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Company description
ARK SCHOOLS is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)”. Incorporated on 26 April 2004; registered for 22 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 85100 · Pre-primary education, with 2 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 1 procurement record, 1 other public-register record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- ARK SCHOOLS
- Company number
- 05112090
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 4 total · 4 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 August 2025Next accounts due
31 May 2027Last statement made up to
18 April 2026Next statement due
2 May 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- -12.9%
- Women receiving bonus
- 1.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 1.5%
- Women in top quartile
- 62.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 68.5%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 73.2%
- Women in lower quartile
- 80.2%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 1000 to 499912.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499913.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499913.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499913.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499920.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499918.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 September 2025 – 28 February 2026
- Filed
- 30 March 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 September 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £23,880,877
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £12,503,962
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £4,289,849
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £16,793,811
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 22.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 1.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 30 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention circumstances
Retention clauses are generally applied to construction works but are not applied to minor works such as painting and decorating.
Retention release
Where retention clauses are used, retention is applied in accordance with the contract terms. Suppliers invoice net of any contractual retention and invoices are paid as received. Retention is contractually released at the end of the Defects Liability Period which is 12months after completion/handover.
Retention release stages
Payments are usually made in three stages, aligned to agreed project milestones. Final payment is made on completion or handover of the works, and any contractual retention released at the end of the 12-month Defects Liability Period.
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- 3.0%
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 0.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
1.1 The Supplier shall invoice the Customer for: (a) (if this contract is for the supply of goods only) the Goods no sooner than completion of delivery of the Goods or, if later, the Customer’s acceptance of the Goods or otherwise (b) (if this contract is for the supply of goods and services) no sooner than Completion of the Deliverables.
1.2 The Price for the Goods/ Services shall become due upon receipt of the invoice by the Customer (the “Due Date”).
1.3 The final date for payment of the Price shall be 30 days from the due date (the “Final Date for Payment”).
1.4 To the extent that the Customer wishes to make any deduction from the Price to be paid to the Customer they shall notify the Customer in writing no later than 7 days before the Final Date for Payment by the issue of a Pay Less Notice to the Customer. Where the Customer has issued a Pay Less Notice to the Supplier, the price to be paid for the Deliverables shall be the price stated in the Pay Less Notice.
1.5 Time of payment is not of the essence. Where sums due under the Contract are not paid in full by the Final Date for Payment, to compensate the Supplier for all loss from the Customer’s breach, the Customer shall pay on the sum overdue interest (before and after judgment) on a daily basis from 30 days after the Final Date for Payment until payment in full at the rate of 5 per cent per annum above the official bank rate from time to time of The Bank of England. The Supplier acknowledges that this is a substantial remedy for the purposes of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
1.6 VAT shall be charged by the Supplier and paid by the Customer at the then applicable rate.
1.7 Payment for the Goods or Deliverables shall not be conclusive evidence that Completion has occurred or that the Goods or Deliverables are compliant or satisfactory. - Dispute resolution process
The organisation has a dedicated Accounts Payable Team which is contactable by phone and email.
Each school have their own Finance team. For disputes related to schools, vendors should contact the school finance team in the first instance and escalate to the Accounts Payable Team if necessary.
Vendors with invoice queries related to central invoices need to contact the Accounts Payable Team. The accounts payable team will reach out to the budget holder if they are unable to resolve or if it is not clear from the system why the invoice has not been approved for payment.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 33.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 34.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- ARK SCHOOLS
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- ABSOLUTE RETURN FOR KIDS (ARK)
- Statement period
- 28 April 2020 – 28 April 2021
- Approved
- 28 April 2021
- Sectors
- Charitable / not-for-profit activities Education and research
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £36 million to £60 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 3 November 2021
Training described
Your whole organisation Procurement staff Your suppliers
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
ARK SCHOOLS
Multi-academy trust · Open · W12 7TF
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Ark Schools
Registration Z9683587
- Registered from
- 21 November 2006
- Current end date
- 20 November 2026
- Trading names
- Ark Victoria Academy, Ark Byron Primary Academy, Ark Acton Academy, Ark John Archer Academy, Ark Pioneer Academy, Ark Alexandra Academy, Ark Greenwich Free School, Ark Blake Academy, Ark Soane Academy, Ark Blacklands Primary Academy, Ark Dickens Primary Academy, Ark Elvin Academy, Ark Ayrton Primary Academy, Ark All Saints Academy, Ark Brunel Primary Academy, Ark Franklin Primary Academy, Ark John Keats Academy, Ark Priory Primary Academy, Ark Swift Primary Academy, Ark Castledown, Ark Victoria, Ark Boulton, Ark Evelyn Grace Academy, Ark Tindal Primary Academy, Ark Conway Primary Academy, Ark St Alban’s Academy, Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy, Ark Bolingbroke Academy, Ark Academy, Ark Charter Academy, Ark Burlington Danes Academy, Ark Isaac Newton Academy, Ark Walworth Academy, Ark Globe Academy, Ark Oval Primary Academy, Ark Atwood Primary Academy, Ark Bentworth Primary Academy, Ark King Solomon Academy, Ark Putney Academy, Ark White City Primary Academy, Ark Kings Academy
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund (TLIF) Round 1 - The Institute for Teaching (Ark Schools)
Department For Education · ocds-b5fd17-08678f3f-f2f2-4a0e-9456-b3d9f2d85fc8
- Supplier named in award
- The Institute for Teaching (Ark Schools)
- Award value
- £6,384,720
- Contract period
- 15 June 2017 – 15 June 2020
- Published
- 12 October 2018
- Procedure
- Other - No Selection
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-08678f3f-f2f2-4a0e-9456-b3d9f2d85fc8-2018-10-12T15:06:43+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Absolute Return For Kids (Ark)
- Can appoint or remove directors (as a trust)
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Charities Act 2011
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company By Guarantee Without Share Capital Use Of 'Limited' Exemption
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 04589451
- Notified
- 1 September 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: ARK ACADEMIES
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Exact source-supplied company-number links.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.