The responsibilities on charity trustees aren’t letting up.
With intervention in or removal of charities by the Charity Commission for those repeatedly filing late returns, increased powers to suspend or disqualify non-compliant trustees, and its new weapon to issue formal publishable warnings for charities that get into difficulty with their compliance, it seems there is little margin for error for the modern charity trustee. Now the Commission is turning its beady eye towards those charities which fund or support overseas ministries.
Children’s home
A recent investigation has been opened by the Charity Commission into the Grail Trust. The Grail Trust was set up in 1976 and principally provided financial support to an overseas organisation that ran a children’s home and community outreach projects. An allegation of abuse was reported at the children’s home which is still being investigated by local authorities overseas.
