Absolute Return for Kids (ARK)
Company 04589451 Active
Registered charity: Absolute Return for Kids (ARK)
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How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
4 directors on the board
- Fink, Stanley, Lord Director · appointed 2004
- Ian Gerald Patrick Wace Director · appointed 2002
- Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall Director · appointed 2002
- Anthony Peter Clake Director · appointed 2018
19.3y median 22.9y
average tenure
23.7y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Fink, Stanley, Lord Director · appointed 2004
- Ian Gerald Patrick Wace Director · appointed 2002
- Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall Director · appointed 2002
- Anthony Peter Clake Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- Fink, Stanley, Lord Director · appointed 2004
- Ian Gerald Patrick Wace Director · appointed 2002
- Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall Director · appointed 2002
- Anthony Peter Clake Director · appointed 2018
Also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
Finance 9Tech and media 6Education 5Property 4Manufacturing 3Arts and leisure 1Construction 1Retail and trade 1
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies 1 shared director
- 51 Lennox Gardens Limited 1 shared director
- ARK Academies Projects Limited 1 shared director
- ARK Schools 1 shared director
- HAY Hill Wealth Management Limited 1 shared director
- ARK UK Programmes 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 04589451 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 13/11/2002 |
| Address | 1 EDCITY, EDCITY WALK, LONDON, W12 7TF |
| Accounts next due | 31/05/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/08/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
85600 - Educational support services
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 6 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- ARK (South Africa) Limited
75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - ARK UK Programmes
significant influence · notified 2016-04-14 - ARK Schools
appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-09-01 - Edcity Development Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2018-08-10 - Edcity Management Company Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2018-08-21 - Edcity Office
75-100% voting · notified 2018-10-01
Officers (22)
- Kathryn Anna Godfrey Secretary · appointed 2024
- Anthony Peter Clake Director · appointed 2018
- Fink, Stanley, Lord Director · appointed 2004
- Ian Gerald Patrick Wace Director · appointed 2002
- Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall Director · appointed 2002
Show 17 former officers
- Megan Mannion Secretary · appointed 2024 · resigned 2024
- Elizabeth Dawson Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
- Nicholas David Jenkins Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
- Myners, Paul, Lord Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
- Anthony Geraint Williams Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2019
- Michael Edward Platt Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Michael Sandall Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2020
- Paul Bernstein Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2009
- David Michael Gorton Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Stephen John Brown Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
- Gordon David Viggers Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
- Blaine John Tomlinson Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2016
- Andre Arpad Pascal Cyril Busson Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2015
- Kevin Roy Gundle Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2018
- Paul Fraser Dunning Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2017
- Jennifer Moses Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2018
- Steven John Bradley Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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