Ark (charity)

Ark
Absolute Return for Kids
Established2002; 22 years ago (2002)
TypeCharity
Chief Executive
Lucy Heller
Staff (2024)
~3,000[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Absolute Return for Kids (branded as Ark) is an international children's educational charity based in London, UK.

Ark is a registered charity under English law. In its reporting year 2017–18, excluding its few subsidiaries, it saw gross income of £14.66 million and had 42 employees.[2]

Ark is the parent organisation of Ark Schools, a separate legal entity that is a multi-academy trust in the English education system, with 39 schools (as of 14 October 2022) and nearly 30,000 pupils.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Our people". Ark. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Absolute Return for Kids, registered charity no. 1095322". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  3. ^ GovUK: Ark Schools
  4. ^ Ofsted reports