Company
Home-Start Kernow
Home-Start Kernow is an active UK company (number 09335452), incorporated 2014, with 7 current directors including Wendy Jane Newman and Keeley Reading. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 19
- Geraldine Painter 2024-2026 View profile
- Katherine Jane Irvine 2023-2024 View profile
- Rachel Katherine Wigglesworth 2023-2025 View profile
- Anna Cairns 2022-2026 View profile
- Roderick William Clarke 2020-2022 View profile
- Jane Law 2020-2024 View profile
- Joanne Michelle Scrimgeour 2020-2022 View profile
- Catherine Mary Stoate 2020-2020 View profile
- Ellie Grey 2019-2019 View profile
- Eva Maria Werry 2019-2020 View profile
- Craig Roger Walker 2018-2020 View profile
- Fiona Jane Mcgee 2018-2020 View profile
- Tamsin Rebecca Mann 2016-2017 View profile
- Patricia Jane Hewitt 2016-2020 View profile
- Rev William Keith Roberts 2016-2017 View profile
- Stephen Eric Fowler 2014-2019 View profile
- Tina Mcgrath 2014-2019 View profile
- Carol Dawn Hogg 2014-2015 View profile
- Jayne Louise Howard 2014-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
3 contractsFrom 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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Safer Sleep Equipment Scheme
Public Health is seeking a Provider to deliver a Safer Sleep Equipment Scheme in Cornwall. This scheme will provide bundles of essential safe sleeping equipment to families with infants under one year old who are living in unstable or crisi…
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Parenting Support - Dad Matters Project
To offer support to Dad’s across Cornwall by starting a Dad’s Matters project. This project would employ a Dad Matters lead who would manage a Dad’s group and a cohort of volunteers who would support Dad’s 1:1.
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Parenting Support - Learning Disability
To improve outcomes for families with pre-school children (0-5), where parents have learning disabilities (LD) by offering specialist group and 1:1 support to equip parents with the skills, confidence and support networks they need to meet …
About
- Incorporated
- 01/12/2014
- Also a registered charity
- Home-Start Kernow
Ownership
Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Stephen Eric Fowler ceased 2018-01-11
25-50% voting · notified 2017-06-29 - Tina Mcgrath ceased 2018-01-11
25-50% voting · notified 2017-06-29 - Michelle Anne Gould ceased 2018-01-11
25-50% voting · notified 2017-06-29 - Michelle Anne Gould ceased 2021-12-02
significant influence · notified 2020-02-07
Group
- Home-Start Kernow
is controlled by Stephen Eric Fowler
Evidence
ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2017-06-29, ceased 2018-01-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Stephen Eric Fowler.
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Grants received
8 grants · £1,218,557 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 · £1,008,955 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £187,700 (2 grants)
- Cornwall Community Foundation · £21,902 (3 grants)
Most recent
- 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.
7 directors on the board
- Josephine Fletcher Director · appointed 2024
- Keeley Reading Director · appointed 2025
- William Duncan Trotter Director · appointed 2020
- Paul John Thornton Director · appointed 2020
- Michelle Anne Gould Director · appointed 2015
- Peter Hastings Director · appointed 2022
- Wendy Jane Newman Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- William Duncan Trotter Director · appointed 2020
- Michelle Anne Gould Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Josephine Fletcher Director · appointed 2024
- Keeley Reading Director · appointed 2025
- William Duncan Trotter Director · appointed 2020
- Paul John Thornton Director · appointed 2020
- Michelle Anne Gould Director · appointed 2015
- Wendy Jane Newman Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Peter Hastings Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Geraldine Painter Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Anna Cairns Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
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
- 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
- 09335452
- 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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