GLOBAL ACTION ON RELOCATION AND RETURN WITH KIDS

Registered charity 1170455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOBAL ARRK

GlobalARRK supports stuck families in crisis who cannot return to the country they consider home with their children following an international child custody dispute. Many are survivors of domestic abuse. We provide peer support, information, legal connections and safety planning while promoting research, education and policy to improve protection and access to justice.

Objects

To relieve the needs of children and families at risk of, or undergoing, international custody and residence conflict including international parental child abduction, by:• Educating families and the public, raising awareness of the risks of relocating abroad and the possible legal implications for families• Supporting children and parents in need who are ‘stuck’* in a foreign country• Advocating for the rights and best interests of children and parents who are ‘stuck’* abroad• Providing families with information and signposting to mediation, counselling and other support services• Encouraging and undertaking research and study into such issues and publicising the useful results*The term ‘Stuck’ means: unable to lawfully return to live in the country they consider ‘home’ with their children after an international residence / custody dispute with the other parent

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £18,913 in unrestricted reserves, which exceeds its stated policy target of £14,000 (equivalent to four months of core operating costs). Total income for the year was £49,794, with expenditure of £41,356, resulting in a surplus and an increase in cash reserves to £40,370. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Isabel Ruth Lamont
• Kylie Rowsthorne
• Niki Savvides · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca De Stephano

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOBAL CARE INTERNATIONAL.

• GLOBAL CARE INTERNATIONAL income £943k
• GLOBAL CHARITIES income £6.8m
• GLOBAL REACH income £712k
• GLOBAL WELFARE RELIEF income £454k
• GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK income £1.6m
• GLOBAL AID TRUST LIMITED income £141k

Side by side with its peers

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