At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Action For Children Services Limited has won £118.0m across 51 public-sector buyers, with 63 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer North Northamptonshire Council at 16% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- A Countywide Integrated Short Breaks Service for Disabled Children and Young People aged 0-19 years
- Northamptonshire Children's Trust - Provision Of Daytime And Overnight Breaks/Respite For Children And Young People With Disabilities
- For the Provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care
- Targeted Early Intervention Service for Children and Young People's Emotional and Mental Health
- Call for Competition (hereafter referred to as an Expression of Interest (EOI)) For a: Northamptonshire Children's Trust Partner to deliver 2 x Childrens Homes for 2 children in Northampton (with potential to increase to 3 children)
- Northamptonshire Targeted Safeguarding Support Services for Children and Young People
Extracted automatically from actionforchildren.org.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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Buyer references
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 63 live · 40 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Borough of Haringey | 85000000 | 01 Jul 2025 | £450k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| DERBY CITY COUNCIL | 85000000 | 01 Sept 2025 | £6.7m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| North Northamptonshire Council | 85000000 | 01 Jul 2025 | £1.0m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Newcastle City Council | 98000000 | 01 Apr 2025 | £1.3m | 2 yrs | Live | |
| Newcastle City Council | 98000000 | 01 Apr 2025 | £1.8m | 2 yrs | Live | |
| Newcastle City Council | 98000000 | 01 Apr 2025 | £1.1m | 2 yrs | Live | |
| Leicester City Council | 85000000 | 13 Jan 2025 | £123k | 2 yrs | Live | |
| Manchester City Council | 85000000 | 13 Jan 2025 | £2.0m | 2 yrs | Live | |
| North Northamptonshire Council | 85000000 | 05 Aug 2024 | £4.5m | 5.7 yrs | Live | |
| Manchester City Council | 85000000 | 31 Aug 2023 | £1.3m | 2 yrs | Closed |
Top buyers · 51 buyers · top 3 = 42%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Action For Children Services Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £59.0m | 1 | |
| Yes | £59.0m | 1 | |
| No | £29.4m | 1 | |
| Yes | £9.3m | 2 | |
| Yes | £9.3m | 2 | |
AF Action For Children Services Limited | No | — | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
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No modifications recorded
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 02332388
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 03 Jan 1989
- Reg. office
- 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8AG
- SIC codes
- 87900 · 88910
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- HAWTIN, Richard — secretaryAppointed 04 Mar 2026
- GATER, Brigitte — directorAppointed 09 Jan 2024
- ADAMS, Fiona Jane — directorAppointed 26 May 2023
- Action For Children — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
Financial
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No financial filings on record
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Org tree
Group structure and ownership.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
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No social-value commitments yet
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