Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

THE ARK FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE 

General charitable purposesEducation/TrainingDisability
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 36 years

www.thearkcentre.wordpress.co.uk

enquiries@thearkcentregroup.co.uk

01255502063

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£313£337£-23n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£298£284£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£310£263£47n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£294£266£27n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£261£247£13n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£225£217£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£235£220£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£195£216£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£206£206£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£193£193£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£201£187£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£192£183£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£174£198£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£188£212£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£184£248£-64£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£429£464£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£403£476£-72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£494£459£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£411£325£86£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£195£209£-15£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
Essex Community Foundation£89,292
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
DCMS£9,291
BBC Children in Need£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£2,470 18/05/2023
towards the cost of setting up of a family support group for survivors of domestic violence in Harwich.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£2,000 09/02/2023
to increase support for young children impacted by living with domestic violence during and since the covid pandemic
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£5,000 24/11/2022
to create a sensory garden, improve external facilities and strengthen security at the premises of an established charity which provides a range of support for particularly disadvantaged families and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£120,000 25/08/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing a range of support for families and children from disadvantaged communities in Harwich and Dovercourt, ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£12,000 05/05/2022
towards the running costs of a charity supporting children and their families, particularly those with mental health problems, in Harwich
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£300 20/05/2021
To advance education and to relieve poverty and distress among parents and their children resident in Harwich
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£7,815 28/04/2021
to cover the cost of additional support for particularly disadvantaged families and children in Harwich and Dovercourt
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£6,385 22/04/2021
to cover the cost of additional support for particularly disadvantaged families and children in Harwich and Dovercourt
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 11/12/2020
Going Forward
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre Harwich
£4,000 30/11/2020
This project will deliver family, play and talking therapy to children with Special Educational needs who have been affected by Covid-19. The activities will improve coping strategies, increase their ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Butterflies
£6,000 03/03/2020
11
To continue a domestic violence support programme for women in Harwich
Essex Community Foundation - Talking Helps
£10,000 20/01/2020
11
To run therapeutic support sessions to improve mental health for young people and their mothers affected by domestic abuse in Harwich
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£30,000 24/06/2019
Towards running costs of a project providing a range of support for disadvantaged families and children in Harwich and Dovercourt over 3 years
Essex Community Foundation - Butterflies
£7,322 23/04/2019
12
Towards the continued running costs of a domestic abuse support service for women and families in Harwich including Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) training and enhanced DBS checks for ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£6,194 01/04/2019
Statistics from a previous project, which form the basis of our expectations for the proposed work: the increased safety and security our project will bring will enable women and their children to ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£3,097 01/04/2019
Statistics from a previous project, which form the basis of our expectations for the proposed work: the increased safety and security our project will bring will enable women and their children to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk About Special Kids
£10,000 21/02/2019
12
The project will use funding to extend the sessions to children who are waiting to join the programme. The project will help children with special needs get the help and stimulation they need to ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Butterflies
£6,194 18/12/2018
12
To expand the domestic abuse support service for women and families in Harwich
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£4,500 02/11/2018
refurbishment of a sensory room for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Essex
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 25/09/2018
Our Core Costs
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£100,000 25/09/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a range of support for disadvantaged families and children in Harwich and Dovercourt, Essex.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£100,000 12/09/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a range of support for disadvantaged families and children Essex
Tudor Trust - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£50,000 05/09/2018
24
over two years as continuation core funding for a charity working with vulnerable families in Harwich
Essex Community Foundation - Core costs
£10,000 26/06/2018
12
To help meet increased demand to address mental health issues for vulnerable parents and children in the Harwich area
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk About Special Kids 2
£9,600 20/09/2017
12
This project will provide activities for younger children with additional needs.
Essex Community Foundation - Mapping therapeutic provision
£6,500 04/11/2016
6
To improve the ability of a Harwich based organisation to deal with increasing referrals to its counselling service
Tudor Trust - Grant to Ark Family Resource Centre
£75,000 19/10/2015
36
over three years as core funding for a family support charity in Harwich, Essex
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Ark Family Resource Centre - Harwich
£32,000 25/10/2013
The charity offers a range of support to families in difficulty. Their support for families affected by domestic violence helps families live safely and free from violence and enables them to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/11/1987, number: 297935
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/09/1987, number: 02162724
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 6 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 24 days late, AR10: 13 days late, AR07: 91 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

The Ark Centre
36 Main Road
HARWICH
CO12 3LU

Objectives

(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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HARWICH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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