Trust erred in not replacing deceased trustee

By Rosie Walker, Third Sector Online, 17 March 2008

A charity has been told it must improve its management after it failed to appoint a new trustee after the death of one of its two board members.

The Margaret Desmond Charitable Trust – a trust to support the parish of St Joan of Arc Church in Highbury, north London, with assets of £127,000 – was criticised by the Charity Commission, which said it “had not been managed in an effective manner”. The commission concluded its investigation in...

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