THE ARK TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1098204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ARK TRUST LIMITED

Providing access to and engagement with the arts and education for people with disabilities, older people and carers.Provide social support and activities, including holidays, for people with disabilities. Operate the community response volunteer network.Run Signal for Carers, providing support, information and activities for unpaid carers.Run a community shop and space, Forget-me-Knot

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF:(1) (I) FIRSTLY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR LONG TERM HEALTHCONDITIONS; AND(II) SECONDLY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR LONG TERMHEALTH CONDITIONS; AND(III) THIRDLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT ORTRAININGWHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND.(2) SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE, PEOPLE SIMILARLY QUALIFIED WHO ARE RESIDENTOUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE ARK.(3) TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONOF THE CHARITY, FOR THE BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO ENSURE THE EQUALITY FOR ALL PEOPLE TOENGAGE IN CITIZENSHIP.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BRACKNELL FOREST, READING, WOKINGHAM, SLOUGH, WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD AND SURREY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £31,343 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was expected due to project delivery needs. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £114,974, which they consider sufficient to survive continuing negative financial impacts. The financial outlook remains challenging, with the charity seeking alternative funding to subsidise work streams and reduce costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Ark Trust CIO (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony Robinsonchair
• Hannah Escott
• John Winston Horbury
• Kgomotso Mazibuko
• Muriel Hanley
• Neil McGiffen
• Peter Tobin
• Simon Kenton
• Stephanie Guest
• Susanna Tyrrell
• Zoe Robinson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · Surrey · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).