Dear All, I promised I'd keep everyone on this list information about progress with our accounts. Our accountants have now given us a date of 17th December for completion of the draft accounts, subject to us providing them with adequate explanations and information. The board is committed to meeting its side of the agreement, which means we will be in a position to file the signed accounts by the end of the month.
At the same time, we are putting in place changes to our processes to ensure that these problems do not cause us to be late with the accounts next year or beyond. Thank you for your continued understanding with this and our apologies once more for any concern caused. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Turvey <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Just to follow up from Mike's previous email. I spoke to our > accountants, UHY Hacker Young, earlier today and they are working on > our accounts at the moment. The client manager was out of the office > today but he will give me a ring tomorrow with an ETA for the draft > accounts. > > The proposal for strike off looks alarming, but Companies House has > given us until 9th February before any further action is taken. Our > accountants have assured us that they will be able to turn things > around quickly enough to avoid this outcome. > > Unfortunately, Companies House in England has an automatic policy of > filing for winding up when the first set of accounts are late and they > are not willing to suspend their proceedings until the accounts are > filed. > > We can reassure you that there is no significant risk to donors' money > from this procedure, given that our accounts are close to completion. > However, we fully understand that this looks alarming and creates a > bad impression. I apologise for any concern this has caused to any of > our donors, members or supporters. > > I'll make sure I keep this list informed so you can monitor our > progress with this matter. > > Regards, > > Andrew Turvey > Chair, Wikimedia UK > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'll leave it to Tango and Andrew to provide the full story, but in a >> nutshell: due to the complexities of our accounts (and hence the time >> demands they place on our Treasurer), we're rather late in having the first >> set of them checked over by an accountant. They're currently with the >> accountants, though, and we'll be able to file them soon. Being listed as >> 'proposal to strike off' is an automatic thing as we haven't previously >> filed accounts, but there's a long time (6 months) before there's a risk of >> that actually happening, and this will definitely be sorted out in short >> order. >> >> This is essentially a symptom of us having too much to do and not enough >> time to do it, I'm afraid... >> >> Mike >> >> On 29 Nov 2010, at 21:04, geni wrote: >> >>> I saw this post at the village pump suggesting wikimediauk's accounts >>> are seriously late and this presents issues: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VP/M#Wiki_UK_Ltd_to_be_struck_off.3F >>> >>> The company in question is wikimedia UK (the Company No. 06741827 is >>> consistent with that given in past emails) >>> >>> According to companies house the accounts were due 05/08/2010 and the >>> company's status was listed as Active - Proposal to Strike off. >>> >>> Whats going on? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> geni >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
