L'ARCHE
Registered charity 264166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as L'ARCHE LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC038493 (OSCR)
Building Communities with people who have learning disabilities
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a near breakeven position with a deficit of £703 for the year ended July 2025, following previous years of deficits. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased by 18% to £2,152,295, covering 5 weeks of operating expenditure, which is below the stated medium-term policy target of 9 weeks (2 months).
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Income from charitable activities (80% of income)
“Income from Care and Support Provision 17,799,780” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least 2 months (9 weeks) of operations (held: £2.2m)
“the trustees aim, over the medium term, to hold reserves covering at least 2 months (9 weeks) of operations.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — L'Arche (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- CARTER, Jonathan Patrick — director, appointed 17/10/2024on trustee list
- WINTER, Anne — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
- MAPP, Nigel John Godfrey — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
- WEALE, Martin Andrew Charles — director, appointed 25/11/2020on trustee list
- OAKES, Peter Michael, Dr — director, appointed 10/04/2019on trustee list
- MACGREEVY, Aedan Michael Mary — director, appointed 05/12/2018on trustee list
- GRAY, Isobel Watson — director, appointed 22/03/2018on trustee list
- WILLIAMS, Susan Margaret — director, appointed 27/02/2016on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: L'Arche — Registered, 26 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 16/05/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Advertised salaries (public job ads)
Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£421k
Reserves (reported)
£12.0m
Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- L'Arche Preston: Requires improvement (22/09/2022) · CQC record
- L'Arche Bognor Regis Jericho: Requires improvement (24/05/2022) · CQC record
- L'Arche Kent Faith House: Requires improvement (09/02/2023) · CQC record
- L'Arche Preston Moor Fold: Good (18/01/2019) · CQC record
- L'Arche Liverpool: Good (16/05/2019) · CQC record
- L'Arche Ipswich: Outstanding (31/07/2019) · CQC record
- L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany: Good (23/07/2024) · CQC record
- L'Arche Manchester - St Paul's Office: Outstanding (13/03/2019) · CQC record
- L'Arche Kent The Rainbow: Good (03/04/2020) · CQC record
- L'Arche Bognor Regis: Good (23/12/2025) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Aedan Michael Mary MacGreevychair
- Anne Winter
- Dr Peter Michael Oakes
- Isobel Gray
- Jonathan Carter
- Martin Weale
- Nigel Mapp · trustee of 2 other charities
- Susan Margaret Williams
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is L'ARCHE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a near breakeven position with a deficit of £703 for the year ended July 2025, following previous years of deficits. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased by 18% to £2,152,295, covering 5 weeks of operating expenditure, which is below the stated medium-term policy target of 9 weeks (2 months). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.
Who funds L'ARCHE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name L'ARCHE as a grant recipient include THE SACKLER TRUST, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NIGEL AND NICKY MAPP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY.
Shared trustees with funders
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Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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