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Activities & Mission

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.

Fundraising

See where Wikimedia UK is active and find local fundraising opportunities.

Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,269,305
Latest Expenditure
£1,029,346

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 76.9%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 94.8%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 7.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,074,767
Charitable Activities £169,690
Other Trading £0
Investments £14,784
Other Income £10,064

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £975,532
Raising Funds £53,814
Governance £17,755
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2025£1,269,305£1,029,346£975,532£645,526£449,16114 / 379
2024£1,095,569£1,130,426£1,060,935£405,567£351,93516 / 483
2023£977,202£976,142£839,860£440,424£347,00015 / 381
2022£860,254£832,110£716,497£439,364£333,35913 / 856
2021£867,439£694,263£615,617£411,220£285,09310 / 507

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
Wikimedia UK
C/O The British Library
Level 4
Room 46018
96 Euston Road
LONDON
Registration Date
3 November 2011
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
5005466
Charity Number
1144513

Trustees

Caroline Ball
Mark Cruickshank
Adrian Beidas
Sammy Fox
Alex Ashby
Sarvesh Ramachandran
Monica Westin
Andrew Russell
Lucy Yu
Ian Watt
Douglas Scott

Sectors & Classifications

Also Known As

  • WIKI UK LIMITED
  • WIKIMEDIA UK