About Nominet

About Nominet, Guardians of the .UK Namespace.

Nominet is the registry responsible for the .uk namespace, controlling one of the most critical elements of the United Kingdom’s digital infrastructure. It presents itself as a not-for-profit guardian of trust and public benefit, yet its conduct raises serious questions about transparency, accountability, and fairness.

This section explains who Nominet is, how it operates, and why its policies matter far beyond the domainer community. Every website that ends in .uk exists within its control. That responsibility carries obligations, to act fairly, to promote competition, and to uphold the public benefit principle on which its authority is based.

Here we begin the audit. We look at Nominet’s governance, its obligations under UK company law, its claims of delivering public good, and its actual impact on the economy. This is not a campaign. It is an independent audit of an organisation whose decisions shape the online future of the United Kingdom.