Ark Housing Trust

Analysis

Ark Housing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buxton. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Ark Housing Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £704k to £1.3m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ark Housing Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Valentine Charitable Trust (£1.3m), The Lankellychase Foundation (£1.3m) and Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 2.8%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £20 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.