CHARITIES: Gift aid claims on fake donations led to exposure of trustee misconduct

May 2, 2025by Admin
Trustees of the Saint George Educational Trust have been removed and replaced with interim managers, after the Charity Commission for England and Wales (the Charity Commission) found the chairman had allowed the charity’s bank account to receive donations from unknown sources, which were then transferred to entities unknown to the trustees. The misconduct was discovered when the trustees successfully claimed more than GBP80,000 of Gift Aid from HMRC on these funds. HMRC later disallowed the claims and the Charity Commission recovered GBP146,000, including interest and a penalty, froze the remaining charity funds and disqualified the trustees.

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