The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

ARK on the Edge

Registered charity 1116552 Registered since 2006

Operates: Durham

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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.

5 trustees on the board

12.8y median 12y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 5Education/training 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5

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

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£12k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.arkontheedge.org.uk
Emailpat.kingsnorth@btinternet.com
Phone01388 718977
AddressAshtree Cottage, The Edge, Woodland, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 5RF

Finances

£12,089 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,645£33,130
2022£9,891£9,781
2023£3,426£16,197
2024£4,441£21,544
2025£12,089£25,071

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

IN SO FAR AS IT IS PRACTICAL SO TO DO, TO ENHANCE THE WELFARE AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ALL ANIMALS (INCLUDING BIRDS AND MAMMALS) BROUGHT TO THE CENTRE, WHETHER WILD OR DOMESTICATED. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE CARE AND RECEPTION OF SUCH ANIMALS UNTIL THEIR RELEASE BACK INTO THE WILD OR THEY CAN BE RELOCATED IN GOOD HOMES. WHERE REHOUSING OR RETURN TO THE WILD IS IMPRACTICAL, TO CARE FOR THE ANIMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF ITS NATURAL LIFE, OR UNDER VETERINARY ADVICE ONLY, TO PERMIT THE ANIMAL IN QUESTION TO BE PUT DOWN.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF ANIMALS, HABITATS AND WILD FLORA AND FAUNA THROUGH EDUCATIONAL VISITS, OPEN DAYS, NATURE TRAILS, SEASONAL DISPLAYS, INTERPRETATION BOARDS AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 JULY 2006 AS AMENDED 1 OCTOBER 2006

Trustees (5)

5trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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