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Practical Action

ActiveCompany number 00871954Private company limited by guaranteeEst. 196688990 · Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.Rugby, West Midlands
Official record ↗
Age60 years
older than 99% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom14,088live companies · 180th oldest
In Rugby6,499live companies · 18 in the same activity
At this address33live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2025group accounts, made up to 31 Mar 2025

In brief

Practical Action is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales on 21 February 1966. At 60 years old it is older than 99% of the 14,088 live companies whose main activity is other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.. Its registered office is in Rugby, West Midlands, at an address shared with 32 other live companies. 18 live companies in Rugby share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 March 2025 and filed as group accounts. It was previously called Practical Action Limited, a name it changed on 25 September 2009, and has had 2 earlier names in all.

Register details

Registered namePRACTICAL ACTION
Company number00871954
Company typePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Registered officeThe Robbins Building, 25 Albert Street, CV21 2SD Rugby
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)88990 Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)Q · 88 Social work activities without accommodation

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upGroup accounts
  • Name changedPreviously Practical Action Limited
  • Name changedPreviously Intermediate Technology Development Group Limited
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due31 December 2026
Accounting reference date31 March
Next confirmation statement9 November 2026
Last confirmation statement26 October 2025
Charges registered4
Outstanding · satisfied1 · 3

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 88990: 14,088 in total, median age 7 years, 1,629 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 14,088 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
02,0004,0006,0008,0001870s: 21870s1880s: 41880s1890s: 81890s1900s: 131900s1910s: 131910s1920s: 111920s1930s: 201930s1940s: 271940s1950s: 391950s1960s: 741960s1970s: 1011970s1980s: 4031980s1990s: 7891990s2000s: 1,7492000s2010s: 4,3672010s2020s: 6,4682020s
Incorporated per year, still live
05001,0001,5002,0002011: 36320112012: 4252013: 50120132014: 4302015: 52420152016: 4522017: 37320172018: 4402019: 53820192020: 5482021: 60420212022: 7632023: 81720232024: 9772025: 1,43220252026: 1,327

Location

Registered office in Rugby, West Midlands.

Rugby
Live companies in Rugby6,499
Same activity in Rugby18
New in Rugby, past 12 months770

Also registered at this address

32 other live companies share this registered office; shown are those incorporated closest in time to this one.

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.