OpenCharities

Wikimedia UK

Wiki UK Limited, Wikimedia UK

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1144513
Status
Registered
Registered
Nov. 3, 2011
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

Address
Wikimedia UK
C/O The British Library
Level 4
Room 46018
96 Euston Road
LONDON

Contact

Activities

WMUK exists to help collect, develop and distribute freely licensed knowledge (and other educational, cultural and historic material). We do this by bringing the Wikimedia community in the UK together, and by building links with UK-based cultural institutions, universities, charities and other bodies, and with overseas bodies within the Wikimedia Movement.

Objects: The Objects Of The Charity Are, For The Benefit Of The Public, To Promote And Support The Widest Possible Public Access To, Use Of And Contribution To Open Content Of An Encyclopaedic Or Educational Nature Or Of Similar Utility To The General Public, In Particular The Open Content Supported And Provided By Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Based In San Francisco, California, Usa.“content” Means Textual Or Numerical Information, Still Or Moving Images, Sound Or Music Or Other Data Disseminated On Printed, Electronic And Other Appropriate Media And Services. Content Is Subject To Editorial Policies And Safeguards Designed To Ensure Its Overall Accuracy And Quality.content Is "Open" When IT Is Available For No Charge And Without Discrimination To The General Public, With Legal Rights To View, Copy, Share, Adapt, Improve And Otherwise Use And Reuse That Content And When Technical Measures Are In Place To Support Such Usage.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Jan. 31, 2025 £1,269,305 £1,029,346 £645,526 14
Jan. 31, 2024 £1,095,569 £1,130,426 £405,567 16
Jan. 31, 2023 £977,202 £976,142 £440,424 15
Jan. 31, 2022 £860,254 £832,110 £439,364 13
Jan. 31, 2021 £867,439 £694,263 £411,220 10

Trustees

Name Appointed
Lucy Yu (Chair) Sept. 18, 2025
Adrian Beidas July 9, 2022
Alex Ashby Sept. 15, 2023
Andrew Russell Sept. 21, 2024
Caroline Ball July 10, 2021
Douglas Scott Sept. 27, 2025
Ian Watt Sept. 27, 2025
Mark Cruickshank March 29, 2022
Monica Westin Sept. 21, 2024
Sarvesh Ramachandran Sept. 15, 2023