Company · Birkenhead
Koala North West LTD
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rosemary Bronwen Alice FurniferDirector · since 2025
- Caroline MckennaDirector · since 2025
- Paul James OatesDirector · since 2025
- Penelope BishopDirector · since 2024
- Katherine Jane AustinDirector · since 2024
- Susan Christine WilliamsDirector · since 2022
- Laurie HoughDirector · since 2022
- Peter Allan FolwellDirector · since 2019
- Michelle WalshSecretary · since 2017
- Dr Frances Elizabeth WhiteSecretary · since 2014
Previous officers 20
- Charlotte Owen 2023-2025 View profile
- Rachel Summers 2022-2023 View profile
- Natalie Barnett 2020-2023 View profile
- Lisa Jane Collins 2018-2021 View profile
- Joanna Lisa Clarke 2017-2020 View profile
- Roland Peter Wilcox 2016-2023 View profile
- John Jones 2015-2023 View profile
- Catherine Starkey 2015-2018 View profile
- Ronald William Kearney 2013-2025 View profile
- Sheila Lesley Clarke MBE 2012-2018 View profile
- Susan Mutch 2012-2015 View profile
- Hayley Jones 2012-2014 View profile
- William David Crawford Rushworth 2012-2017 View profile
- Jane Sarah Mcburney 2011-2013 View profile
- Dr Jonathan Robert Gibbs 2010-2012 View profile
- Mary Winn 2010-2014 View profile
- Ann Barclay 2010-2015 View profile
- Annette Marie Roberts 2010-2012 View profile
- Hazel Thompson 2010-2018 View profile
- Colin Heydon 2010-2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 14/07/2010
- Registered office
- Birkenhead
- Also a registered charity
- Koala North West
- Previous names
- Home-Start Wirral (until 23/12/2019)
Grants received
28 grants · £2,208,635 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 · £1,218,556 (9 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £456,000 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £249,100 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £148,967 (3 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £62,073 (7 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Innovation Trust
- 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.
8 directors on the board
- Caroline Mckenna Director · appointed 2025
- Paul James Oates Director · appointed 2025
- Peter Allan Folwell Director · appointed 2019
- Rosemary Bronwen Alice Furnifer Director · appointed 2025
- Penelope Bishop Director · appointed 2024
- Katherine Jane Austin Director · appointed 2024
- Susan Christine Williams Director · appointed 2022
- Laurie Hough Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Peter Allan Folwell Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Caroline Mckenna Director · appointed 2025
- Rosemary Bronwen Alice Furnifer Director · appointed 2025
- Susan Christine Williams Director · appointed 2022
- Laurie Hough Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (4)
- Paul James Oates Director · appointed 2025
- Peter Allan Folwell Director · appointed 2019
- Penelope Bishop Director · appointed 2024
- Katherine Jane Austin Director · appointed 2024
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07314767
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- 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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