01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048644
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 14
- Postcode
- NW12DB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional 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.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2025 | £1,269,305 | £1,029,346 | 14 | 17 October 2025 |
| 31 January 2024 | £1,095,569 | £1,130,426 | 14 | 2 October 2024 |
| 31 January 2023 | £977,202 | £976,142 | 14 | 22 September 2023 |
| 31 January 2022 | £860,254 | £832,110 | 14 | 31 October 2022 |
| 31 January 2021 | £867,439 | £694,263 | 14 | 29 October 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Wikimedia UK C/O The British Library, Level 4, Room 46018, 96 Euston Road, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.wikimedia.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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