On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote:

On 11 June 2012 09:45, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:

And the charity has a new name! How does that affect fund raising? I asked at the AGM why "Wikimedia UK" was chosen in favour of "Wikimedia UK Ltd". Small point I guess.... but then I am pedant.

For those who weren't there, I think the answer to that was that as a charity we're exempt from the normal limited company requirement for the name to end with "Limited" - and since we would continue to use simply "Wikimedia UK" as the working name it was better to have the working name and the legal name identical.

Thanks. Mike Peel did give an answer. But he did not say that, to my recollection.

It was my understanding that any company (or Industrial and Provident Society) can choose to omit "Ltd" or "Limited" from their name. Either way, I did wonder about the choice.

I think your explanation is fine!

Gordo