Charity Commission opens statutory investigation into Christ Embassy
Howard Lake | 3 September 2013 | News
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into the registered charity Christ Embassy to investigate "serious concerns" about the use of charitable funds. In particular it will look into "large connected party payments and the potential misapplication of grant funding".
The Commission, the regulatory authority for charities in England and Wales, had already been examining a number of concerns about the charity. When these were not resolved, the Commission began a statutory enquiry on 29 July 2013.
Section 46 of the Charities Act 2011 gives the Commission the power to investigate regulatory concerns that the Commission considers the most serious.
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The inquiry will focus on:
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determining whether there has been any mismanagement or misconduct on behalf of the charity trustees;
- establishing whether charitable funds have been properly applied.
When the inquiry is completed it is likely that the Charity Commission will publish its conclusions in a report available from its website.
The Commission does not publicise all the statutory inquiries it undertakes. There is an explanation on its website on when it publicises such inquiries, citing reasons for doing so including the nature and gravity of concerns, the public profile of the charity and whether the case raises policy or legal issues relevant to the wider charity sector.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.