The Archives of NCH have been placed at the University of Liverpool (ref. D.541). They consist of:

A. Central Committees (Minutes)

B. Financial and Legal

C. Policy and Planning

D. Publications

E. Staff and Training

F. Convocation

G. Fundraising and Publicity

H. Children's records

J. Local Branch records

K. Projects

L. Overseas

M. Associated Organisations

N. Farningham and Swanley 'Homes for Little Boys' Case Files Photographs.

In addition to the archives deposited by NCH Action for Children, some other records have been received from other sources. (source: downloadable handlist)

Enquiries of a personal or genealogical nature should be addressed to the Children's Services Department, NCH, 85 Highbury Park, London, N5 1UD. The archives of NCH at Liverpool are subject to access restrictions as regards archives within a 'closed period'. The 'closed period' is 100 years from the closure of the records in the case of archives relating to clients, 75 years in respect of archives relating to the staff of the charity, and 30 years in respect of administrative archives. For further information, please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives.

downloadable handlist

Some records of the Wirksworth Support Group of NCH can be found in Derbyshire Record Office (some further information available from the online catalogue).

There are also a few minor references to NCH and The Children's Charity in A2A.

The records of the Frodsham Branch, National Children's Home and Orphanage School can be found in the Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service (an online catalogue is available from A2A).

Researchers should also note that the records of the Association of Friends of National Childrens Homes is held at Birmingham City Archives. Some information is available from the NRA.

There are also a few records relating to the National Children's home in the papers of Millicent Lucy Coleman who worked in intelligence testing at the National Children's Home, 1935-1942 (for more information see online catalogue).

There are also a number of references to "Children's Home(s)" in the NRA (although none to THE Children's Home) as well as many references in A2A. A search with "National Children's Home" also bring a number of entries in A2A and in AIM25. There are also a few minor references to Action for Children in A2A. "The Centre for Kentish Studies holds other records (including managers' minutes, admission registers, and log books) relating to the Farningham and Swanley Homes; they cover the period 1931-61, and their references are C/ES 193 and 358. A list of these records is held by the Department of Special Collections and Archives, University of Liverpool. Birmingham City Archives holds other records (including minute books, log books, registers of children, photographs, press cuttings, and magazines) relating to Princess Alice Orphanage, Birmingham; they cover the period 1878-1980, and their reference is MS 1249. A list of these records is held by the Department of Special Collections and Archives, University of Liverpool. The National Library of Australia Canberra, Australia, holds the papers of the Revd. John H. Litten, CBE (1878-1954; Principal of the National Children?s Home, 1933-50), their reference MS.9284. The papers (28 boxes in all) apparently mainly concern child migration."