A Hartlepool charity could be about to be formally warned that it risks being struck off the charities commission register if it continues to file its annual accounts late.
12th Jan 2023 07:38am
For the fourth consecutive year Hartlepool Ambulance Charity has consistently reported its annual accounts to the Charities Commission late, prompting claims the charity could be subject to an investigation over its persistent failure to reporting its financial accounts on time to the commission as its statutorily required to do so......
The charity has been consistently late in its reporting of its accounts & annual returns for the last four years....
In the most latest data from the Charities Commission itself, Hartlepool Ambulance Charity is currently 43 days late in reporting its annual accounts at the time we went to publication with this report, however for the previous year, the charity was 218 days late in submitting both its annual return & its accounts for the financial year.
Two years previously the charity was then 30 & then 50 days late respectively in its reporting of its accounts to the commission.
Labours prospective candidate to become the towns next MP has in the past worked closely with the charity....
Despite the charities failure to promptly report its accounts to the Charities comission, its claimed the charity itself is performing "good" in terms of its ability to raise funds, where according to the most recent accounts available on the Charities Commission website, the charity received £25,385.00 in charitable donations, up from £5876.00 the previous reported year when the charity was 218 days late in its reporting of its accounts.
Less expenses, the charity managed to maintain a surplus of of £5693.00 in its accounts, double what the charity managed to accrue the previous reported financial year.
The charity itself, whilst popular within the local community is coming under increasing pressure to explain its failure to submit prompt accounts when required to do so following claims the Charities Commission may begin to undertake its own investigations over the charities failure to submit its yearly reports on time, with the commission in the past striking off a number of charities who'd persistently failed to file accounts on time claiming the prompt submission of financial reports to the commission in a timely manner goes towards ensuring openness & transparency of charitable organisations to the public.
The charity is said to be chaired by the local Hartlepool radio presenter Jason Anderson who is also the founder of the local radio station "Radio Hartlepool"....
Companies house is reportedly waiting on a confirmation statement from one of Mr Andersons other companies, where failure to submit regular reports on time could result in the company being struck off the companies house register.
A Hartlepool Matters Investigation of that company reveals that companies house are still awaiting conformation of the submission of documents relating to that business, where Hartlepool Matters has found the business HARTLEPOOL COMMUNITY BROADCASTING LIMITED is late in submitting its conformation statement which companies house requires by law firms to submit to prevent a company being at risk from bring struck off the companies house register.
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