HONG KONG WATCH

Charity number: 1180013
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Promotion of human rights in Hong Kong by: monitoring abuses, research into human rights issues and providing technical advice; publishing in-depth reports; raising awareness of, and promoting public support for, human rights issues; facilitating discussion and engagement with human rights in civil society; and international advocacy of human rights.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £392,051
Total expenditure: £418,833

Total income includes £20,000 from 1 government grant(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 September 2018: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Benedict Rogers Trustee 03 August 2024
None on record
Michael Danielsen Trustee 26 February 2024
None on record
GRAY DANIEL SERGEANT Trustee 20 September 2018
None on record
Dr MALTE PHILIPP KAEDING PHD Trustee 20 September 2018
None on record
AILEEN YI WAN LAM Trustee 20 September 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £215.76k £756.58k £566.72k £600.83k £392.05k
Total expenditure £52.37k £136.11k £272.15k £387.00k £418.83k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £10.00k £20.00k
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £756.58k £566.70k £466.28k N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £0 £0 £0 N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £0 £0 £133.20k N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 £0 £0 N/A
Income - Investment N/A £0 £18 £1.35k N/A
Income - Other N/A £0 £0 £0 N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £115.78k £241.84k £354.07k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £20.33k £30.31k £32.93k N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £1.44k £1.44k £1.44k N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0 £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 £0 £0 N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 29 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 29 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Sep 2018

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN HONG KONG BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: - MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; - OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF SUCH ABUSES; - RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; - PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING THE UK GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS, ON HUMAN RIGHTS; - CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW BY OFFERING EXPERT ADVICE TO INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; - COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION; - COMMENTING ON THE CAUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, INCLUDING VIOLATIONS OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN ACADEMIA; - PUBLISHING AUTHORITATIVE REPORTS WHICH PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS; - PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; - INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT AND THE WIDER INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WHEN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HONG KONG TAKE PLACE; - FACILITATING DISCUSSION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IN HONG KONG AMONG KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, THE MEDIA, AND HONG KONG'S CIVIL SOCIETY; - RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; - ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS 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 CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS. THIS OBJECT WILL BE PURSUED PARTICULARLY FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AT THE TRUSTEES' DISCRETION. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

Contact information

Address:
Office 7
35-37 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JN
Phone:
02074881867
Email:
info@hongkongwatch.org
Website:

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