ACTIONAID
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Executive summary
ActionAid operates as a prominent leader within the UK's feminist international development sub-sector, leveraging a globally diverse governance structure to deliver localized social and educational programs. While its targeted mission aligns with highly favorable donor trends toward gender justice, the organization faces significant headwinds from reduced UK institutional aid funding and domestic cost-of-living pressures suppressing voluntary income. Its limited-by-guarantee structure and robust board expertise position it well to navigate the sector's complex regulatory and operational landscape, provided it can maintain its unrestricted reserves amid tightening institutional grants.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 1977-01-21
- Registered office
- 1 Easton Street, London, England, WC1X 0DW
- Postcode
- WC1X 0DW
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-08-23
- Next due by
- 2026-09-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified
- 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified
- 99000 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
Officers 17 current · 86 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Registered charity
ActionAid — charity number SC045476 (Scottish Charity Register)
ACTIONAID — charity number 274467
Source: Scottish Charity Register (OSCR) · Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8632135 (Tier 1), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- actionaid.org.uk
- Phone
- 01460238000, +44 7753973486, 02031220561
ActionAid is an international charity working with the poorest women and girls in the world, changing lives for good.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ACTION IN DISTRESS | 1981-12-31 |
| ACTION IN DISTRESS LIMITED | 1979-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HAMLYN HOUSE, ARCHWAY, LONDON, N19 5PG | 2010-09-03 |
| 208 UPPER ST, LONDON, N1 1RZ | 1986-05-29 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 1,313 similar companies in WC, trading since 1977
The class of 1977
51%
of the 7,313 companies incorporated in 1977 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2010-06-24
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGL573210 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2010-06-24 | — |
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