# THE ARK TRUST CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1098204
- **Other names:** THE ARK TRUST LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 25, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1098204


## Contact

- **Address:** Trax, Mill Ride, Off Fernbank Road, North Ascot
- **Postcode:** SL5 8JW
- **Phone:** 01344266899
- **Email:** info@theark.org.uk
- **Website:** www.theark.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF:(1) (I) FIRSTLY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR LONG TERM HEALTHCONDITIONS; AND(II) SECONDLY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR LONG TERMHEALTH CONDITIONS; AND(III) THIRDLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT ORTRAININGWHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND.(2) SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE, PEOPLE SIMILARLY QUALIFIED WHO ARE RESIDENTOUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE ARK.(3) TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONOF THE CHARITY, FOR THE BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO ENSURE THE EQUALITY FOR ALL PEOPLE TOENGAGE IN CITIZENSHIP.

**Activities:** Providing access to and engagement with the arts and education for people with disabilities, older people and carers.Provide social support and activities, including holidays, for people with disabilities. Operate the community response volunteer network.Run Signal for Carers, providing support, information and activities for unpaid carers.Run a community shop and space, Forget-me-Knot

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BRACKNELL FOREST, READING, WOKINGHAM, SLOUGH, WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD AND SURREY




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Buckinghamshire
- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £244818 | £276161 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £284316 | £313633 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £326839 | £322155 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £273958 | £284520 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £301959 | £301847 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Antony Robinson** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 30, 2017
- Hannah Escott — appointed April 10, 2025
- Isabel Morgan — appointed Nov. 2, 2024
- John Winston Horbury — appointed Oct. 8, 2022
- Kgomotso Mazibuko — appointed Jan. 8, 2026
- Muriel Hanley — appointed Aug. 1, 2015
- Neil McGiffen — appointed Sept. 30, 2015
- Peter Tobin — appointed Feb. 2, 2021
- Simon Kenton — appointed Nov. 2, 2024
- Stephanie Guest — appointed Jan. 15, 2021
- Susanna Tyrrell — appointed Jan. 12, 2016
- Zoe Robinson — appointed Jan. 8, 2021