# WORDS MATTER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1201281
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 9, 2022
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1201281


## Contact

- **Address:** 167-169 Great Portland Street, Fifth Floor
- **Postcode:** W1W 5PF
- **Phone:** 07812082138
- **Email:** jessicabondy@wordsmatter.org
- **Website:** www.wordsmatter.org



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** Words Matter is a charity on a mission to improve children's mental and physical health and development by helping end verbal abuse of children by the adults around them.  Working in partnership with experts, decision makers, non-profit and other organisations, we focus on three areas. These are: research, raising awareness through information and campaigns,  and collaboration to find solutions.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £183238 | £160713 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £123402 | £80862 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £143167 | £126657 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **NEIL ROGER SHERLOCK** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 9, 2022
- Aimee Charlotte Luther — appointed Aug. 1, 2024
- Edmund Kamm — appointed April 24, 2023
- Jessica Mary Caroline Teresa Bondy — appointed Dec. 9, 2022
- Rebecca Felecia Hickman — appointed May 24, 2023