Registered charity · Harwich
The ARK Family Resource Centre
- 6 trustees
- Income £391k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.thearkcentre.wordpress.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The ARK Family Resource Centre
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£391k£322k
- 2024£356k£324k
- 2023£313k£337k
Earlier years
- 2022£298k£284k
- 2021£310k£263k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 71% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(I) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMOND PERSONS RESIDENT OF WORKING IN HARWICH AND SURROUNDING AREA, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. (II) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ABOVE PERSONS AND, IN PARTICULAR FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PERSONS. (III) TO PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE ABOVE PERSONS.
Grants received
36 grants · £763,485 total360Giving 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £260,000 (3 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £217,180 (17 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £125,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £45,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £35,040 (5 grants)
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Christopher Haseman since 2018
- Chris Towler since 2024
- David Chable since 2025
- John Goff since 2013
- Jo-Anne Ainger since 2022
- Sarah Nicholson since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Haseman since 2018
- John Goff since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Christopher Haseman since 2018
- Chris Towler since 2024
- David Chable since 2025
- John Goff since 2013
- Jo-Anne Ainger since 2022
- Sarah Nicholson since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 297935
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9TH SEPTEMBER 1987
- Companies House
- Company number 02162724 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01255502063 · enquiries@thearkcentregroup.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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