ACTION AGAINST ABDUCTION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 8 August 2000
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03790585
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £519
Latest expenditure: £3,411
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Huckletree Soho, Ingestre Court, London, W1F 0JL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.actionagainstabduction.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Action Against Abduction's mission is to keep our children safe from abduction. To do this we: 1. Develop policy and practice that prevents child abduction2. Develop policy and practice that achieves positive outcomes in cases of child abduction3. Research and analyse the nature and scale of child abduction4. Ensure parents and professionals are equipped to keep children safe.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 13 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £519
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,411

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 29 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £340
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,017

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 30 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £11,083
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,225

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 29 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,601
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,834

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 29 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £8,324
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,230

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £11,083
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,225
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ACTION AGAINST ABDUCTION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2000-08-08T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/06/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/09/2015
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO :-(I) RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AND TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD (WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, COLOUR, NATIONALITY, CREED OR SEX) WHO HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED, WHO HAVE GONE MISSING, OR WHO HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN EXPLOITED BY:- PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH AND UPHOLDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN PARTICULAR AS IT GOVERNS THE INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS;- ASSISTING IN THE TRACKING AND LOCATING OF MISSING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WORLD-WIDE AND BY ENHANCING ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM OF MISSING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS AND OF THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS;- CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO NATURE, EXTENT, AND EFFECT OF AND ISSUES SURROUNDING THE INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN;- PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE TRACKING AND LOCATING OF MISSING CHILDREN WORLD-WIDE.(II) PROTECT AND ENCOURAGE THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS FROM EXPLOITATION AND VICTIMISATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, NATIONALITY, CREED OR SEX;(III) RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE COMPANY MAY DECIDE.
Area Of Benefit: WORLDWIDE

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 316045
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN

Charity Name Id: 316020
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: PACT

Charity Name Id: 316031
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: PARENTS AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN TOGETHER

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Conflicting interests