WIRRAL CHURCHES' ARK PROJECT
Registered charity 1079070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ARK
The provision of accommodation and associated services to homeless persons
Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £121,507 and a total deficit for the year of £114,205, compared to a surplus in the previous period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves amounted to £368,936, which the Board considers sufficient to meet financial risks and protect ongoing activities.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wirral Ark (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- GETTY, Ian Robert — director, appointed 10/03/2026on trustee list
- WARNER, Michael — director, appointed 10/03/2026on trustee list
- QUIGLEY, Lorna — director, appointed 04/10/2025on trustee list
- CORBETT, Laura Jane Fryer — director, appointed 04/11/2024on trustee list
- HAQUE, Monju — director, appointed 04/11/2024on trustee list
- WESTLAKE-GUY, Neil Drummond — director, appointed 04/11/2024on trustee list
- ANSON, Paul Nathaniel — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
- JONES, Gary Robert Edmund — director, appointed 26/11/2022on trustee list
- TAYLOR, Lorraine Gail — director, appointed 28/04/2022on trustee list
- ROUGHLEY, Ian Lester — director, appointed 20/05/2019on trustee list
- THOMPSON, Alison Jane — secretary, appointed 07/04/2025
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £96k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Wirral Churches' Ark Project — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£58k
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Gary Robert Edmund Jones
- Ian Lester Roughley
- Ian Robert Getty
- Laura Corbett
- Lorna Quigley
- Lorraine Taylor
- MICHAEL WARNER
- Monju Haque
- Neil Drummond Westlake-Guy
- Paul Nethaniel Anson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Wirral
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WIRRAL CHURCHES' ARK PROJECT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £121,507 and a total deficit for the year of £114,205, compared to a surplus in the previous period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves amounted to £368,936, which the Board considers sufficient to meet financial risks and protect ongoing activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
Who funds WIRRAL CHURCHES' ARK PROJECT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WIRRAL CHURCHES' ARK PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE JOHNSON FOUNDATION, THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST, THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEW BRIGHTON ST. JAMES WITH EMMANUEL, THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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