PRACTICAL ACTION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-09 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
-6.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+7.4% vs 2024
Employees
471
+10.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PRACTICAL ACTION 2008-10-30 → present
- INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP LIMITED 1966-02-21 → 2008-10-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,021,000 | £33,140,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£496,000 | £783,000 | |
| Cash | £8,414,000 | £7,858,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,101,000 | £8,786,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,858,000 | £8,442,000 | |
| Equity | £7,858,000 | £8,442,000 | |
| Average employees | 425 | 471 | |
| Wages | £10,116,000 | £11,465,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -1.7% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.4% | 50.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.89x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Practical Action adopted a proactive and prudent approach in 2025, paying close attention to the risks posed to income and to expenditure and level of reserves. We anticipate keeping reserves within the target range and so retaining considerable financial resilience against future uncertainty. We are therefore confident that the organisation remains a going concern.”
Group structure
- PRACTICAL ACTION · parent
- Practical Action Consulting Limited 100%
- Practical Action Publishing Limited 100%
- Intermediate Technology Publications Limited 100%
- Intermediate Technology Development Group Limited 100%
- ATS Property Holdings Private Limited 100%
- Practical Action Consulting Private Limited Nepal 51%
- Practical Action Consulting (India) Private Limited 99.9%
- Practical Action Consulting Limited 100%
- Practical Action Consulting Bangladesh Limited 99%
- Practical Action Consulting S.A.C Limited 51%
Significant events
- “The substantial reduction of USAID funding globally has impacted our programmes - and we envisage it will continue to have an impact going forwards as there is increased competition for funding.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRYOR, Donna Susan | Secretary | 2025-03-31 | — | — |
| CHOUDHURY, Fayezul Haque | Director | 2020-04-01 | Feb 1954 | British |
| HAIKIN, Matthew James | Director | 2021-09-07 | Aug 1972 | British |
| IRELAND, Claire | Director | 2024-07-10 | Sep 1973 | Australian,British |
| KHANNA, Deepali | Director | 2025-12-03 | Oct 1962 | Canadian |
| LIAO, William Fu Wei | Director | 2021-09-07 | Sep 1967 | Irish |
| MOJAPELO, Sazini | Director | 2024-04-12 | Jan 1979 | Zimbabwean |
| SLOANE, Jane Louise | Director | 2024-07-10 | Jul 1963 | Australian |
| SMITH, Philip Hunter | Director | 2025-12-03 | Apr 1970 | British |
| STUDER NOGUEZ, Isabel | Director | 2024-07-10 | Jun 1963 | Mexican |
| TEMISEVA, Aki | Director | 2024-07-10 | Sep 1964 | Finnish |
| TYLER, Martin Charles | Director | 2020-04-01 | Jul 1961 | British |
| WADHWA, Shivani | Director | 2021-09-07 | Oct 1974 | Swiss |
| WAHBA, Mourad | Director | 2021-09-07 | Jan 1959 | Egyptian |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADEY, Patricia Rose | Secretary | 2000-03-30 | 2018-06-11 |
| BARKER, David Andrew | Secretary | 1998-09-11 | 2000-03-30 |
| LOCKETT, John Duncan | Secretary | 2018-06-15 | 2021-07-08 |
| MARSHALL, Alison Hilary | Secretary | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 |
| MCINTOSH, Lesley Anne | Secretary | 2024-07-10 | 2024-11-10 |
| PAGE, Stephen David | Secretary | 2021-07-08 | 2022-08-16 |
| SINKER, Nigel Dalcour | Secretary | — | 1997-08-01 |
| SMITH, Pauline Theresa | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 1998-08-24 |
| WALKER, John Angus | Secretary | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 |
| ARMOR, Murray | Director | — | 1995-10-19 |
| ASHBURTON, Sarah, Lady | Director | 1996-02-01 | 1999-10-25 |
| BARING, Teresa Anne | Director | 1999-03-24 | 2005-11-18 |
