Child Action

Analysis

Child Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07060072). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Child Action reported income of £119k and spending of £54k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £88k to £119k (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Child Action sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Becontree Church (£119k), Selby Almshouses and Poor's Charity (£119k) and Lowestoft Church and Town Estate Charity (£119k).