ACTION FOR CHILDREN

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
2003-05-14
Registered office
ACTION FOR CHILDREN, 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8AG
Postcode
WD18 8AG
Accounts category
Group
Charges
5 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-11-26
Next due by
2026-12-10
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 87900 Other residential care activities not elsewhere classified
  • 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified

Officers 21 current · 36 resigned

Appointed 2026-04-20
Appointed 2026-04-17
Elizabeth BELL Director
Appointed 2026-04-17
Appointed 2026-04-15
Richard HAWTIN Secretary
Appointed 2026-02-24

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Group structure 9 subsidiaries

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

Public contracts won 16

£32,346,131 total awarded value where published.

Showing the 5 most recent of 16.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Registered charity

ACTION FOR CHILDREN — charity number 1097940

Registered 2003-06-11 Income £163,445,000 Spending £163,026,000 FY to 2025-03-31

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

Care Quality Commission 3 locations

Regulated by CQC — 3 locations not yet rated.

Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

4.74%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
actionforchildren.uk

We protect and support children and young people, and campaign to bring lasting improvements to their lives

Previous company names

NameDate changed
NCH2008-09-11

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
85 HIGHBURY PARK, LONDON, N5 1UD2010-07-15

Among its peers

3rd oldest

of 43 similar companies in WD, trading since 2003

The class of 2003

38%

of the 163,090 companies incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.

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

Property in England & Wales 31 titles

Freehold
18
Leasehold
13
Most recent registration
2025-11-11
Price paid, where recorded
£6,346,000
Where
Hertfordshire (4), Tyne And Wear (4), Somerset (3)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
CYM178934 Flintshire Freehold 2025-11-11
CYM36310 Flintshire Freehold 2025-11-11 £316,000
HD627390 Hertfordshire Freehold 2024-07-29
ST389152 Somerset Leasehold 2024-07-12
ST389117 Somerset Leasehold 2024-07-11
CYM891742 The Vale Of Glamorgan Leasehold 2024-07-10
ST389060 Somerset Leasehold 2024-07-10
DY534770 Derbyshire Freehold 2024-04-08 £475,000
CYM325423 Pembrokeshire Freehold 2023-12-19 £500,000
AA59913 Essex Leasehold 2023-07-13
AA59922 Essex Leasehold 2023-07-13
TY92079 Tyne And Wear Freehold 2023-07-05 £475,000
TY595744 Tyne And Wear Leasehold 2023-02-22
WA538986 The Vale Of Glamorgan Freehold 2023-02-20 £560,000
K270220 Kent Freehold 2022-04-22 £1,350,000
TY290152 Tyne And Wear Freehold 2022-02-15 £505,000
WA960427 The Vale Of Glamorgan Freehold 2020-05-11 £310,000
ND137134 Northumberland Freehold 2019-06-12 £300,000
ND8606 Tyne And Wear Freehold 2019-03-19 £395,000
K384143 Kent Freehold 2018-11-29 £935,000

Showing 20 of 31.

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