A Hindu charity based in Middlesex, which failed to submit its most recent set of accounts to the Commission, said its late filing was the result of six of its eleven trustees renouncing their role at the organisation.

The Shree Sorathia Prajapati Community, which lists its charitable objectives as the advancement of the Hindu religion; the advancement of education particularly in Hindu traditions and the relief of poverty, failed to submit its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2012 and 2013.

Representatives of the charity were contacted by telephone on 5 January 2015 and told that if the documents were not submitted by 25 January the organisation would be under investigation. On 26 January, the organisation became part of a Charity Commission inquiry into late filing charities.

On 10 February 2015, a representative of the charity contacted the Commission and said that the trust had been late filing its account because “several” of the listed trustees who had been contacted by the regulator “were no longer in post”.

Following this, a further six of the organisation’s remaining trustees contacted the Commission on 10 February to “renounce their responsibilities” as trustees of the Shree Sorathia Prajapati Community.

The outstanding accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2012 and 2013 were submitted to the regulator on 4 March. These were followed on 12 March by the account information for the financial year ending 31 March 2014 which had also become overdue. The accounts were later referred for scrutiny by the Commission’s accountants.

According to the charity register, the Shree Sorathia Prajapati Community has been late in filing its last five sets of accounts. Its last set of accounts showed that the organisation had an income of £215,522 and spending of £198,703.

Due to the inquiry, over £686,000 worth of charitable income has been made transparent and accountable.

The charity was contacted by Civil Society News but at the time of publication, no-one had responded with a comment.