The regulator has opened an inquiry into New Wineskins Charitable Trust, which operates under its working name of U-Turn Recovery Project
The Charity Commission has opened an inquiry into New Wineskins Charitable Trust, a London-based charity that operates under the working name U-Turn Recovery Project. The charity offers a residential treatment programme for men recovering from drug and alcohol addictions.
The inquiry was opened on 16 May 2023 as a result of serious regulatory concerns regarding the charity’s failure to submit its accounts and Trustees’ Annual Reports (‘TAR’).
In July 2022, the regulator placed the charity into a double defaulter class inquiry in which charities in default of their legal duty to file their annual reports, accounts, and returns for two or more years in the last five years are investigated. The charity had failed to submit its annual accounts, annual returns, and TAR for the financial years ending 31 March 2020 and 2021.
During the double defaulter class inquiry the charity submitted the outstanding accounting information on 12 December 2022, however, the accounts did not meet all the accounting requirements. The charity then defaulted again and is currently in default of its filing requirements for the financial year ending 31 March 2022.
The Commission’s inquiry will examine the following regulatory issues:
The regulator may extend the scope of the inquiry if additional regulatory issues emerge.
It is the Commission’s policy to publish a report upon concluding an inquiry to detail its findings, conclusions, and any regulatory action taken.
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