CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST

Registered charity 222533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT CHILDREN'S HOMES, BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT ORPHANAGE AND CHILDREN'S HOME, BLACKBURN CHILD CARE SOCIETY, BLACKBURN CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

Latest income
£8.0m
Latest spending
£7.3m
Registered
1963

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

Total income
£8.0m
Total spending
£7.3m
Cost of raising funds
£98k
Reserves (reported)
£5.1m
Employees
97

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Blackpool · Bolton · Bury · Lancashire · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£8.0m£7.3m
31/03/2024£6.6m£6.8m
31/03/2023£6.0m£6.3m
31/03/2022£6.3m£6.0m
31/03/2021£5.1m£4.9m

Common questions

Who funds CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST as a grant recipient include BOLTON TOGETHER, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/11/2013£8k"James Dixon's Boys"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/05/2011£39k"James Dixon and the history of Blackburn Orphanage"