## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From**
Period start date
Period end date
Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 Jan 2024 **To** 31 Dec 2024
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
The WikiRate Project UK
**Other names charity is known by**
1155894 **Charity's principal address** 21 Dundonald Road London **Postcode SW19 3QH** a **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1155894
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Philipp Hirche 2 Florian Hirche 3 Regina Hirche 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 === **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
March **2012**
**TAR**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CIO How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Resolution by trustees Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote for the public benefit ethical standards of conduct and compliance with the law by commercial organisations in their administration and management, treatment of personnel, health safety and commercial practices, in particular by supporting the operation of a website by The Wikirate Project e.V.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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Relatively little activities in 2024, since most activities have been done via its sister non-profit WikiRate Project e.V. based in Berlin, Germany.
WikiRate UK employed one employee (previously employed by WikiRate Project e.V.) until September 2024, with the employee working closely with the team of WikiRate Project e.V.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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## Section D Achievements and performance
Passing on funds to bridge funding shortfall at its sister company The **Summary of the main** WikiRate Project e.V. in Berlin, Germany. Employing of an employee **achievements of the charity** previously employed by WikiRate Project e.V. **during the year**
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**TAR**
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The Trustees do not consider it is necessary to hold reserves at this stage. This policy will be kept under review if there are any changes to the Charity’s operations.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Philipp Hirche
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 23 Feb 2025
Oct
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# **Independent examiner's**
# **report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** The WikiRate Project UK **members of** ee **On accounts for the year** 31 December 2023 **Charity no** 1155894 **ended (if any)** eeee **Set out on page** 1 – 2 appended (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ee
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the CIO”) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the CIO, you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. _._
**Date:** 4 September 2025 **Signed:** ay oa **Name:** Simon Erskine | **Relevant professional** FCA, DChA, FCIE **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** 61 Mortimer Road
London
_OOOCOCOC“CNCNSCCCSd NW10 5QR
**Section B Disclosure** ee
n/a
1
**October 2018**
**IER**
**Charity Name No (if any) The WikiRate Project UK 1155894 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-Jan-24 31-Dec-24 ee **Section A Receipts and payments**
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**Total funds**|**Last year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Donations from Philipp Hirche||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Donations from GreenCap Partners
Donations from WikiRate
International e.V.||**41,506**||**41,506**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**41,506**
**-**
**-**|**130,000**
**32,509**|**130,000**
**32,509**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_||_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**41,506**||**41,506**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**41,506**|**162,509**|**162,509**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||
|**(see table).**||||||||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**||**_Sub total_ -**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**||**41,506**
**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**41,506**|**162,509**||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Donation to WikiRate International e.V.
Salary (incl. Taxes and Pension)
Accounting software
Independent Examination||**42,212**
**343**
**850**||**-**
**42,212**
**-**
**343**
**-**
**850**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,212**
**-**
**343**
**-**
**850**|**120,694**
**38,717**
**327**
**950**|**120,694**
**38,717**
**327**
**950**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **||**-**
**43,405**||**-**
**-**
**43,405**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**43,405**|**-**
**160,688**|**-**
**160,688**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **||**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total payments_**||**43,405**
**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**43,405**|**160,688**||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||**- 1,899**
**-**
**-**
**- 1,899**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**3,216**
**-**
**-**
**3,216**
**1,317**
**-**
**- 1,317**
————||||||||**1,821**
**-**
**1,395**
**3,216**||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
04/09/2025
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Bank
**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**1,317**
**-**
**-**
**1,317**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|||||
||account(s))|OK|OK||OK|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|Over-paid employer's National Insurance|**2,228**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**|
|**charity’s own use**|||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**||**When due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
Accrual for Independent Examination fee|**liability relates**
Unrestricted|**(optional)**
**950**||**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name|||Date of
approval|
|||Philipp Hirche|||09/03/2025|
|CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|2||||04/09/2025|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)