Our Annual Reports

Hong Kong Watch is a registered charity in England & Wales (no. 1180013). We raise money to fund our work to 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;

  • Raising worldwide awareness of human rights issues in Hong Kong;

  • Promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations;

  • Publishing authoritative research reports which provide an in-depth examination of potential violations of human rights;

  • Providing technical advice to the British government and governments worldwide on human rights issues in Hong Kong;

  • Commenting on proposed human rights legislation affecting Hong Kong;

  • Commenting on the causes of human rights abuses in Hong Kong, including violations of judicial independence and freedom of speech in academia;

  • Carrying out international advocacy of human rights, making recommendations to the British 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 government, parliament, media, academia and Hong Kong civil society.

Sources of funding

Hong Kong Watch strives to ensure that our work is independent, provides thought leadership and can be sustained with healthy and sound financials. This is achieved by diversifying our funding sources.

The principal funding source for Hong Kong Watch is individual donations from the members of the public, making up 82 percent of the total income as of 31 December 2019. These donations are hugely important to support our work.

We receive grants from charitable foundations which made up for the rest of our funding.

Hong Kong Watch does not employ any professional fundraisers or commercial participators to carry out fundraising activities directly with the public. The organisation also does not have any fundraising carried out by third parties and therefore did not subscribe to any fundraising schemes or codes.

How we manage funds

Hong Kong Watch seeks to continuously strengthen our financial management systems to ensure that we are accountable to the public and our funders.

Financial procedures have been developed to monitor and evaluate the organisation’s finances. This includes monthly management accounts, which are prepared for review by Trustees during the Board meeting.

Below are our annual reports, which you can also see on the Charity Commission website.

Reports of the Trustees & Financial Statements for the period 20 September 2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 December 2022