{"id":59700,"date":"2015-07-28T13:16:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T13:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=45bd3f3e1f957d393cce71cffb7ee6c9"},"modified":"2015-07-28T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T13:16:16","slug":"press-release-new-charity-investigation-the-swimming-teachers-association-ltd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=59700","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New charity investigation: The Swimming Teachers\u2019 Association Ltd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has opened a statutory inquiry into <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/apps.charitycommission.gov.uk\/Showcharity\/RegisterOfCharities\/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1051631&amp;SubsidiaryNumber=0\">The Swimming Teachers\u2019 Association Limited (registered charity number 1051631)<\/a>. The inquiry was opened on 1 July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The charity\u2019s objects include the promotion of effective teaching of swimming, lifesaving and survival techniques.<\/p>\n<p>In late June 2015 the charity\u2019s trustees submitted a serious incident report to the commission about several matters including a proposed re-organisation involving a transfer of charity assets and trading arrangement with a newly formed private company. Through subsequent engagement with the charity, the commission identified serious concerns with the charity\u2019s governance, aspects of its financial controls and the proposed organisational changes which posed a potential risk to the charity\u2019s assets since it was unclear if the changes were in the best interests of the charity. These concerns prompted the commission to open the statutory inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>The issues that the inquiry is examining include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the administration, governance and management of the charity by the trustees, including their oversight and involvement in the recruitment, selection and remuneration of the charity\u2019s senior management<\/li>\n<li>whether, and to what extent, the charity may have improperly claimed rates relief for property owned by the charity<\/li>\n<li>the charity\u2019s financial controls and transactions, in particular in relation to expenses incurred and\/or reimbursed from charity funds<\/li>\n<li>whether and to what extent there has been misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the charity by the charity\u2019s trustees, officers, agents or employees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The charity\u2019s trustees have been co-operating with the commission since submitting the serious incident report and are taking steps to help address the regulatory concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator stresses that opening an inquiry is not in itself a finding of wrongdoing. The purpose of an inquiry is to examine issues in detail and investigate and establish the facts so that the regulator can ascertain whether or not there has been misconduct or mismanagement; establish the extent of the risk to the charity\u2019s property, beneficiaries or work; decide what action needs to be taken to resolve the serious concerns, if necessary using its investigative, protective and remedial powers to do so.<\/p>\n<p>It is the commission\u2019s policy, after it has concluded an inquiry, to publish a report detailing what issues the inquiry looked at, what actions were undertaken as part of the inquiry and what the outcomes were. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/inquiry-reports-charity-commission\">Reports of previous inquiries<\/a> by the commission are available on GOV.UK.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/apps.charitycommission.gov.uk\/Showcharity\/RegisterOfCharities\/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1051631&amp;SubsidiaryNumber=0\">charity\u2019s details can be viewed<\/a> on the commission\u2019s online charity search tool.<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n<p>PR 46\/15<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.uk\/charity-commission\">The Charity Commission<\/a> is the independent registrar and regulator of charities in England and Wales, acting in the public\u2019s interest, to ensure that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>charities know what they have to do<\/li>\n<li>the public know what charities do<\/li>\n<li>charities are held to account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Section 46 of the Charities Act 2011 gives the commission the power to institute inquiries. The opening of an inquiry gives the commission access to a range of investigative, protective and remedial legal powers.<\/li>\n<li>The commission\u2019s decision to announce the opening of a statutory inquiry is based on whether it is in the public interest to do so and with consideration of our objective to increase public trust and confidence in charities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Read more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/statements-on-live-cases-charity-commission\">the commission\u2019s policy and factors taken into account when deciding to issue a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_2196\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:pressenquiries@charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk\">pressenquiries@charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press enquiries &#8211; office hours<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 065 2123\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press enquiries &#8211; out of hours<\/span><br \/>\n              07785 748787\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into The Swimming Teachers\u2019 Association Limited, registered charity number 1051631.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}