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Description

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.

Also known as

  • Wiki UK Limited
  • Wikimedia UK
  • Wikimedia UK

CCEW Charity number

1144513

Company number

06741827

Registered

Postcode

SE1 0NZ

Website

wikimedia.org.uk

Domain

wikimedia.org.uk

Latest income

£977,202 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Wikimedia UK

GB-CHC-1144513

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

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GB-CHC-1144513

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1144513 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1144513 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Wikimedia UK (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-05-05

Wikimedia UK

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-05-02

Wikimedia UK

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-05-04

Wikimedia UK

GB-CHC-1144513

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Technical, vocational and continuing education B31

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Charity and VCS support CV
  • Education ED
  • Education ED » Higher education ED103

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • Other Defined Groups 206
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Individuals 301
  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Other Finance 303
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

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GB-CHC-1144513

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2011-11-03 Registered as a charity
2013-01-31 425,997 986,606
2014-01-31 687,512 640,743
2015-01-31 780,900 957,659
2016-01-31 588,120 591,511
2017-01-31 593,051 557,969
2018-01-31 700,398 688,738
2019-01-31 728,599 712,813
2020-01-31 734,671 724,365
2021-01-31 867,439 694,263
2022-01-31 860,254 832,110
2023-01-31 977,202 976,142
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Wikimedia UK

GB-CHC-1144513

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 15 13
Employees paid more than £60,000 2 1
Volunteers 381 856
Trustees 11
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Wikimedia UK

GB-CHC-1144513

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 755.8 669.9
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 755.8 669.9
Income from charitable activities 216.9 179.3
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 0.6 0.2
Other income 3.8 10.7
Total 977.2 860.3
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 136.3 115.6
Spending on raising funds 136.3 115.6
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 839.9 716.5
Charitable activities 839.9 716.5
Other spending - -
Total 976.1 832.1
Net income / (expenditure) 1.1 28.1

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GB-CHC-1144513

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 5.8 4.3
Investment assets - -
5.8 4.3
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 815.7 436.9
Other current assets 85.4 41.8
901.1 478.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (466.5) (43.6)
Net current assets 434.6 435.1
Total assets less current liabilities 440.4 439.4
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 440.4 439.4
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 67.9 101.7
Unrestricted funds 372.5 337.7
440.4 439.4

Wikimedia UK

GB-CHC-1144513

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

Wikimedia UK

GB-CHC-1144513

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Innovation Fund
£24,755 Grant to Wikimedia UK
Culham St Gabriel's Trust £6,625 Tackling Cultural Bias on Wikipedia
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All Wales
£9,000
11.934426229508198 months
WiciMôn: Supporting Young People Through Digital Literacy
Oct 2021 to Sep 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
ALB - National Heritage Memorial Fund - Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
£119,100 Digital 7 Developing Open Knowledge Skills
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage
£47,640 Digital 7 Developing Open Knowledge Skills

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Wikimedia UK

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