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
Nature of business (SIC)
- 87900 Other residential care activities not elsewhere classified
- 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified
Officers 22 current · 35 resigned
Group structure 9 subsidiaries
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ACTION FOR CHILDREN TRADING LIMITED Dissolved
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 SC038092 (Scottish Charity Register)
ACTION FOR CHILDREN — charity number 1097940
Source: Scottish Charity Register (OSCR) · Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Care Quality Commission 2 locations
Regulated by CQC — 2 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.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8506252 (Tier 1), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Care Inspectorate (Scotland) 33 services
Registered care provider in Scotland — most recent grades between 4 (good) and 6 (excellent) on the Inspectorate's 6-point scale, 2 not yet graded.
Source: Care Inspectorate Care Services Open Datastore, Open Government Licence — inspection reports on careinspectorate.scot.
Gender pay gap
4.74%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- actionforchildren.uk
We protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support. We campaign to bring lasting improvements to their lives
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| NCH | 2008-09-11 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 85 HIGHBURY PARK, LONDON, N5 1UD | 2010-07-15 |
Among its peers
3rd oldest
of 48 similar companies in WD, trading since 2003
The class of 2003
38%
of the 163,090 companies incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 30 titles
- Freehold
- 18
- Leasehold
- 12
- Most recent registration
- 2025-11-11
- Price paid, where recorded
- £6,346,000
- Where
- Hertfordshire (4), Tyne And Wear (4), Somerset (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price 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 30.
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