What the records show
Nominet UK → Nominet public-benefit commitments
describes commitments funded from reserves or annual surplus
Commitment reported as made in 2021; financial snapshot is year ended 31 March 2025, not FY 2026.
The up-to-GBP 65m commitment dates to 2021. FY 2025 Group revenue comprised registry GBP 40.147m and DNS GBP 15.750m; registry revenue is not exclusively established as .uk fees. Trading operating profit GBP 5.463m, public-benefit expense GBP 10.979m and investment assets GBP 88.6m are distinct flow/stock measures. No simple same-year surplus-to-charities pass-through is established. Financial details: value: 65,000,000; currency: GBP; kind: up-to public-benefit commitment; reserves or annual surplus; period: Commitment made in 2021; not a one-year disbursement
Nominet Board → Nominet public-benefit commitments
oversees strategic alignment and agrees programme commitments
FY 2025 report snapshot; no current public-benefit budget or UKSIC minute acquired.
FY 2025 reporting places former Public Benefit Committee work with the main Board and accrues initiatives against Board-agreed commitments. Partner engagement covers alignment, goals, delivered-result measurement and periodic external review; stated future alignment includes the business, government stakeholders and DNS ecosystem. This establishes an institutional review route, not a specific grant vote or UKSIC publication-clearance right.
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What the connections say
2 relationships1Nominet UK → describes commitments funded from reserves or annual surplus → Nominet public-benefit commitments
Commitment reported as made in 2021; financial snapshot is year ended 31 March 2025, not FY 2026.
The up-to-GBP 65m commitment dates to 2021. FY 2025 Group revenue comprised registry GBP 40.147m and DNS GBP 15.750m; registry revenue is not exclusively established as .uk fees. Trading operating profit GBP 5.463m, public-benefit expense GBP 10.979m and investment assets GBP 88.6m are distinct flow/stock measures. No simple same-year surplus-to-charities pass-through is established.
Financial details: value: 65,000,000; currency: GBP; kind: up-to public-benefit commitment; reserves or annual surplus; period: Commitment made in 2021; not a one-year disbursement
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Nominet Board → oversees strategic alignment and agrees programme commitments → Nominet public-benefit commitments
FY 2025 report snapshot; no current public-benefit budget or UKSIC minute acquired.
FY 2025 reporting places former Public Benefit Committee work with the main Board and accrues initiatives against Board-agreed commitments. Partner engagement covers alignment, goals, delivered-result measurement and periodic external review; stated future alignment includes the business, government stakeholders and DNS ecosystem. This establishes an institutional review route, not a specific grant vote or UKSIC publication-clearance right.
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