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Action For Children Services Limited

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Action For Children is a children's charity focused on ensuring safe and happy childhoods. They provide various services to support children and families, including fostering, parenting support, and mental health services.

actionforchildren.org.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£118.0m
Live
63
Buyers
51
12m
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At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts63 / 103
  • Top buyers51
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
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Quick answer — Action For Children Services LimitedUpdated 06 Jul 2026

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.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
63 of 103Live contracts
16%Top-buyer concentration
—Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

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Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 4
FosteringSupport and services for individuals looking to become foster carers. ↗Parenting SupportResources and assistance for parents to help raise their children. ↗Children's Mental Health and WellbeingPrograms aimed at improving the mental health of children. ↗Support for Young PeopleServices designed to assist young individuals in various aspects of their lives. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • A Countywide Integrated Short Breaks Service for Disabled Children and Young People aged 0-19 yearsBuckinghamshire Council · £15.8m
  • Northamptonshire Children's Trust - Provision Of Daytime And Overnight Breaks/Respite For Children And Young People With DisabilitiesNorth Northamptonshire Council · £13.4m
  • For the Provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in CareDERBY CITY COUNCIL · £6.7m
  • Targeted Early Intervention Service for Children and Young People's Emotional and Mental HealthNHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit · £5.2m
  • 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)North Northamptonshire Council · £4.5m
  • Northamptonshire Targeted Safeguarding Support Services for Children and Young PeopleNorthamptonshire County Council (NASS) · £3.6m

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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No buyer references yet

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Accreditations & memberships

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No accreditations recorded

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KPI performance

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✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

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Contracts · 63 live · 40 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Joint Children's Advocacy Service for the London Boroughs of Enfield and Haringey
London Borough of Haringey8500000001 Jul 2025£450k5 yrsLive
For the Provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care
DERBY CITY COUNCIL8500000001 Sept 2025£6.7m3 yrsLive
Northamptonshire Children's Trust - Provision Of Targeted Safeguarding Support Services for Children and Young People
North Northamptonshire Council8500000001 Jul 2025£1.0m4 yrsLive
DN747615/P-008795/C-0131612 - CFN Community Family Offer Inner West
Newcastle City Council9800000001 Apr 2025£1.3m2 yrsLive
DN747613/P-008794/C-0131610 - CFN Community Family Offer NorthLocality
Newcastle City Council9800000001 Apr 2025£1.8m2 yrsLive
DN747616/P-008796/C-0131613 - CFN Community Family Offer Outer West
Newcastle City Council9800000001 Apr 2025£1.1m2 yrsLive
PAN3034 - Parent chat service
Leicester City Council8500000013 Jan 2025£123k2 yrsLive
TC728 - Multisystemic Therapy Service for Young People in Manchester
Manchester City Council8500000013 Jan 2025£2.0m2 yrsLive
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)
North Northamptonshire Council8500000005 Aug 2024£4.5m5.7 yrsLive
TC1169 - Take a breath Children's home
Manchester City Council8500000031 Aug 2023£1.3m2 yrsClosed
Total live value £42.7m · mean award £1.1m1–10 of 103

Top buyers · 51 buyers · top 3 = 42%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
North Northamptonshire Council
5 contracts
16%
since 2024
2
Buckinghamshire Council
4 contracts
14%
since 2019
3
Newcastle City Council
8 contracts
11%
since 2017
4
Shropshire Council
2 contracts
6%
since 2017
5
Staffordshire County Council
10 contracts
6%
since 2018
6
Cambridgeshire County Council
3 contracts
6%
since 2019
7
DERBY CITY COUNCIL
2 contracts
6%
since 2025
8
Northamptonshire County Council (NASS)
3 contracts
5%
since 2018
9
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
1 contract
4%
since 2019
10
Manchester City Council
6 contracts
4%
since 2016

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands18 contracts
34%
Eastern9 contracts
25%
West Midlands16 contracts
15%
North East9 contracts
13%
North West9 contracts
5%
South West14 contracts
4%
Yorkshire2 contracts
3%
London2 contracts
2%
Scotland18 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Action For Children Services Limited highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SC
St Christopher’s Fellowship
Yes£59.0m1
FC
FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED
Yes£59.0m1
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
AI
Ambition Institute
Yes£9.3m2
SD
School-Led Development Trust
Yes£9.3m2
AF
Action For Children Services Limited
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Due in -7d
Next due 04 Jul 2026
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

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

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

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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 — secretary
    Appointed 04 Mar 2026
  • GATER, Brigitte — director
    Appointed 09 Jan 2024
  • ADAMS, Fiona Jane — director
    Appointed 26 May 2023
  • Action For Children — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

↔ From Cos House
ACTION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES LIMITED
02332388 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.