The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Action for Children

Registered charity 1097940 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

2.2y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9Accommodation/housing 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 20Education 13Professional services 6

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£163.4m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.3 in 2021

4395 from 4741 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
58%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.actionforchildren.org.uk
Emailask.us@actionforchildren.org.uk
Phone01923361500
Address3 THE BOULEVARD, ASCOT ROAD, WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD18 8AG

Finances

£163,445,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£145,212,000£139,397,000
2022£142,648,000£139,354,000
2023£149,787,000£149,390,000
2024£155,280,000£161,032,600
2025£163,445,000£163,026,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THE PROMOTION OF THE UPBRINGING AND CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, CULTURES, AND FAITHS OR NONE IN PARTICULAR BY:1. PROMOTING THEIR BETTER CARE AND SAFEGUARDING THEM;2. PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;3. PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH;4. PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/05/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/01/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/01/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/11/2015 as amended on 06 Nov 2025 as amended on 04 Dec 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees
63median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Action for Children · 04764232 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/05/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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