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Sixth Report Session 1998-99
Volume 2
OCTOBER 1998 - MARCH 1999
The full report of selected cases
Summary of selected cases
CHARITY COMMISSION
Delays by the Charity Commission leading to a loss of earnings
Mrs P had worked for many years as a part-time director of two charity trusts; she was also a trustee of one of them. The Charity Commission opened an inquiry into her remuneration in December 1993 and the trusts' accountants provided the Commission with the information they had requested in February and March 1994. On 15 September the accountants asked the Commission for a decision and in January 1995 a new case officer requested further information from them. Mrs P ceased drawing remuneration on 1 June pending the Commission's decision. On 28 November the Commission told the accountants that neither trust's deed allowed them to make payments to Mrs P but that if the trustees were able to make a satisfactory case the Commission might authorise her future remuneration. The accountants asked that the order being drafted by the Commission should authorise payment from 1 June 1995 but on 22 April 1996 the Commission said that the order would not be retrospective; it was sealed on 22 May. The Ombudsman found that the Commission had unduly delayed their inquiry and had handled matters poorly. The Chief Charity Commissioner, acknowledging the delay which had occurred, agreed to authorise the charities to remunerate Mrs P for her lost earnings.
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