THE ARK ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1141690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childcare for children between the ages of 6 months - 11 years

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS INCLUDING BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):- PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY, IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART- ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN- FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE (OR OF ANY SUCCESSOR ORGANISATION).

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 total surplus of £32,275 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 13% to £494,191. Free reserves stood at £94,824, which the trustees noted covers approximately 2.5 months of wages and overheads, falling slightly short of their policy target to cover three months. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07564773

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.

• STARKEY, Lynn Andrea — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• COWLING, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 17/12/2020on trustee list
• FOORT, Mica-Claire — director, appointed 17/12/2020on trustee list
• MCGRORY, Claire Marie — director, appointed 11/09/2013on trustee list
• SIMPSON, Eleanor Louise — secretary, appointed 31/03/2025

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLAIRE MARIE MCGRORY
• Eleanor Simpson
• Lynn Starkey
• Mica-Claire Foort
• Nicola Cowling

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

Operates in: Rutland

Income and spending

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