| BARNETT, John Andrew | Director | — | 1994-01-04 |
| BELSHAW, Hugh Richard | Director | 1995-03-28 | 2006-12-08 |
| BORDEN, Jennifer Edith | Director | 1997-10-16 | 2006-12-08 |
| CASSONI, Maria Luisa | Director | 1997-10-16 | 1998-07-31 |
| CHADWICK, Mary Elizabeth Jane, Dr | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2017-07-27 |
| CHIGUDU, Hope | Director | 2022-04-20 | 2024-10-03 |
| CLARKE, Roger, Dr | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2020-12-08 |
| COLCHESTER, Nicholas Benedick Sparrowe | Director | 1996-03-26 | 1996-09-25 |
| COULTER, John Hobson | Director | 1998-11-05 | 2006-02-24 |
| CREWE, Emma, Dr | Director | 2007-03-30 | 2014-10-09 |
| DALE, Henry | Director | 1994-12-06 | 2005-11-18 |
| ELOBEID, Elwaleed Mohamed Elbashir | Director | 2017-09-29 | 2020-12-08 |
| FROST, Dennis Hyde | Director | — | 1994-09-27 |
| GODDARD, Philip Jack | Director | 1994-03-29 | 1997-10-10 |
| GUTHRIE, Peter Moir, Professor | Director | 1999-03-24 | 2006-04-25 |
| HASLAM, Dominic Newton | Director | 2009-09-25 | 2015-10-08 |
| HASSAN, Mahmood, Mr. | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2016-07-27 |
| HAYMAN, Ben | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2008-10-02 |
| HESKETT, John Errington | Director | 2005-07-05 | 2014-06-18 |
| JOLLIFFE, Valerie Celia | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2019-12-11 |
| KHAN, Imran | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2018-10-04 |
| LEWIS, Ash | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2003-03-20 |
| LIPSON, Brenda Ann | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2021-10-27 |
| LOWE, Veronica Ann | Director | 1994-01-25 | 1996-02-01 |
| MARSDEN, Edmund Murray | Director | 1998-09-11 | 2000-03-31 |
| MARSDEN, Edmund Murray | Director | 1994-06-24 | 1998-02-05 |
| MARSHALL, Alison Hilary | Director | 2006-12-08 | 2015-10-08 |
| MARTIN, Adrienne Mary | Director | — | 1995-10-19 |
| MCNEIL, Ruth | Director | 2004-11-05 | 2014-03-27 |
| MCROBIE, Frank Allan | Director | 2004-03-31 | 2010-12-16 |
| MITLIN, Diana Clare | Director | 1997-02-05 | 2007-09-27 |
| MOLYNEUX, Helena Mary | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2019-12-11 |
| OAKE, Richard Hellyar | Director | 1994-03-29 | 1999-10-25 |
| PINTO, Yvonne Maria, Dr | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-04-01 |
| SAXBY-SOFFE, Richard Nigel | Director | 2010-10-08 | 2020-12-10 |
| SCOTT, Peter John Lindsay | Director | — | 1995-10-19 |
| SELBIE, George Nicholas | Director | 2003-01-03 | 2010-03-04 |
| SHERA, James Masih | Director | — | 1995-10-19 |
| SIBANDE, Rachel | Director | 2021-09-07 | 2024-10-03 |
| SMITH, James Rob, Professor | Director | 2011-06-30 | 2020-07-09 |
| SMITH, Joanne | Director | 2017-09-29 | 2023-10-05 |
| STEVENS, Bryan Constant Bentham | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2009-09-24 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Sean George Cronin | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2013-12-11 |
| THIN, Neil, Dr | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2009-12-10 |
| THOMSON, Charles Howard | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2005-05-17 |
| THORNTON, Ian Andrew | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2024-12-04 |
| TURNER, Paul Leonard | Director | 2011-06-30 | 2017-09-28 |
| WALFORD, Veronica | Director | 2009-09-25 | 2018-07-05 |
| WALKER, John Angus | Director | 2006-12-08 | 2015-10-08 |
| WATSON, Stephen Roger, Professor | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2013-12-11 |
| WAYTH, Helena | Director | 2015-07-23 | 2021-10-02 |
| YOUNG, Graham David | Director | 2015-07-23 | 2024-12-04 |
| ZUCKERMAN, Paul Sebastian | Director | — | 1996-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 305 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+10.4%
£30,021,000 £33,140,000
-
Cash
-6.6%
£8,414,000 £7,858,000
-
Net assets
+7.4%
£7,858,000 £8,442,000
-
Employees
+10.8%
425 471
-
Wages
+13.3%
£10,116,000 £11,465,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers