The Ark Isleham

Registered charity 1122437 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGH STREET CHURCH

The CharityÔÇÖs objects are as follows:to advance the Christian faith, and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable and are connected with the charitable work of the Charity; andto relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN ISLEHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN THE SAID LOCATION AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FITT

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £149,785 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with free unrestricted reserves of £138,114. Per the trustees' report, these reserves equate to three months of unrestricted expenditure, meeting the lower end of the stated policy target of three to six months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~63.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Martin Beckett
• Dr Jonathan Stephen Darley
• Graham Strand
• Kathryn Jane Slingsby
• MICHAEL GEORGE HAWES FCCA · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR FRANK YOUNG
• Paul Claringbold
• Richard Liddington

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARK MISSION AT TRINITY LIMITED.

• THE ARK MISSION AT TRINITY LIMITED income £165k
• THE ARC income £1.4m
• THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
• YORK MINSTER income £18.3m
• WIRRAL CHURCHES' ARK PROJECT income £1.7m
• THE ARK FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE income £391k

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