![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/care4calais-watchdog-criticises-past-management-of-charity/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/130883259_acdcdfff844b116757080a86dcfcd5677f3b23c3.jpg&description=Image source, PA Media Image caption, The charity's new trustees have been praised The former trustees of a charity set up to aid migrants in Calais have been criticised over their management. In a report, the Charity Commission criticised the financial, leadership and complaints processes at Care4Calais in the past. Clare Moseley, founder and former chief executive, quit during the three-year inquiry. The charity's new board said its growth had "vastly outpaced" needed structural reforms. Care4Calais was set up in 2016. Between October 2017 and August 2020, payments of more than £340,000 had been made to Ms Moseley's personal bank account, according to the commission. The watchdog added Ms Moseley said this arrangement saved the charity around £3,000 a year in foreign exchange fees. But the report concluded that while no funds were misused or misappropriated for private benefit, the arrangement was "inappropriate and had put the charity's funds at undue risk". However, it praised the new trustees, saying management and governance has now "improved significantly". Ms Moseley said she had always followed the advice of lawyers, accountants and auditors and that independent officials had "always given clean reports on our accounts". She said the Care4Calais had gone from a grass-roots project to an organisation with a £2m turnover that had "helped hundreds of thousands of refugees in the UK and France". Another former trustee was Ms Moseley's sister. The commission said its inquiry "found little evidence to demonstrate that any past conflicts of interest or loyalty which may have existed had been appropriately managed". It concluded that, coupled with poor minute-taking, this amounted to misconduct and/or mismanagement. The report also highlighted how the company operated without the required number of trustees and, on at least one occasion, one trustee handled a complaint about another trustee they were related to, in breach of the charity's own policy. Commission cha){kind=link}
The former trustees of a charity set up to aid migrants in Calais have been criticised over their management.
In a report, the Charity Commission criticised the financial, leadership and complaints processes at Care4Calais in the past.
Clare Moseley, founder and former chief executive, quit during the three-year inquiry.
The charity’s new board said its growth had “vastly outpaced” needed structural reforms.
Care4Calais was set up in 2016. Between October 2017 and August 2020, payments of more than £340,000 had been made to Ms Moseley’s personal bank account, according to the commission.