Arch Initiatives

Analysis

Arch Initiatives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Mellons. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02812012). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Arch Initiatives reported income of £65k and spending of £31k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £101k to £65k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Arch Initiatives sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tears of Joy Foundation (£64k), West London Tamil School (£65k) and Samaritans of Plymouth, East Cornwall and South West Devon (£64k).