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Open Knowledge Foundation

ActiveCompany number 05133759Private company limited by guaranteeEst. 200494990 · Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.Hackney, London
Official record ↗
Age22 years
older than 74% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom9,925live companies · 2580th oldest
In Hackney115,697live companies · 159 in the same activity
At this address8,195live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2025small company accounts, made up to 31 Dec 2025

In brief

Open Knowledge Foundation is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales on 20 May 2004. At 22 years old it is older than 74% of the 9,925 live companies whose main activity is activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.. Its registered office is in Hackney, London, at an address shared with 8,194 other live companies. 159 live companies in Hackney share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 December 2025 and filed as small company accounts. It was previously called Open Knowledge Foundation Limited, a name it changed on 14 May 2013.

Register details

Registered nameOPEN KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION
Company number05133759
Company typePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Registered office86-90 Paul Street, EC2A 4NE London
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)94990 Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)S · 94 Activities of membership organisations

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upSmall company accounts
  • Name changedPreviously Open Knowledge Foundation Limited
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due30 September 2027
Accounting reference date31 December
Next confirmation statement3 June 2027
Last confirmation statement20 May 2026
Charges registered1
Outstanding · satisfied0 · 1

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c. in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 94990: 9,925 in total, median age 13 years, 679 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 9,925 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
01,0002,0003,0004,0001870s: 41870s1880s: 51880s1890s: 181890s1900s: 161900s1910s: 281910s1920s: 461920s1930s: 361930s1940s: 421940s1950s: 401950s1960s: 1111960s1970s: 1561970s1980s: 3301980s1990s: 8471990s2000s: 2,2712000s2010s: 2,7422010s2020s: 3,2332020s
Incorporated per year, still live
02004006008002011: 28820112012: 2842013: 25020132014: 2532015: 23920152016: 2412017: 20420172018: 2462019: 49020192020: 3912021: 29620212022: 3192023: 50720232024: 4612025: 70020252026: 559

Location

Registered office in Hackney, London.

Hackney
Live companies in Hackney115,697
Same activity in Hackney159
New in Hackney, past 12 months29,563

Also registered at this address

8,194 other live companies share this registered office; shown are those incorporated closest in time to this one.

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.