Company
Imagine Independence
Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 30
- Kathryn Hazel Haslam 2020-2026 View profile
- Anthony Gerard Connor 2020-2024 View profile
- Daniel James Patterson 2019-2021 View profile
- Hayes, James Anthony, Brother 2018-2020 View profile
- Nicholas Bram Kennon 2017-2018 View profile
- Jennifer Ann Chapman 2017-2018 View profile
- Joanne Louise Fallon 2013-2017 View profile
- Aurora Martinez 2013-2021 View profile
- Laura Margaret Chapman 2011-2013 View profile
- Pauline Elizabeth Berry 2010-2025 View profile
- Ruth Frances Hunt 2008-2013 View profile
- Michael Frederick Lockwood 2007-2009 View profile
- Emma Victoria Reed 2003-2006 View profile
- Christine Denise Darley 2003-2005 View profile
- Michael Frederick Lockwood 2003-2004 View profile
- Kenneth Alfred Bradley 2003-2007 View profile
- Linda Margaret Hankinson 2001-2006 View profile
- Mary Geraldine Poole 1998-2021 View profile
- Marguerite Walker 1997-1998 View profile
- Joan Fazackerley 1997-2017 View profile
- Kenneth Clare 1997-2002 View profile
- Susan Machin 1992-1996 View profile
- Peter Charles Edwards 2007 View profile
- Charles Doyle 2018 View profile
- Paul Edwards 2023-2024 View profile
- Margaret Rose Hanson 2018-2023 View profile
- Iain Malcolm Brodie-Browne 2007-2018 View profile
- Peter Donaldson 2006-2007 View profile
- Irene Bottomley 2002-2006 View profile
- Irfon Clarke 1992-2019 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse; Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 24/03/1992
- Also a registered charity
- Imagine Independence
- Previous names
- Merseyside Community Mental Health Services (until 19/02/2007)
Financials
- Employees
- 3.09
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
2 grants · £77,825 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £77,825 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
5 directors on the board
- Wendy Karen Baylis-Wareing Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Robert Poole Director · appointed 2007
- Michael Thomas Burns Director · appointed 2021
- Katerina Panagaki Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Anthony Cassidy Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Christopher Robert Poole Director · appointed 2007
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Wendy Karen Baylis-Wareing Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Robert Poole Director · appointed 2007
- Katerina Panagaki Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Anthony Cassidy Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Michael Thomas Burns Director · appointed 2021
Left in the last 12 months
- Kathryn Hazel Haslam Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02699682
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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