Trustee's husband had access to charity account

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 4 March 2008

A church has been reprimanded by the Charity Commission after allowing the husband of one of its trustees to access its bank accounts.

The commission received complaints in 2006 that, for more than a year, the trustee and her husband were in sole control of the accounts of Newham Foursquare Church in Plaistow, east London. After an inquiry, the commission told trustees that they must pay more attention to proper financial and administrative...

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