Action for Children

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Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

• CMCV 114 - Specialist Short Breaks: Holiday Club Buyer: Shropshire Council Value not published 2026-09-10 Source: Find a Tender

  This is an award notice for the provision of a Specialist Community Based Holiday Club during school holidays for Children and Young People with a Disability. This contract supports children and young people resident within the Local Author…
• Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service Re-Tender for London Borough of Barnet Buyer: London Borough of Barnet £571,429 2026-07-08 Source: Find a Tender

  Both the Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services (IVS) are statutory provisions that provider service delivery to Children in Care (CiC) for IVS and also Child Protection (CP) cases, Care Leavers and Kinship Care for Advocacy for children…
• Strategic Partner to Operate 2 Residential Children's Homes in Bath & North East Somerset Buyer: Bath & North East Somerset Council £34,800,000 2026-06-24 Source: Find a Tender

  B&NES Council has embarked on an ambitious project to deliver 2, 4-bed children's homes for children aged between 11 and 18 who have autism and complex needs associated with social, emotional and mental health needs. The homes will be co-lo…
• 2.0 Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After Buyer: London Borough of Hackney £15,162,083 2026-06-01 Source: Find a Tender

  The London Borough of Hackney is looking to commission an experienced Children's Home provider to run and operate 2 new Children's Homes in Hackney out of Council owned properties. The home will accommodate a maximum of 6 children between t…
• Gwasanaeth Therapiwtig Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf / Families First Therapeutic Service Buyer: Flintshire County Council £600,000 2026-05-21 Source: Find a Tender

  Gwasanaeth Therapiwtig Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf, Disgrifiad o’r Contract Gweithio’n uniongyrchol â phlant 7-18 oed (neu 25 gyda diagnosis o anabledd) a’u teuluoedd i nodi heriau a chynnig cefnogaeth therapiwtig i fynd i’r afael â’u hanghenion, y…
• Joint Children's Advocacy Service for the London Boroughs of Enfield and Haringey Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY £450,000 2025-06-05 CPV 85000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Award of contract for Provision of Joint Children's Advocacy Service for the London Boroughs of Enfield and Haringey. The service will provide an independent and confidential advocacy service to children and young people under the age of 1…
• School Holiday Respite Service Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council Value not published Date not published CPV 85300000 Source: Find a Tender

  PLEASE NOTE : this is a re-issue of Contract Award Notice FEB405410. Due to a technical issue, the original notice was not published on Find a Tender Service (FTS), and as such has been re-issued. The City of Edinburgh Council has procured …
• CCS072 Children in Care (D2N2) - Residential Placements Buyer: Derbyshire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  This is a Framework opportunity for OFSTED registered Residential providers to support the D2N2 collaborative in the delivery of Good and Outstanding quality, stable and local placements to our Children in Care. Background D2N2 Children in …

  Framework
• Young Carers and Family Drug and Alcohol Support Service Buyer: Scottish Borders Council Value not published Date not published CPV 85000000 Source: Find a Tender

  Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is seeking Bidder responses to this Invitation to Tender (ITT) to provide Young Carers and Family Drug and Alcohol Support Service. The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 makes it a statutory requirement for l…
• CCS034 Children in Care (D2N2) - Fostering Placements Buyer: Derbyshire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  This is a Framework opportunity for all OFSTED registered Fostering providers to support the D2N2 (Derbyshire, Derby City, Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City Councils) collaborative in delivery of good quality, stable and local placements …

  Framework
• Care Home Services for 6 Children and Young People Living in Pentland Way & Castlelaw Residential Accommodation Buyer: Midlothian Council Value not published Date not published CPV 85000000 Source: Find a Tender

  Midlothian Councils seeks to appoint a Provider who can provide a flexible range of Personalised Care Home services for children and young people with a Disability and Complex Behavioural Needs living in accommodation in Pentland Way and Ca…
• CQNV 1478 - The Provision of Specialist Community Based Holiday Club for Children and Young People with SEND Buyer: Shropshire Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  This is a contract details notice for the provision of specialist community-based holiday club for children and young people aged 5–17 with SEND who live in Shropshire (excluding Telford & Wrekin). The provision will operate during school h…
• HEA26041 Family Hubs Direct Award 2026 Buyer: Worcestershire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  The Best Start Family Hubs Grant funding is a national government investment led by the Department for Education (DfE). It sits within the wider "Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life" strategy, published in July 2025, and the governmen…
• Action for children-Side Step Buyer: Newcastle City Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  Side Step seeks to identify and support young people involved in, or at risk of, criminal exploitation and serious and organised crime. Safeguarding is paramount in supporting criminally exploited young people, and the service aims to balan…
• Diversionary Services for children at risk of Criminal Exploitation Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council Value not published Date not published CPV 85300000 Source: Find a Tender

  The City of Edinburgh Council (The Council) appointed a Provider to deliver a contract for the provision of diversionary services for children and young people at risk of criminal exploitation around Edinburgh and the Lothians.
• Independent Fostering Agencies (call off) - Children with Complex / Challenging Behaviours Buyer: Hampshire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  Hampshire County Council's Children Services Directorate is seeking to commission a range of IFA (independent fostering agencies) to support our looked after children cohort. This is a multi lot call off which will cover fostering arrangeme…
• Independent Fostering Agencies (call off) Buyer: Hampshire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  Hampshire County Council's Children Services Directorate is seeking to commission a range of IFA (independent fostering agencies) to support our looked after children cohort. This is a multi lot call off which will cover fostering arrangeme…

About

What it does

Other residential care activities n.e.c.; Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Incorporated

14/05/2003

Registered office

Watford

Also a registered charity

Action for Children

Previous names

NCH (until 11/09/2008)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Action for Children on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

• The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,836,903 (50 grants)
• Prudence Trust · £535,000
• Foundation Scotland · £188,473 (11 grants)
• BBC Children in Need · £174,772 (3 grants)
• The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £145,700 (2 grants)

Most recent

• The National Lottery Community Fund £4,970,1852025-11-24
• Foundation Scotland £4,9392025-06-19
• Community Foundation North East £5,0002023-11-02
• Prudence Trust £535,0002023-06-13
• Ministry of Defence £51,0002023-02-22

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

• Synergy Print · £116,000
• Unknown supplier · £0 (3 contracts)

Most recent

• Provision of VAT Advisory Services Supplier: UnknownValue not published2026-03-12
• Provision of Action for Childrens Brand Shop Supplier: Synergy Print£116,0002025-07-21
• Reactive Works Supplier: UnknownValue not published2015-08-01
• Request for Information - Provision of Commercial Waste Collection, Disposal and Recycling Supplier: UnknownValue not publishedDate not published

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.