ACTION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES LIMITED, WD18 8AG : Companies House Number 02332388

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1989-01-03
Registered office: ACTION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES LTD, 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8AG
Postcode: WD18 8AG
Capital: 100 GBP
Accounts category: Full

Accounts

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

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-06-20
Next due by: 2027-07-04

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Nature of business (SIC)

87900 Other residential care activities not elsewhere classified
88910 Child day-care activities

Officers 8 current · 40 resigned

Richard HAWTIN Secretary

Appointed 2026-03-04

Brigitte GATER Director

Appointed 2024-01-09

Fiona Jane ADAMS Director

Appointed 2023-05-26

MS LINDA MOIRA MALCOLM Secretary

Appointed 2019-10-03

MS JULIE SANDRA BENTLEY Director

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Appointed 2018-10-01

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Group structure

Controlled by ACTION FOR CHILDREN — since 2016-04-06

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

Public contracts won 12

£281,089,238 total awarded value where published.

Northamptonshire Children's Trust - Provision Of Targeted Safeguarding Support Services for Children and Young People

North Northamptonshire Council 2025-04-24 £1,032,060
DN747615/P-008795/C-0131612 - CFN Community Family Offer Inner West

NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL 2025-02-01 £1,313,226
DN747613/P-008794/C-0131610 - CFN Community Family Offer NorthLocality

NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL 2025-02-01 £1,842,226
DN747616/P-008796/C-0131613 - CFN Community Family Offer Outer West

NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL 2025-02-01 £1,065,226
Call for Competition (hereafter referred to as an Expression of Interest (EOI)) For a: Northamptonshire Children's Trust Partner to deliver 2 x Childrens Homes for 2 children in Northampton (with potential to increase to 3 children)

North Northamptonshire Council 2024-08-29 £4,500,000

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Contact details

Website: http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
NCH FOR CHILDREN SERVICES LIMITED	2008-09-11
NCH CHILDREN'S SERVICES LIMITED	2008-09-11
NCH ACTION FOR CHILDREN LIMITED	2000-11-01
NCH ACTION FOR CHILDREN LIMITED	2000-10-18
NCH LIMITED	1994-07-29
CHECKPIPE LIMITED	1989-02-09

Previous registered addresses 7

Address	Changed on
ACTION FOR CHILDREN 85, HIGHBURY PARK, LONDON, N5 1UD	2010-07-15
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 26/06/2009 FROM, NCH, 85 HIGHBURY PARK, LONDON, N5 1UD	2009-06-26
NCH, 85 HIGHBURY PARK, LONDON, N5 1UD	2009-06-26
NCH, 85 HIGHBURY PARK, LONDON, N5 1UD	2006-07-03
85 HIGHBURY PARK, LONDON, N5 1UD	1999-12-15
50 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON WC2A 3PF	1989-02-27
50 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON WC2A 3PF	1989-02-27

Among its peers

2nd oldest

of 43 similar companies in WD, trading since 1989

The class of 1989

50%

of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.

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

Property in England & Wales 1 title

Freehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2025-05-30
Where: Derbyshire

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
DY590003	Derbyshire	Freehold	2025-05-30	—

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