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
To work with disadvantaged and under privelaged children and young people, their families and communities, to improve their life chances.
Objects
1 To relieve support, assist, counsel or otherwise benefit children and young persons and the parents of such children and young persons who are in need of care and attention including (but not limited to) children and young persons involved in the provision of care for others; 2 To relieve support, assist, counsel or otherwise benefit children and young persons who are disabled and in need of care and attention and the parents of such children and young persons;3 To relieve support, assist, counsel or otherwise benefit children and young persons who have learning difficulties and the parents of such children and young persons;4 To provide support, care and supervision for young persons and for mentally disordered or otherwise mentally vulnerable persons of any age arrested or being questioned by the police or any other prosecuting authority, remanded on bail by the police or a court or otherwise at risk of being remanded in custody including but not limited to by operation of a service providing appropriate adults to accompany such persons where provided for by law.5 To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people of all ages from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards); crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society).
Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Chorley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a surplus of £771,712 for the year ended 31 March 2025, supported by investment gains and asset disposals. Unrestricted reserves stood at £5,021,373, with available liquid unrestricted reserves of £3,153,703, which exceeds the stated policy target of £1,650,000. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £1,650,000 (reserves figure: £3.2m)
“The required level of reserves, set out in the policy, to cover organisational running costs, if necessary, is £1,650,000.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: TNZ Global Limited, a company in which Trustee Tina Short is a Director, provided services to the charity totalling £2,000.
“During the year, TNZ Global Limited a company in which Tina Short, a Trustee, is also a Director, provided services to the charity totalling £2,000 (2024: nil).” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PM+M Solutions for Business LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.
Policies the charity declares
In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 11
- Government income: £7,555,938 — contracts £7,555,938 (34); 94% of the £8,023,431 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Government income: £6,451,382 — contracts £6,428,882 (27), grants £22,500 (2); 98% of the £6,566,637 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 12
- Government income: £5,834,190 — contracts £5,834,190 (26); 98% of the £5,958,945 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
In the news
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What the charity says about itself (2024/25)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The prompt asks for verbatim quotes. The text states 'Supported 1,471 children...'. I will use the sentence fragment as the quote.
“Supported 1,471 children and young people through our Emotional Health and Wellbeing partnership with Lancashire County Council”
The text states 'Supported over 19,000 children...'. I will use the sentence fragment as the quote.
“Supported over 19,000 children and vulnerable adults in the criminal justice system via our Appropriate Adult service”
The text states 'Received over 770 referrals...'. I will use the sentence fragment as the quote.
“Received over 770 referrals to support families with sustainable child arrangements”
The text states 'Received Christmas gifts worth over £6,000...'. I will use the sentence fragment as the quote.
“Received Christmas gifts worth over £6,000 for families we support”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Child Action Northwest (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Tony Okotie — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£98k
Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (03/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Stephen Peddiechair
- Andrew James Costello
- Emma Clare Gauntlett
- Fay Walker
- Fiona Wolstenholme
- Lewis Alexander Baxter
- Philip John Kenny
- Rachel Covey
- Sajid Iqbal
- Sarah Booth-Henry
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
Common questions
Is CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £771,712 for the year ended 31 March 2025, supported by investment gains and asset disposals. Unrestricted reserves stood at £5,021,373, with available liquid unrestricted reserves of £3,153,703, which exceeds the stated policy target of £1,650,000. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PM+M Solutions for Business LLP.
Who funds CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, BOLTON TOGETHER, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND.
Known funders
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