Hi Russavia, Just a quick response to your points:
1. Yes. Gift Aid isn't quite the same as tax deductibility. To take Wikipedia's example, when Mr Smith donates £100 to a charity, the charity gets £100 from him, plus an extra £25 from the government. It's more complex than this - not everyone is eligible - but broadly this is the case. 2. Probably not. See http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/frequently-asked-questions/faqs-about-registering-a-charity/can-i-register-the-uk-branch-of-an-overseas-charity/ . 3. I'm not sure where the 50% figure came from, but it is incorrect. The correct figure for that year is 69%. For this past quarter, the correct figure is even better, at 80.24%. In addition, our fundraising costs as a percentage of total spend have dropped from 22% to 10%. If anyone wants more information on this, our treasurer is happy to discuss it with them by email. 4. As for the planes - it is indeed fantastic and a good example of how, even where we may disagree, we can still all pull together to do great work for the movement. Speaking personally, it's a shame we don't have something similar for ships! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 21 May 2014 12:22, Russavia <russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > A couple of things popped into my head that I am unsure of, but hope > someone might be able to answer. > > 1) I understand that processing of UK donations in the US has significant > tax implications on the funds collected. I would imagine that the WMF > couldn't claim anywhere near the same tax relief on this income in the USA? > 2) If there are tax implications, wouldn't it make more sense for the WMF > to register its own charity in the UK, thereby it could essentially take > WMUK out of the equation completely? > 3) Could the fact that WMUK is currently spending approximately 50% of its > income on non-project costs[1] be partly the reason for this decision by > Sue? I understand that 3 years ago there was no staff in the UK and > something like 90% of income was spent directly on projects, and now there > are 12 staff with at the very least 50% of income being spent on > non-project activities based on reports presented for the last FDC > proposal. This could be a message that WMUK needs to trim the fat, > especially if there are more overheads that are "hidden" within programme > activity funding. > > Not really sure what's going on here with the WMF, but the likelihood that > what Nemo and Mircu state is possible, but we shouldn't discount other > things as well. > > But I would like to thank WMUK for sponsoring the "Airliners" project on > Commons,[2] which will see over 200,000+ aviation images being made > available via Fae's great work, and the chapters generosity. It's something > that I don't think sponsorship would have come as easily from other > sources. > > Cheers > > Russavia > > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/WMUK/Proposal_form#Programme_5.E2.80.94Finance > [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading/Airliners > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
