Shrewsbury Ark

Analysis

Shrewsbury Ark is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Shrewsbury Ark reported income of £254k and spending of £351k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to September 2024, income fell from £330k to £254k (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Shrewsbury Ark sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Yard Community Trust CIO (£253k), Wardroom Mess HMS Nelson (£255k) and Shropshire Staffordshire Cheshire Blood Bikes (£253k).