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Registered charity · Birkenhead

Wirral Churches' ARK Project

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1.7m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Ian Lester Roughley.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing
Where
Wirral
Website
www.wirralark.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wirral Churches' ARK Project
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.7m£1.8m
  • 2024£1.9m£1.8m
  • 2022£1.4m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.3m£1.4m
  • 2020£1.4m£1.4m

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 23%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.1 THE CHARITY IS FORMED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. ITS CHARITABLE OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) SHALL BE TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY: 1.1.1 THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING AND MANAGING HOUSING, INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR POOR AND / OR HOMELESS PEOPLE OR FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE; 1.1.2 ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUT FROM TIME TO TIME BY A REGISTERED SOCIETY REGISTERED AS A PROVIDER OF SOCIAL HOUSING WITH THE REGULATOR.

Grants received

14 grants · £206,846 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

  • Ian Lester Roughley since 2019
8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 9Other services 3Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025
incomespending£1.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

41 from 35 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1079070
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 DECEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 9TH APRIL 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 APR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 MAY 2019
Companies House
Company number 03896833 · Active
Contact on the register
01516490111 · enquiries@wirralark.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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