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Who leads it
Previous officers 27
- Steven Piper 2025-2026 View profile
- Rodney Neville Alwyn Sessions 2025-2026 View profile
- Melanie Jane Palmer 2025-2025 View profile
- Danielle Marie Gilkes 2024-2025 View profile
- Jessica May Tribbeck 2020-2024 View profile
- Roberta Jane Austin 2018-2025 View profile
- Caroline Joanne Ryan 2017-2023 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Costall 2015-2017 View profile
- Monique Therese Ann Fradgley-Smith 2014-2018 View profile
- Emma West 2013-2015 View profile
- Heidi Jennifer Bone 2012-2017 View profile
- Sheila Atkins 2012-2015 View profile
- Karen Angela West 2010-2015 View profile
- Sarah Le May 2010-2025 View profile
- Gillian Mary Lydford 2009-2026 View profile
- Suzanna Marguerita Johnstone 2009-2012 View profile
- Hilary Day 2009-2010 View profile
- Shelley Ann Wood 2009-2009 View profile
- Alison Elisa Howells 2009-2024 View profile
- Joan Cozens 2009-2010 View profile
- Theresa Jean Dye 2009-2010 View profile
- Helen Constantinides 2009-2013 View profile
- Jeffrey Raymond Harvey 2009-2012 View profile
- Gail Paula Stidolph 2009-2012 View profile
- Karen Denise Drayton 2015-2025 View profile
- Jacqueline Ingram 2009-2015 View profile
- IEL Managemnt Services LTD 2009-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Best Start in Life Services (Family Hub Network)
Provision of a Best Start in Life Toy Library Service, including universal play and learning sessions, toy and book lending, Family Hub Network Site delivery, targeted outreach support for vulnerable families and children with emerging addi…
About
- Incorporated
- 07/04/2009
- Also a registered charity
- Connors TOY Libraries
Financials
- Net assets
- £83,183
- Total assets
- £161,544
- Employees
- 6
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as 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
8 grants · £1,521,751 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,490,189 (5 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £20,000
- BBC Children in Need · £11,562 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Philippa Clare Dew Director · appointed 2025
- Melanie Palmer Director · appointed 2026
- Beverley Gabrielle Collins Director · appointed 2025
- Coralee Graham Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Sims Director · appointed 2026
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Philippa Clare Dew Director · appointed 2025
- Melanie Palmer Director · appointed 2026
- Beverley Gabrielle Collins Director · appointed 2025
- Coralee Graham Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Sims Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Gillian Mary Lydford Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2026
- Melanie Jane Palmer Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
- Steven Piper Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Sarah Le May Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2025
- Rodney Neville Alwyn Sessions Director · appointed 2025 · 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
- 06872236
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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