ACTION FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 1097940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NCH · also registered in Scotland as SC038092 (OSCR)

Latest income
£163.4m
Latest spending
£163.0m
Registered
2003

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£163.4m
Total spending
£163.0m
Cost of raising funds
£7.4m
Reserves (reported)
£14.7m
Employees
4,395

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£163.4m£163.0m
31/03/2024£155.3m£161.0m
31/03/2023£149.8m£149.4m
31/03/2022£142.6m£139.4m
31/03/2021£145.2m£139.4m

Common questions

Who funds ACTION FOR CHILDREN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION FOR CHILDREN as a grant recipient include THE PRUDENCE TRUST, THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY, IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION, B&Q Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2023£535k
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£407k
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITYFY2025£263k
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATIONFY2023£188k
B&Q FoundationFY2025£150k
The Brindle FoundationFY2023£101k
BOLTON TOGETHERFY2023£26k
FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIESFY2025£25k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2023£10k
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£6k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£6k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2024£5k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SWANSEA C V SFY2023£5k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2023£3k
EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2024£2k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2022£2k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2025£2k
The Brindle FoundationFY2022£2k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2025£2k
ARIMATHEA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE RISMAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
HORSFORTH GROVE METHODIST CHURCHFY2023£695
SHERWELL UNITED CHURCHFY2023£500
CAREW POLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCHFY2025£380
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCHFY2023£180
CHRISTCHURCH CLARENDON PARKFY2024£79

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/08/2018£50k"Forgotten Power – Gathering strength from our deepest roots"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/03/2016£96k"Researching migrant and ethnic minority cultural heritage to empower and include young women in Scotland"