Ivelin Radkov

2 weeks ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Ivelin Radkov |Rob Preston

Homepage News Arts charity investigated after sale of central London theatre An arts charity is being investigated by the Charity Commission after it sold the lease on its central London theatre. In September, Seven Dials Playhouse completed the sale of its eponymous property, which it had bought 30 years earlier, and said that doing so would help it to “clear substantial debt”. The commission contacted the charity last year over the sale, as well as concerns around its finances and how it...

2 weeks ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Ivelin Radkov |Rob Preston

A grantmaking charity is being investigated after it repeatedly failed to submit accounts on time. The C J M Charitable Trust, which makes grants to other charities involved in community and social matters, has filed its accounts more than a year late in three of the past five reporting years. The Charity Commission, which announced its statutory inquiry on Friday, said trustees had “consistently demonstrated that they are either unwilling or unable to comply with their legal duties”.

1 month ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Ivelin Radkov |Rob Preston

The Charity Commission is investigating a property dispute between two religious charities. The regulator previously opened a statutory inquiry into the Dudley Central Mosque and Muslim Community Centre but has now opened a second investigation into a property dispute between it and another charity.

Jan 30, 2025 | civilsociety.co.uk | Ivelin Radkov |Rob Preston

The Charity Commission is investigating two impact investment charities after they both repeatedly failed to submit accounts. SharedImpact and SharedImpact Foundation (UK) Limited both failed to file accounts on time for at least four consecutive financial years up until March 2023. The charities were previously placed in the Charity Commission’s double defaulter class inquiry in March 2021 before the commission escalated its involvement to two separate statutory inquiries.

Sep 9, 2024 | civilsociety.co.uk | Ivelin Radkov

The Charity Commission has escalated its intervention at a Liverpool-based charity to a full statutory inquiry. In 2022, the Commission opened a compliance case into Eldonian Community Trust Limited over concerns about its governance. On 21 August 2024, the regulator escalated its case into an inquiry, which will investigate the extent to which the trustees are complying with their legal duties in respect of the charity’s administration, governance and management.