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Ark Cancer Charity

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £384k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Hampshire
Website
www.arkcancercharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
ARK Cancer Charity
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£384k£266k
  • 2024£806k£2.1m
  • 2023£137k£142k
Earlier years
  • 2022£155k£205k
  • 2021£174k£107k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

4.1THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS(OBJECTS)ARE(A)THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY CANCER THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF CANCER CARE INCLUDING:(I)PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT,FACILITIES AND SERVICES ANCILLARY OR SUPPLEMENTAL TO THOSE PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES OR OTHER CARE PROVIDERS;(II)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FUNDING FOR ENHANCED OR IMPROVED FITTING OUT AND DECORATION OR ANY IMPROVEMENT TO THE AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF NEW OR EXISTING CANCER CARE CENTRES RUN BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES OR OTHER CARE PROVIDERS TO ENHANCE THE WELL BEING OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY CANCER;III)PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF; OR PROVIDING FUNDING FOR STATUTORY AUTHORITIES OR OTHER CARE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE, ANCILLARY AND COMPLEMENTARY CARE SERVICES AND THERAPIES TO ENHANCE THE WELL BEING OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY CANCER;(IV)PROVIDE SUPPORT,ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER AND THEIR CARERS,FAMILIES AND FRIENDS;(V)PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE EFFECTIVE CARE,INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER THEIR CARERS,FAMILIES AND FRIENDS;THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES TO BE CARRIED OUT IN NORTH HAMPSHIRE OR GENERALLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BEING OBJECTS AND PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND & WALES.

Grants received

1 grant · £7,158 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

  • Birmingham City Council · £7,158

Most recent

  • Birmingham City Council £7,1582023-03-31
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.

5 trustees on the board

5.8y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Amateur Sport 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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 8Education 4Professional services 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£806k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

1
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
1149758
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 SEP 2012 as amended on 28 Jun 2023
Companies House
Company number 08240913 · Active
Contact on the register
01256360419 · info@arkcancercharity.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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