matters?
Sex Matters would not be the charity it has become without the support of our many monthly donors, some of whom have supported the organisation since the beginning. Regular donations enable us to forecast financially and plan our operations for the year ahead.
Why are more funds directed towards legal fees than campaigning?
Achieving the charity’s strategic goals requires a range of approaches, including research and analysis, providing advice and resources, public campaigning and bringing legal actions. The importance and impact of each approach varies by issue and over time.
What is the CEO paid?
The CEO’s total remuneration was in the £100,000–110,000 band, as stated in the annual accounts. This is in line with the remuneration of CEOs of other London-based charities. CEO remuneration is agreed by the board and was benchmarked using the ACEVO charity CEOs survey.
Are the trustees paid for their work?
No. Being a trustee is a voluntary, unpaid role. None of Sex Matters’ board of trustees has been paid by the charity for professional advice or in any other capacity.