Wikimedia UK

Not to be confused with Wikimedia Ukraine, a regional chapter of Wikimedia Foundation in Ukraine.

Wikimedia UK
FoundedNovember 2008; 16 years ago (2008-11)
TypeEducational charity
Registration no.
  • Company registration: 6741827
  • Charity Commission: 1144513[1]
FocusWikimedia Foundation
Location
Area served
United Kingdom
MethodPublic outreach
Key people
  • Monisha Shah
    (Chair Elect of the Board)
  • Lucy Crompton-Reid
    (Chief Executive)
Revenue
£734,671 (2019/20)[2]
Employees14
Websitewikimedia.org.uk
Formerly called
Wiki UK Limited

Wikimedia UK (WMUK), also known as Wikimedia United Kingdom, is a registered charity established to support volunteers in the United Kingdom who work on Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia. As such, it is a Wikimedia chapter approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), which owns and hosts those projects.

Wikimedia UK started out as Wiki Educational Resources Limited (WER), but due to financial difficulties and other problems the organisation dissolved, and was replaced by Wiki UK Limited. After its first attempt to gain charitable status in 2009 failed, the group subsequently made changes to its charter in order to satisfy the charity criteria, and was recognised as a registered charity in England and Wales in 2011. During the same year, WMUK added full-time staff and established a permanent office in London, England.

The chapter has several collaborations with museums and other institutions, and has organised events for volunteers aimed at adding content to Foundation projects. In its early years, several of the organisation's board members were involved in controversies related to their contributions to Wikipedia, including claims that the Gibraltarpedia collaboration organised by a trustee was being used for promotional purposes.

  1. ^ "Charity framework". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  2. ^ "WIKIMEDIA UK - Charity 1144513". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2021.