ARK UK PROGRAMMES
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Ark UK Programmes has the principal objective of advancing the education of the public. It acts as a 'seed-bed' for creating and testing new Ark programmes and supporting other ventures to launch and scale.
Latest income
£7.3m
Expenditure
£7.4m
Financial year end
2025-08-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-31 | £5.3m | £5.9m | |
| 2022-08-31 | £5.7m | £5.2m | |
| 2023-08-31 | £18.4m | £7.8m | |
| 2024-08-31 | £6.2m | £17.7m | |
| 2025-08-31 | £7.3m | £7.4m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-08-31
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £3.5m |
| Charitable activities | £3.6m |
| Trading | £0 |
| Investment income | £172k |
| Total income | £7.3m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £7.4m |
| Raising funds | £57k |
| Grants to institutions | £439k |
| Governance | £13k |
| Total expenditure | £7.4m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £9.7m |
| Total funds | £9.7m |
| — restricted | £4.0m |
| — unrestricted | £37k |
| — endowment | £5.7m |
| Total assets | £9.7m |
| Cash | £4.2m |
People
| Employees | 85 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
Who it helps
- Children/young People
How it works
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.