Commission figures well received

Finance | Gareth Jones | 1 Jul 2005

Nearly £20m of charitable assets came under management in the six receiver and managers cases concluded in 2004-05.according to figures published by the Charity Commission for the first time.

Receiver and managers are interim managers temporarily put in charge of a charity when the Commission has serious concerns about how an organisation is being run. Unlike with commercial organisations, their appointment does not suggest that the charity is about to go into receivership. Instead the manager is appointed to take charge of the administration of the charity until the difficulties that led to the appointment are resolved.

The Commission has been criticised heavily for its use of this statutory power, said by some to be particularly invasive and unreasonable given the amount of money that such appointments can sometimes cost the charity. It has been used 51 times since its introduction in 1993, and represents 1.5 per cent of all inquiries conducted by the Charity Commission.

John Weth, chairman of the Association for Charities, welcomed the Commission's approach and said: "We have over several years, expressed concerns about aspects of such appointments. We trust that, with a new Commission managerial regime in place since autumn 2004, the consequent tightening of lines of accountability within the Commission, the close attention now being paid to the appointment and monitoring of interim managers and the new transparency of information provision, we shall see far fewer, if any, causes for concern in this area."

Directory: Charity Commission

Comments

[Cancel] | Reply to:

Name *

Email *

Organisation

Job Title

Comments *

Verification *

* Please read our Community Standards

Close »

Community Standards

The civilsociety.co.uk community and comments board is intended as a platform for informed and civilised debate.

We hope to encourage a broad range of views, however, there are standards that we expect commentators to uphold. We reserve the right to delete or amend any comments that do not adhere to these standards.

We welcome:

Robust but respectful debate
Strongly held opinions
Intelligent relevant discussion
The sharing of relevant experiences
New participants

We will not publish:

Rude, threatening, offensive, obscene or abusive language, or links to such material
Links to commercial organisations or spam postings. The comments board is not an advertising platform
The posting of contact details for yourself or others
Comments intended for malicious purpose or mindless abuse
Comments purporting to be from another person or organisation under false pretences
Gratuitous criticism, commentary or self-promotion
Any material which breaches copyright or privacy laws, or could be considered libellous
The use of the comments board for the pursuit or extension of personal disputes

Be aware:

Views expressed on the comments board are left at users’ discretion and are in no way views held or supported by Civil Society Media
Comments left by others may not be accurate, do not rely on them as fact
You may be misunderstood - sarcasm and humour can easily be taken out of context, try to be clear

Please:

Enjoy the opportunity to express your opinion and respect the right of others to express theirs
Confine your remarks to issues rather than personalities

Together we can keep our community a polite, respectful and intelligent platform for discussion.