On 11 Jun 2012, at 12:28, Katie Chan wrote:
On 11/06/2012 10:51, Gordon Joly wrote:
On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote:
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.
Only charities, those that has grandfathered in exemption, or any that has explicit
exemption in other regulations. See Companies Act 2006 s.60.[1]
KTC
[1] <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/60>
Sorry - if I gave a different answer, then James and KTC's answer is the one I should
have given! The main point of this change was that it means that our working and legal
name are exactly the same, hence saving much typespace, ink and confusion.
Thanks,
Mike