ARK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD

Company number 06901868 ·

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Executive summary

ARK Community Transport Ltd is a small charitable transport provider showing encouraging recovery in its latest financial year, with net assets tripling to £40,893 and a return to positive working capital. However, the balance sheet remains thin, historical volatility is significant, and the organisation is heavily dependent on local authority contracts for approximately £440k in annual revenue. Credit exposure should be limited to amounts serviceable from operating cash flow, with covenants requiring maintenance of positive net current assets and minimum cash thresholds. Any facility above £25,000-£30,000 would represent a material concentration relative to the charity's equity base and should be approached with caution.

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Shareholders' funds

£77,691

Balance sheet as at 2020-05-31

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
2009-05-11
Employees
18 (2025 accounts · was 19 in 2024)
Registered office
Beaufort House, Beaufort Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 1HE
Postcode
CH41 1HE
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-10-31
Next due by
2027-07-31
Financial year end
31 October

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-11-06
Next due by
2026-11-20
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 49390 Other passenger land transport

Officers 3 current · 3 resigned

Janice LAY Director
Appointed 2025-03-01
Appointed 2023-12-01
Appointed 2023-04-21

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Registered charity

ARK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD — charity number 1140576

Registered 2011-02-24 Income £381,997 Spending £418,534 FY to 2025-10-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
68 ARGYLE STREET, BIRKENHEAD, MERSEYSIDE, CH41 6AF, UNITED KINGDOM2013-11-04
BEAUFORT HOUSE BEAUFORT ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 1HE2011-10-18

Among its peers

No.9 of the largest other passenger land transport companies in Chester →

Competitors Chester

This company ranks 9 among other passenger land transport in Chester.

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The class of 2009

25%

of the 430 companies in this sector incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 74% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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