THE director of a Liverpool social enterprise was not expecting much from the unveiling of the Hidden Honcho scheme.

Jacqueline Boylan, of Great Company, which organises events for the over-50s, was by her own admission feeling under the weather and in a bad mood, and expecting it to be some anonymous executive.

But instead she was taken aback when it was unveiled that the person helping her undercover was Joe Morris, operations director of Home Bargains owner TJ Morris.

“I thought I wouldn’t be impressed,” she said. “But I was really pleased – Home Bargains is my favourite shop. Everyone goes there.”

The project was the brainchild of Business in the Community and paired Merseyside entrepreneurs with social enterprises to provide help and advice.

Joe Morris, operations director of Home Bargains owner TJ Morris, said: “I am very interested in entrepreneurs and do a lot of work with schools and universities. This was a good opportunity to work with a real company.”

She added: “Joe has been a huge help, putting our leaflets out in Home Bargains and the cashiers have been putting it into people’s bags, so that’s been really good.”

Great Company is a social events group which is keen to move away from the traditional, bingo-focused activities to a more diverse range.

Last weekend saw members spend a night in Blackpool to see Funny Girls, last night they went to the Liverpool Empire while tonight there is more theatre at the Royal Court and tomorrow is its monthly members’ night at The Crown pub, in Lime Street.

Jacqueline said: “There’s a huge need for it because people are retiring or losing their partners and people end up on their own when they haven’t been previously, or people with different interests to their partners – we have golf widows as well as real widows.