ARK UK PROGRAMMES
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-26 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-37.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-53.4% vs 2023
Employees
76
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARK UK PROGRAMMES 2010-09-01 → present
- ARK SCHOOLS 2006-09-12 → 2010-09-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,777,000 | £2,793,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £10,636,000 | -£10,898,000 | |
| Cash | £3,118,000 | £1,961,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,409,000 | £9,513,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,392,000 | £9,494,000 | |
| Equity | £20,392,000 | £9,494,000 | |
| Average employees | 76 | 76 | |
| Wages | £3,319,000 | £3,178,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 383.0% | -390.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.1% | 0.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.95x | 2.22x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The opening of three new Ark Start nurseries occurred since the year end, taking the total number of nurseries to five.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GODFREY, Kathryn Anna | Secretary | 2024-09-27 | — | — |
| FINK, Stanley, Lord | Director | 2006-09-19 | Sep 1957 | British |
| HELLER, Lucy Lauris | Director | 2010-09-01 | Feb 1959 | British |
| RUSSELL, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2026-02-01 | May 1968 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Stephen John | Secretary | 2006-09-12 | 2007-09-06 |
| DAWSON, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2020-02-19 | 2024-05-24 |
| GERALD, Diana Judith | Secretary | 2012-07-09 | 2015-02-09 |
| MANNION, Megan | Secretary | 2024-05-24 | 2024-09-27 |
| PINK, Simon Richard Anthony | Secretary | 2008-06-09 | 2012-07-01 |
| SANDALL, Michael | Secretary | 2015-02-09 | 2020-02-19 |
| SPIELMAN, Amanda Mary Victoria | Secretary | 2007-09-05 | 2008-06-09 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-09-12 | 2006-09-12 |
| BELLER, Ron Eric | Director | 2006-09-19 | 2013-09-01 |
| BERNSTEIN, Paul | Director | 2006-09-12 | 2010-10-21 |
| CLARK, Michael Benjamin | Director | 2019-01-24 | 2023-11-01 |
| DUNNING, Paul Fraser | Director | 2006-09-12 | 2017-07-12 |
| JENKINS, Nicholas David | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2016-11-14 |
| MARSHALL, Paul Roderick Clucas | Director | 2006-09-19 | 2013-09-01 |
| OLIVER, Katie Louise | Director | 2023-10-12 | 2026-02-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Anthony Geraint | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2013-09-01 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-09-12 | 2006-09-12 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-09-12 | 2006-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Return For Kids (Ark) | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+0.6%
£2,777,000 £2,793,000
-
Cash
-37.1%
£3,118,000 £1,961,000
-
Net assets
-53.4%
£20,392,000 £9,494,000
-
Employees
0%
76 76
-
Wages
-4.2%
£3,319,000 £3,178,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers