The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

L'Arche

Registered charity 264166 Registered since 1972

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.9y median 6.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8Disability 7Overseas Aid/famine Relief 7Accommodation/housing 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 13Education 4Property 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£22.2m 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.

6.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.0 in 2021

498 from 443 in 2021
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.

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.larche.org.uk
Emailinfo@larche.org.uk
Phone01535656186
AddressL'Arche National Office, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, LONDON, SE1 7JB

Finances

£22,162,065 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£14,693,623£14,378,137
2022£16,178,937£15,793,305
2023£17,639,037£18,365,773
2024£19,674,508£20,568,928
2025£22,162,065£22,157,937

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housing

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED TO RELIEVE, ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND ADVANCE RELIGION AMONG THE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18TH MAY 1972 AS AMENDED ON 25TH JANUARY 1978, 24TH JANUARY 1980, 25TH APRIL 1983 AND 27TH NOVEMBER 1993. as amended on 24 Feb 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees
68median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

L'Arche · 01055041 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/05/1972

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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