Hong Kong Watch

Analysis

Hong Kong Watch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under human rights and equality. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hong Kong Watch reported income of £314k and spending of £357k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £567k to £314k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Hong Kong Watch sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pluto Educational Trust (£312k), Bridges for Communities (£317k) and London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (£310k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.