Captain Tom's daughter investigated by the Charity Commission

[RedAsABeetroot]

Don't know the facts of that case but imo the whole charity " industry " needs investigating .
Lots of cases of charity fiddles ( sorry I meant creative accounting ) as well as legal huge salaries for CEOs , managers etc .
How much filters down to the actual charity work ?

I agree. When I see requests for funding from charities I regularly check their accounts as they're publicly available on the charity commission website. It's sometimes staggering to see how much some people earn from working for charities while asking volunteers to do much of the frontline work. You can also see the balance of how much they raise vs how much is used for charitable purposes and in some cases it's low.

 

[S7DiscoDown]

Only looked to see what she'd been up to and it's all about Tories.

Just as well she isn't driving an EV or this thread will have all the topics

 

[BoroMart]

Stick the Labour lot in and it would be just the same shower of 5h1t3.

not that old chestnut that doesn't stand up to any scrutiny at all. You need to look at the standard of our lives 20 years ago compared to today before you spout such ill conceived nonsense

 

[BoroMart]

how do you know ?

he doesn't, he's just prejudiced

 

[Billyzin]

why does it always have to turn into a Tory bashing thread!! FFS!

Why not?

 

[Billyzin]

Don't know the facts of that case but imo the whole charity " industry " needs investigating .
Lots of cases of charity fiddles ( sorry I meant creative accounting ) as well as legal huge salaries for CEOs , managers etc .
How much filters down to the actual charity work ?

Very little.
Charities
are often run by "entrepenuers". In it to cream off as much donation money as they can.

 

[BoroMart]

why does it always have to turn into a Tory bashing thread!! FFS!

I'm guessing a posh, double barrel named, corrupt, 'patriot', media seeking, millionaire, massive country house, oh and stealing money bound for the NHS.....people start to think tory

 

[BoroMart]

Very little.
Charities at
are often run by "entrepenuers". In to cream off as much donation money as they can.

We wouldn't need that particular charity, if the fuqin tories hadn't pulled the plug from the NHS funding.

 

[Randy]

Colour me shocked.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Not sure about an agent but she's got her own website here

I like the picture of her at the bottom


I think I might do something like that on my CV

 

[SuperStu]

Stick the Labour lot in and it would be just the same shower of 5h1t3.

because they are all corrupt and in it for themselves. Left, Right, Centre, Upstairs, Downstairs.

What's Labour got to do with the Left like?

 

[asredastheycome]

So why are they not investigating Price Charles and his bag of 2 million in used notes. Ok it was a donation but one question I thought of straight away was how was it brought into country. If it was.

 

[asredastheycome]

Hadn't she already tried to pay herself 100k a year as head of the charity ?

There is lots of people running charities getting far in excess of that. Does not make it right though.

Another thing that bugs me is some of these companies as I cannot call them charities who put bags through your door. They ask for clothing bric a brac etc. Read the small print and see how little they give to charities per year

 

[nowthen]

I know a lad who is now a stay at home Dad. He was on decent money, £40k a year. His wife works for a charity (mental health) £85k a year. Crazy.

 

[Funky_Chicken]

Dodgy cow cashing in on other people generosity - one reason why I’m loath to give to these big so called “charities” who all seem to have someone earning a six figure a year salary off the back of them

 

[Randy]

There is lots of people running charities getting far in excess of that. Does not make it right though.

Another thing that bugs me is some of these companies as I cannot call them charities who put bags through your door. They ask for clothing bric a brac etc. Read the small print and see how little they give to charities per year

I use those bags as bin liners. They are superb.

 

[Muttley]

I use those bags as bin liners. They are superb.

It's the best use for them.

 

[Erimus74]

message board historian cuts off nose to spite his face

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Nah, I'd have nowhere to post on my days off

 

[BiggEggo]

I just hope Boris carries on in his role otherwise this board will be history

Boris has blown his chances, quite literally by the look of things.

 

[BoroMart]

we shouldn't need charities, it's simply an indicator of a failure of government policies