The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The ARK Centre Charity

Registered charity 1163136 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Essex

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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

6.8y median 10y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 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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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£18k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.thearkcentre.org
Emailsarah@thearkcentre.org
Phone01245467355
AddressArk Centre, 15 Springfield Lyons Approach, Springfield, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5LB

Finances

£18,370 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£271£37,464
2022£19£11,547
2023£745£3,336
2024£4,007£2,350
2025£18,370£15,898

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, WELFARE AND CARE OF CHILDREN WITH LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER THROUGH THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF A THERAPY BASED EDUCATIONAL SETTING ALONGSIDE THE PROMOTION, ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROVISION WITHIN THE UK.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 14 Aug 2015

Trustees (5)

5trustees
34median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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