Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Good reserves management: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 19

WIKIMEDIA UK

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/01/23		£977	£976	£1	£136	£440	£373	4.6	15	381
31/01/22		£860	£832	£28	£116	£439	£338	4.9	13	856
31/01/21		£867	£694	£173	£79	£411	£290	5	10	507
31/01/20	*	£735	£724	£10	£52	£238	£238	3.9	11	451
31/01/19		£729	£713	£16	£47	£228	£228	3.8	10	342
31/01/18		£700	£689	£12	£79	£212	£212	3.7	11	0
31/01/17		£593	£558	£35	£71	£200	£200	4.3	8	0
31/01/16		£588	£592	£-3	£133	£165	£165	3.4	9	0
31/01/15		£781	£958	£-177	£149	£169	£169	2.1	16	0
31/01/14		£688	£641	£47	£113	£345	£345	6.5	8	0
31/01/13		£426	£987	£-561	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 51%
Liabilities/Income: 48%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 13 years
(15 years as a company)

http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/

info@wikimedia.org.uk

02033720760

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Other education services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

15 employees
381 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£143,855
DCMS	£119,100
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,000
Culham St Gabriel's Trust	£6,625

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wikimedia UK
£24,755	16/12/2022	Explore: Wikimedia UK
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Tackling Cultural Bias on Wikipedia
£6,625	02/11/2022	To provide the community of Wikipedia editors with both awareness and understanding of the current knowledge bias on Wikipedia, in regard to the content on underrepresented religions and religious ....more To provide the community of Wikipedia editors with both awareness and understanding of the current knowledge bias on Wikipedia, in regard to the content on underrepresented religions and religious culture.
National Lottery Community Fund - WiciMôn: Supporting Young People Through Digital Literacy
£9,000	26/08/2021	Wikimedia UK will use £9000 to support young people to develop skills in research referencing and writing on the Isle of Anglesey the grant will pay for staff and research trip.
DCMS - Digital 7 Developing Open Knowledge Skills
£119,100	16/03/2021	This project aims to develop skills, tools and communities of practice for the sustainable digital preservation of our heritage. We will approach this theme through the lens of equity, diversity and ....more This project aims to develop skills, tools and communities of practice for the sustainable digital preservation of our heritage. We will approach this theme through the lens of equity, diversity and inclusion, identifying partners who share our commitment to increasing the engagement and representation of marginalised people andsubjects. Within the context of the Funds new open licensing policy, ongoing restrictions to physical heritage spaces, and urgent calls for institutions to decolonise and open up their collections, we believe that this work is both timely and vital
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wikimedia UK
£119,100	16/03/2021	#Digital7 Developing open knowledge skills, tools and communities of practice for sustainable digital preservation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-74

ALEX ASHBY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Treasurer

DR HARSANGEET KAUR BHULLAR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

SAMMY TARLING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Software Engineer

ADRIAN BEIDAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Financial Adviser

CAROLINE BALL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Academic Librarian

JULIAN AKODOYE MANIESON Appointed: 2021

MARK CRUICKSHANK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Managing Legal Counsel

MONISHA SHAH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: N/A, Other trusteeships: NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND, THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST, CATERHAM SCHOOL LIMITED,

SARVESH RAMACHANDRAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Country Manager

RODERICK WARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Admissions Tutor

VIVIAN WINEMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Worker, Other trusteeships: WINEMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE INSTITUTE FOR POLISH-JEWISH STUDIES, THE NEXT CENTURY FOUNDATION, THE ROFEH TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2011, number: 1144513
Registered at Companies House on 05/11/2008, number: 06741827

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR20: 4 days late,

Main office

Wikimedia UK
5-11 Europoint
LONDON
SE1 0NZ

Objectives

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.

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