The Charity Commission has opened a new statutory inquiry into the Redeemed Christian Church of God New Life Assembly House of Prayer for All Nations for having defaulted more than twice on filing its accounts.

The charity, based in north London, was previously part of a class inquiry by the regulator into overdue account information. The first inquiry was closed in August 2014, after the organisation’s trustee’s submitted accounts for the financial year 2011-12.

But the Commission has opened another inquiry after the charity continued to flout filing rules, it said today.

The Commission said the purpose of this second inquiry will be to “regularise the defaults and consider taking appropriate remedial action against the trustees for persistent breach of their duties.”

During the course of the class inquiry, representatives of the charity intimated to the regulator that the organisation would shortly either merging with another charity or closing down. It was because of this that the original class inquiry was closed.

However, the charity again failed to file accounts due by October 31 and provided no information about the supposed merger or winding up orders and so a second inquiry was opened into the church in December.

The trustees of the Redeemed Christian Church of God have until March 30 to submit the missing account, or any further information pertaining to the mooted merger or the charity’s winding up, the regulator said.

Civil Society News tried to contact the charity for a comment but they did not respond.