Catalyst Care Limited becomes the first unregistered children’s home provider to be successfully prosecuted following an investigation by Ofsted. The company and its directors, Davidson Lynch-Shyllon and Miriam Ekathor, pleaded guilty to carrying on and/or managing illegal children’s homes in Kent. Ofsted has recently been granted new powers through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act, including the ability to issue financial penalties to illegal children’s homes. “This outcome marks an important milestone in our efforts to tackle illegal children’s homes and sends a clear message that operating outside the law will have consequences.” “This case should send a clear signal to anyone running an illegal children’s home: the law will catch up with you and you will face consequences.”