ARK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD

Registered charity 1140576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charities objectives are to provide transport facilities in Merseyside for persons who have special need of such facilities because they are vulnerable children and adults with mental and/or physical disabilities.

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN MERSEYSIDE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH MENTAL AND / OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £36,537 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £40,893 to £4,356. The entity remains solvent with net assets of £4,356, although it holds significant current liabilities relative to its current assets. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

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 3 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abdul Karim Erzouki
• Janice Lay
• Shaun Lay

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

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