King’s Cross Church

In 2016 we helped KXC restore a dilapidated victorian apartment block, turning it into a coworking space serving the community of King’s Cross.

ARK Coworking played a pivotal role in enabling the church to host midweek small groups, establish a staff office and facilitate the live streaming of Sunday services during the pandemic.

All Saints Parish

In 2022 we worked with All Saints Church to help them renovate their church hall into a community work space, gallery and church events space in King’s Cross. The building, having previously fallen into significant disrepair, is now safe, strucutrally sound and equipped with renewable solar energy.

In June ’22 the hall was relicensed as a public place of worship, and in 2025 the parish aims to regather for Sunday services in their building again.

St Saviour’s Church

In 2021, we began working with St Saviour’s, Finsbury Park, on a project to restore and regenerate their Hall for the community in Finsbury Park - creating a space that builds genuine community, supports creativity and highlights local artists, ARK studios. The hall has a rich history, but had sat unused for a period of almost 20 years.

ARK have worked with the church on a phased restoration of the hall, starting with a free community coffee bar and gallery space hosting local artists. After learning from local residents, we conducted a feasibility audit, developed a sustainability plan, and began fundraising for major building repairs.

Our shared vision is to bring the hall back to life as an artist and marker studio space that creates a hub for community and showcases creativity in Finsbury Park. The hall will also support the church’s programmes for young children and youth on a Sunday, as well as other mid-week activities throughout the week including community choir and children’s dance classes.

Church Crawley

In 2019 we began working with St John’s Crawley to explore a new 20,000 sq ft property in Queens Square. The project involved developing plans for a new space for Sunday services, and, in partnership with Crawley Council, a new working space for up to 100 businesses and individuals.

We performed market research, developed a business plan, and working with architects, produced concept designs for the space which eventually lead to their bid with the council for the space.

St Clement Eastcheap

We helped St Clement Eachcheap, part of the Lombard Churches in Bank, perform an initial feasibility study of their church site as an office and coworking space. This included a market assessment, concept designs, floor plans, and financial modelling.