The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has warned that an agency has hired people to fundraise on its behalf without the charity’s authorisation.
CIFF, which is privately funded by wealthy individuals and does not carry out fundraising activity, posted a notice on its website urging people to report any suspicious activity to police and Action Fraud.
It said that a company called Vertigo Child Solutions Ltd had been “engaging individuals to fundraise on behalf of CIFF around London” but that it has “not engaged or authorised Vertigo Child Solutions Ltd to do so”.
Vertigo Child Solutions Ltd was registered with Companies House this July and has just one director. It does not appear to have a website or contact details online.
A web search reveals it has used an online jobsite to post recruitment adverts for fundraisers, but that there are no active listings.
The cached version of a job advert states that people could earn up to £25,000 a year and that jobs are ideal for students who want to “try something different and work in a friendly outdoor environment”. It does not specify which charities recruits could be working for.
According to the Fundraising Code of Practice, under the Charities Act 1992 charities can obtain a court order to prevent unauthorised fundraising by people when they object to or if they think the fundraiser is not a fit and proper person to raise money on its behalf.
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