Charity Commission Review Visit 2006

The Charity Commission carried out a Review Visit to the Charity in November 2006.

A Review Visit is one of the primary methods that the Commission uses to engage in dialogue with the charitable sector. The purpose is to:
• Ensure compliance with the legal framework within which the charity operates;
• Identify evidence of good practices already in place and advise on areas for improvement;
• Learn about how charities in different parts of the charitable sector operate, and what issues are currently influencing or concerning them.

A Review Visit does not cover every aspect of a charity. It is instead based around agreed objectives, which relate either to particular issues arising from our analysis of background information on the charity, or to specific projects/interests of the Commission.

For this reason, a Review Visit should not be regarded as an audit or an inspection; nor does it provide an accreditation. Nor is the report intended to be a full record of all the issues or of the information considered or discussed.

Within 12 months of the presentation of the Report (i.e., by January 2008) the Directors of the Charity need to give their repsonse and outline what steops they have taken. The process of developing a response began in December 2006

Here is the full text of the Review