03-29-2006, 09:59 PM
Charity Commision Report also saying Big Fund donation to political parties (Barry Gardener’s election expenses?). These activities were not chartable.
Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam
Unregisted Organation.
Introduction.
1.This repot is the statement of the result of the Charity Commission’s Inquiry Under Section 8 of the charities Act 1993 Into the affairs of Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam ( hear in after called the Organation)
2. The Organation was set up in 1990 to run Hindu Temple in 1990 to submitted an application to the commission to register as a charity with the objects of managing a Hindu Temple and the relief of Poverty amongst the Tamil Community in Grater London and Srilnaka. His application not completed by the graganation and the commission did not register the organation as a charity. The temple is Situated in Wembley, Midlesex and had an annual income of 128,000 Pounds in 2001. but real income 450,000 pounds per Year.
ISSUES.
3.In june 2002 the commission was contacted with cancers that the organation was an unregisted Charity and alleging misappropriation of Funds. Following an initial Evaluation of the facts and Inquiry into the affairs of Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam was opened in August 2002.
4.The aims of the Inquiry were to… Establish whether the organization was exclusively charitable and if so to sure that it was registed as a charity.
Charitable to………
Establish whether funds had beed misappropriated, Determine what financial Controls the Organization had in
place, Advise the trustees of their duties and responsibilities.
Significant Action taken
5. The application for registration Submitted in 1999 demonstrated that the objects of the organation were capable of being Exclusively Charitable. The commission received evidence demonating that member of the management committee of the organation had received Cheques for large some of Money From the Organation. The funds were there fore considered to be risk and on 20th september 2002 the organation’s bank accounts were frozen as a temporary and Protective Measure.
Findings
6. Commission office met with management Committee in september 2002 and after examine the activities charitable and that the funds were not raised from the public as Charitable Funds.
7. The management Committee of the organisation provided evidence to demonstrate that funds received by the organation from the trustees and member of the local tamil Community were both Donations and Repayments of Interest bearing Loans made by the Organation The loans made by the Organisation were not necessarily based on whether the recipiers was in poverty and were not therefore chartable.
8. The management committee for the Organation had also been Involve in political activities and had made donation to political parties. These activities were not chartable.
Outcome Of the Inquiry.
9. As the result of Inquiry the commission was satisfied that this organation has not operating as a charity and therefore was not required to register with the charity Commission.
10. The management committees Expressed a wish to close the operation of eelapatheswarar Aalayam as it currently asands and set up a charity (the charity) to be registed with commission. The management committees is aware that to register as a charity both the object and the activities would need to be exclusively charitable. They plane to donate all funds and assets held by the current organation to the new charity when Formed.
11. the management committee has advised us that they plan to ensure that loans made to the committee and local committee members are repaid before the new charity is registed in order to maximize the available assets.
12. The Inquiry was closed in November 2002
Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam
Unregisted Organation.
Introduction.
1.This repot is the statement of the result of the Charity Commission’s Inquiry Under Section 8 of the charities Act 1993 Into the affairs of Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam ( hear in after called the Organation)
2. The Organation was set up in 1990 to run Hindu Temple in 1990 to submitted an application to the commission to register as a charity with the objects of managing a Hindu Temple and the relief of Poverty amongst the Tamil Community in Grater London and Srilnaka. His application not completed by the graganation and the commission did not register the organation as a charity. The temple is Situated in Wembley, Midlesex and had an annual income of 128,000 Pounds in 2001. but real income 450,000 pounds per Year.
ISSUES.
3.In june 2002 the commission was contacted with cancers that the organation was an unregisted Charity and alleging misappropriation of Funds. Following an initial Evaluation of the facts and Inquiry into the affairs of Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam was opened in August 2002.
4.The aims of the Inquiry were to… Establish whether the organization was exclusively charitable and if so to sure that it was registed as a charity.
Charitable to………
Establish whether funds had beed misappropriated, Determine what financial Controls the Organization had in
place, Advise the trustees of their duties and responsibilities.
Significant Action taken
5. The application for registration Submitted in 1999 demonstrated that the objects of the organation were capable of being Exclusively Charitable. The commission received evidence demonating that member of the management committee of the organation had received Cheques for large some of Money From the Organation. The funds were there fore considered to be risk and on 20th september 2002 the organation’s bank accounts were frozen as a temporary and Protective Measure.
Findings
6. Commission office met with management Committee in september 2002 and after examine the activities charitable and that the funds were not raised from the public as Charitable Funds.
7. The management Committee of the organisation provided evidence to demonstrate that funds received by the organation from the trustees and member of the local tamil Community were both Donations and Repayments of Interest bearing Loans made by the Organation The loans made by the Organisation were not necessarily based on whether the recipiers was in poverty and were not therefore chartable.
8. The management committee for the Organation had also been Involve in political activities and had made donation to political parties. These activities were not chartable.
Outcome Of the Inquiry.
9. As the result of Inquiry the commission was satisfied that this organation has not operating as a charity and therefore was not required to register with the charity Commission.
10. The management committees Expressed a wish to close the operation of eelapatheswarar Aalayam as it currently asands and set up a charity (the charity) to be registed with commission. The management committees is aware that to register as a charity both the object and the activities would need to be exclusively charitable. They plane to donate all funds and assets held by the current organation to the new charity when Formed.
11. the management committee has advised us that they plan to ensure that loans made to the committee and local committee members are repaid before the new charity is registed in order to maximize the available assets.
12. The Inquiry was closed in November 2002