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Ark Community Transport Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1140576MerseysideEducation and training
Income£382k2025-10-31
Spending£419ksame year
Spent / received103%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctEducation and training
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ark Community Transport Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06901868). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Ark Community Transport Ltd reported income of £382k and spending of £419k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £601k to £382k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ark Community Transport Ltd sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farlington School Trust Limited (£382k), Whittington Preschool (£382k) and NFS Mediation Limited (£382k).

Income and spending

£0£150k£301k£451k£601k2021 Income: £601,1602021 Spending: £586,43320212022 Income: £408,1572022 Spending: £492,41520222023 Income: £441,2332023 Spending: £437,28620232024 Income: £443,1472024 Spending: £414,36120242025 Income: £381,9972025 Spending: £418,5342025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The charities objectives are to provide transport facilities in Merseyside for persons who have special need of such facilities because they are vulnerable children and adults with mental and/or physical disabilities.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Farlington School Trust LimitedWest Sussex£382k
Whittington PreschoolLichfield£382k
NFS Mediation LimitedSouthampton£382k
Presteigne Little People's PlaygroupPresteigne£383k