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 income spend
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.