Our Rules
- We will not accept commissioned work controlled by the donor and designed to reach a predetermined conclusion.
- We will not accept funding from foreign governments.
- We will not accept donations from anonymous accounts where we are not aware of the identity of the donor.
- All donations over £5,000 will be reviewed by our trustees.
- All donations from our trustees and advisors will be publicly acknowledged regardless of size.
- All donations from companies will be publicly acknowledged.
- We will not accept any funding that compromises our independence.
Further Information
Although UK-China Transparency’s impact is significant, our resources are limited.
Since our founding in 2023, our income has amounted to roughly £200,000, with the majority coming from British citizens donating as individuals, including donations from our trustees Andrew Robinson, Sir Bernard Silverman and Martin Village.
We have also received roughly £50,000 from a small consultancy with which we partner to provide educational training and resources to government, business, universities and other organisations, plus around £1,500 in speaker fees from an arms-length body of the British government, around £500 from subscriptions to our Substack blog.
We have been fortunate to enjoy volunteer support in various forms, including from our research volunteers and our director, who worked pro bono for the charity initially.
Further information on our funding can be found in our annual reports, which are published here.
