Now, as most government departments and other public bodies – including the BBC, Channel 4 and Ofcom – distance themselves from Stonewall’s controversial Diversity Champions Scheme, it seems there is a gap to fill for organisations seeking to show that their workplaces are sufficiently diverse and equal. And Gendered Intelligence appears to be stepping into the breach.
The work is clearly proving lucrative. The organisation – which gained charity status in 2019 – charges up to £2,215 for a full-day trans and non-binary inclusion course for up to a maximum of 15 people. It also charges up to £1,515 per three-and-a-half hour “awareness” session, which helped raise over £251,500 from training in 2023-24, compared with £194,000 in 2022-23 and £166,000 in 2021-22.
Money has also been pouring in from other sources. Last year, it secured nearly £1m in grants and looks set to beat that figure this year. In the past 12 months alone, it has already received a £300,000 grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, one of the UK’s largest grant-giving charities, £275,000 from Three Guineas Trust, one of the Sainsbury family’s charitable trusts, and £550,000 from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, which has received more than £1m in government funding. The group’s gross income has soared from just over £842,000 in 2019-20 to over £1.4m last year, including more than £158,000 in government contracts.
From https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/07/trans-activists-influencing-british-schools-sports-nhs/ and https://archive.is/foQ1E