Morning Lane Associates, which banked at least £2.9m through contracts to deliver children's social care reforms, was dissolved today (6 June), after going into voluntary liquidation last year.
The company was co-owned by chief children's social worker Isabelle Trowler prior to her taking up the role in 2013.
Her connections to the firm prompted a 2016 National Audit Office investigation over a potential conflict of interest.
This found that Trowler had a "close and personal" relationship with the company's sole remaining director, Steve Goodman - a former deputy director of children's services at Hackney Council - but that she did not take decisions relating to the award of contracts.
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