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The industry will be going through a period of change, as the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses draws nearer. This is reflected by the development of policies and service introductions around this issue, some of which are expected to increase the workload for the RIPE NCC in the coming years.

As a result of this, the The budgeted costs for 2010 are 13% 2007 are 4% higher than the budgeted costs for 2009. This is the 2006. This is mainly a result of the increased staff levels

and greater operational expenses necessary to support the expected increase in the RIPE NCC's workload. For the particulars, please see: “RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2010”.RIPE NCC necessary to enable the RIPE NCC to expand its Membership Services and to improve its Information Services. Statement of Income & Expenditure RIPE NCC

In kEUR

Budget

Estimate

Difference

Income

2010

2009

2009

10/B 09

10/09

Service Fees

15,919

14,457

14,214

1,462

1,705

End User Fees

167

199

99

(32)

68

RIPE Meeting

281

255

208

26

73

Other Income

215

255

175

(40)

40

Total Income

16,582

15,166

14,696

1,416

1,886

Actual

Difference

Income

2007

2006

2005

2007/06

2007/05

Membership Fees

10,764

10,457

11,789

307

(1,025)

RIPE Meeting

227

246

243

(19)

(16)

Other Income

115

125

72

(10)

43

Total Income

11,106

10,828

12,104

278

(998)

Expenditure

Personnel Expenses

9,259

8,232

8,400

1,027

859

6,967

6,450

5,857

517

1,110

General Operating Expenses

4,651

4,224

3,803

427

848

RIPE Meeting

809

606

631

203

178

Training Courses

337

399

306

(62)

31

Regional Meetings

160

190

190

(30)

(30)

Financial Expenses

98

85

85

13

13

2,828

2,897

2,327

(69)

501

RIPE Meeting

356

364

455

(8)

(99)

Training Courses

283

245

269

38

14

Regional Meetings

90

80

54

10

36

Financial Expenses

72

72

40

-

32

Subtotal Operational Expenses

15,314

13,736

13,415

1,578

1,899

Miscellaneous Expenses

370

248

200

122

170

Depreciation

1,621

1,307

1,020

314

601

Total Expenses

17,305

15,291

14,635

2,014

2,670

Surplus/Deficit before interest income

(723)

(125)

61

(598)

(784)

Interest Income

400

855

775

(455)

(375)

10,596

10,108

9,002

488

1,594

Miscellaneous Expenses

330

400

263

(70)

67

Depreciation

769

728

468

41

301

Total Expenses

11,695

11,236

9,733

459

1,962

Surplus/Deficit Before Interest Income

(589)

(408)

2,371

(181)

2,960

Interest Income

476

357

313

119

163

Surplus / Deficit

(323)

730

836

(1,053)

(1,159)

(113)

(51)

2,684

(62)

(2,797)

Following from the Charging Scheme 2007, a rebate of 2.5 MEUR will be redistributed to existing members. This redistribution will not affect the budget 2007 as the 2.5 MEUR will be directly discounted from the excess reserves that have accumulated in the RIPE NCC Clearing House.

Development of RIPE NCC Reserves

The table below summarises the RIPE NCC's capital development. capital development of the RIPE NCC. The capital consists of the RIPE NCC reserves including the surplus/deficit surplus / deficit for the year at issue.

Note: *The capital in 2007 includes the member rebate of EUR 2.5 million.

**The total expenses 2008 include a pay back from the Personnel Fund of EUR 1.5 million

Expenses per Activity

Overall, expense levels increase in 2010. For Membership Services, this increase is

Expenses

The expenses per activity show an increase for Membership Services as

Year

Surplus / Deficit

Capital at 31 December

Total expenses per year

% Capital of Expenses Total Expenses

2001

1,382

6,579

7,721

85 %

2002

(2,369)

4,210

10,442

40 %

2003

3,077

7,287

9,996

73 %

2004

2,698

9,986

9,739

103%

103 %

2005

2,684

12,670

9,420

135%

2006

2,483

15,153

9,980

152%

2007

1,070

13,764*

11,674

118%

2008

2,623

16,387

11,765**

139%

Estimated 2009

836

17,424

14,635

119%

Budget 2010

(323)

17,101

17,305

99%

9,733

130 %

Estimated 2006

2,140

14,810

10,039

148 %

Budget 2007

(113)

12,197

11,695

104 %
a result of enhanced registry services, such as the implementation of the RIPE NCC Customer Service Desk. In addition the continuation of the RIPE NCC's support for Internet Number Resource Certification, and an increased focus on data quality. The substantial increase in Certification contributes to the increase.The expenses for Coordination Activities

is due to the increased External Relations efforts and increased RIPE meeting expenses.In 2009 substantial investments were made to improve Information Services. For 2010 certain areas continue to be further enhanced but the overall costs are in line with 2006. For 2007, the RIPE Meeting expenses include RIPE NCC staff expenses associated with the RIPE Meetings.The overall expenditure

for Information Services will decrease with improvement projects being completed. Previously the table below was shown including miscellaneous expenses, these are costs like Bad Debts and Depreciation that not directly attributable to any activity. Therefore for the Budget 2010 these have been excluded.

increases to improve this portfolio of services provided by the RIPE NCC. This includes developing more useful and ready-to-use products and providing RIPE NCC members with more comprehensive reporting.

Budget 2010

Budget 2009

Budget 2007

Budget 2006

Difference

Amounts in kEUR

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Membership Services

6,623

43%

6,301

46%

322

5%

Coordination Activities

6,605

43%

5,334

39%

1,271

24%

Information Services

2,086

14%

2,101

15%

(15)

-1%

Total Operational Expenses

15,314

13,736

1,578

11%

7,386

63%

6,918

61%

468

7 %

Co-ordination Activities

2,953

25%

2,988

27%

(35)

-1 %

Information Services

1,356

12%

1,330

12%

26

2 %

Total Expenses

11,695

11,236

459

4 %

The table below shows new or significantly developed activities for 2010. The figure presented is the new activity for 2007. The figures presented for this activity are the direct allocated costs and does do not include an overhead or management fee.

150

Capital expense 152 kEUR

Activity

Direct costs

Capital Expenses

Support for Internet Number Resource Certification

57 kEUR

259 kEUR

Implementation of policy 2007-01

124 kEUR

-

Registration Data Quality

116 kEUR

-

RIPE Labs

214 kEUR

-

Information Services

252 kEUR

221 kEUR in 2007

Income and Fees per Billing Category (Based on the Charging Scheme 2009) Proposed Charging Scheme)

Members

Income

No. of Local Internet Registries (LIRs) Registries

Fee

Amount in kEUR

New members

Sign-up Fee

650

2,000

1,300

Sign-up Fee

598

EUR 2,000

1,196

Service Fee, Extra Small

650

1,300

524

Existing members

Extra Small

1,459

1,300

1,897

Small

3,540

1,800

6,372

Medium

1,288

2,550

3,284

Large

258

4,100

1,058

Extra Large

64

5,500

352

Independent resources

1,132

Total Service Fees

15,919

598

EUR 1,300

389

Existing Members

Extra Small

1,211

EUR 1,300

1,574

Small

2,379

EUR 1,800

4,282

Medium

902

EUR 2,550

2,300

Large

183

EUR 4,100

750

Extra Large

45

EUR 5,500

248

Administration Fee

25

EUR 1,000

25

Total Membership Fees

10,764

Note:Income received from new members is estimated on the basis of the budgeted number of new Local Internet Registries (LIRs) per month multiplied by the pro rata annual service fee. at 50% of the service fee due to an equal spread of new members across the year.