Charity Commission admits to blunders and says lessons have been learned in Actor’s Benevolent Fund board dispute
The actors Dame Penelope Keith and Dame Siân Phillips have won a hard-fought apology from England’s charity watchdog after it admitted to blunders in its handling of a controversial case involving a £40m actor’s hardship fund.
The pair, who with others were removed from the board of the Actor’s Benevolent Fund (ABF) two years ago in what they argued was an unlawful coup by rival trustees, had accused the Charity Commission of mismanaging its stewardship of the charity.
Continue reading…Charity Commission admits to blunders and says lessons have been learned in Actor’s Benevolent Fund board disputeThe actors Dame Penelope Keith and Dame Siân Phillips have won a hard-fought apology from England’s charity watchdog after it admitted to blunders in its handling of a controversial case involving a £40m actor’s hardship fund.The pair, who with others were removed from the board of the Actor’s Benevolent Fund (ABF) two years ago in what they argued was an unlawful coup by rival trustees, had accused the Charity Commission of mismanaging its stewardship of the charity. Continue reading…