ACTION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£100
0% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+29.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Profit before tax
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 | £69,629,341 | £73,352,511 | |
| Operating profit | £1,713,127 | £2,211,117 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,713,127 | £2,211,117 | |
| Net profit | £1,713,127 | £2,211,117 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100 | £100 | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £100 | £100 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | £326,271 | £326,565 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1713127.0% | 2211117.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.00x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. This is deemed an appropriate basis by the Directors based on an assessment of the Company's financial forecasts and cashflow projections for at least the next twelve months. The Directors have also considered potential financial risks the Company may face, and actions that would be taken to mitigate these risks should they arise.”
Significant events
- “During 2024/25 the pressure on local authorities to fund children's services with ever tighter budgets has increased. The company's turnover has remained in a stable position, and key contracts have continued to be renewed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWTIN, Richard | Secretary | 2026-03-04 | — | — |
| ADAMS, Fiona Jane | Director | 2023-05-26 | May 1969 | British |
| GATER, Brigitte | Director | 2024-01-09 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHELFORD, John Leonard | Secretary | 2000-08-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| BADROCK, Jane Deborah | Secretary | 1998-01-23 | 2000-07-31 |
| DICKINSON, Emma Siobhan Wells | Secretary | 2019-04-16 | 2019-10-03 |
| DYSTER, Richard Julian | Secretary | — | 1997-07-24 |
| GRANT, Roma | Secretary | 2013-09-13 | 2015-02-06 |
| HOOD, Richard | Secretary | 2015-02-07 | 2019-03-31 |
| KEANE, Mary | Secretary | 2006-11-24 | 2013-09-12 |
| KHAN, Javaid | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| MALCOLM, Linda Moira | Secretary | 2019-10-03 | 2020-03-31 |
| MCGUINNESS, Aoife Marie, Dr | Secretary | 2025-02-17 | 2025-12-12 |
| PUNCHIHEWA, Harindra Deepal | Secretary | 2020-04-30 | 2022-06-16 |
| ROBINSON, Helen | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2006-11-23 |
| TOUTZIARI, Georgia, Dr | Secretary | 2022-06-16 | 2025-02-17 |
| ARMSTRONG, Melanie Jane | Director | 2020-09-11 | 2023-03-06 |
| BASS, Simon | Director | 2008-08-16 | 2013-01-30 |
| BENTLEY, Julie Sandra | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-02-29 |
| CARBERRY, Paul | Director | 2023-03-06 | 2026-03-26 |
| DILLON, Margaret Mary | Director | 2004-07-13 | 2010-12-20 |
| DYSTER, Richard Julian | Director | — | 1997-07-24 |
| GOUDIE, Stanley James | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2017-12-31 |
| GUTHRIE, Catherine Anne | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2021-01-15 |
| HAWKHEAD, Tony, Sir | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2018-02-02 |
| HODGES, Steven Richard | Director | 2004-07-13 | 2007-07-31 |
| HUMPHREYS, Helen Judith | Director | 1995-11-21 | 1998-07-08 |
| IBBETT, Clifton John Claude | Director | 1997-01-08 | 2003-08-21 |
| IBBETT, Clifton John Claude | Director | — | 1995-06-29 |
| IDDON, Carol Ann | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2021-01-31 |
| KINCH, Anthony George, Rev | Director | — | 1996-11-30 |
| LEIGHTLEY, Janice Elizabeth | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2016-09-14 |
| MANWARING, Antony Jan | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2001-06-19 |
| MEAD, Deryk | Director | 1996-09-16 | 2004-01-22 |
| MORGAN, Deborah Jayne | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2020-03-27 |
| NICHOLLS, Roy | Director | — | 1995-06-21 |
| O'BRIEN, John James | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2018-12-31 |
| O'NEILL, Timothy Hugh, Dr | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2024-01-05 |
| PUNCHIHEWA, Harindra Deepal | Director | 2020-03-19 | 2023-04-30 |
| RUMBOLD, Maurice Edward | Director | 2001-06-19 | 2004-12-30 |
| SCHROEDER, Heather | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2017-01-27 |
| SCOTT, Charles William | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2018-07-02 |
| STANLEY, Yvette | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2018-04-01 |
| TAS, Jacob | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2014-04-24 |
| TERNENT, Keith | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1997-10-01 |
| TICKELL, Oriana Clare | Director | 2005-01-04 | 2013-12-31 |
| WARWICK, Dawn Lesley | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2026-03-31 |
| WHITE, David Thomas | Director | — | 1996-09-11 |
| WRATISLAW, Ian Charles | Director | — | 1995-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action For Children | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+5.3%
£69,629,341 £73,352,511
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Operating profit
+29.1%
£1,713,127 £2,211,117
-
Profit before tax
+29.1%
£1,713,127 £2,211,117
-
Wages
+0.1%
£326,271 £326,565
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