ARK HOUSING TRUST

Registered charity 1166573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing supported housing to vulnerable adults

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a minimal surplus of £1,246 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing slightly to £162,590. The trustees acknowledge significant governance and financial control weaknesses, including unapproved contractual agreements and a serious incident reported to the regulator, which prompted a review of monitoring frameworks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Serious incident reported to Charity Commission

“Information came to light in late 2025 regarding an incident that occurred in FY 24/25. This incident highlighted processes were not as robust as we had previously thought. Our assessment was that it was appropriate to report it to the Charity Commission to ensure transparency.” — page 4

“Financial risk: inadequate controls which could expose the trust to potential financial risk. The trustees became aware of the authorisation of contractual agreements which commit us to a long-term financial outlay and which had not been approved at board level.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Financial control failure acknowledged

“Information came to light in late 2025 regarding an incident that occurred in FY 24/25. This incident highlighted processes were not as robust as we had previously thought. Our assessment was that it was appropriate to report it to the Charity Commission to ensure transparency.” — page 4

“Financial risk: inadequate controls which could expose the trust to potential financial risk. The trustees became aware of the authorisation of contractual agreements which commit us to a long-term financial outlay and which had not been approved at board level.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DLA Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.3m

Reserves (reported)

£20

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Simon Paul Edwardschair
Andrew Start
Angie Vaughan
Caitlin Janette Bisknell · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Michaelis
Mark O'Mullane · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£1.3m	£1.3m
05/04/2024	£953k	£918k
05/04/2023	£883k	£852k
05/04/2022	£832k	£810k
05/04/2021	£704k	£680k

Common questions

Is ARK HOUSING TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a minimal surplus of £1,246 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing slightly to £162,590. The trustees acknowledge significant governance and financial control weaknesses, including unapproved contractual agreements and a serious incident reported to the regulator, which prompted a review of monitoring frameworks. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DLA Chartered Accountants.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
COLLECTIVE FUTURES (CIO)	1	£95k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
HEART RESEARCH UK	1	£10k
THE JOHNSON FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	1	£9k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Stay Charity.

Stay Charity income £2.2m
ACTION HOUSING AND SUPPORT LIMITED income £6.9m
THE ARK FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE income £391k
Beaconwild Ltd income £2.2m
THE ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH income £115k
HOPE HOUSING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ARK HOUSING TRUST	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Stay Charity FY2025	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTION HOUSING AND SUPPORT LIMITED FY2025	£6.9m	£110,001 - £120,000	1	below	—	no doubt
THE ARK FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025	£391k	—	0	below	—	noted
Beaconwild Ltd FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.