'Absolutely scandalous' charity

[ukdobby 224]

Reading the title of the thread, I thought this was a reference to the news today that the London Garden Bridge project, championed by Joanna Lumley has been scrapped, after £37 million of tax payers money had been pumped into the project:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/14/london-garden-bridge-project-scrapped-sadiq-khan

 

Another Boris balls up along with the water cannons,hows he got a job still God knows.

 

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Which charity are you linking "...pay themselves ...","... hushed..." and Brendan Cox?

 

Brendan Cox was part of save the children on good wages and women complained about his behaviour,he then resigned but the charity refused to comment.

[Resident 1,193]

A national breast cancer charity is being investigated after its founder paid herself £31,000 in breach of charity law.

 

Wendy Watson MBE, who launched National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline in 1996, has resigned as a trustee.

 

Since 2012, the charity's accounts also show that as little as 2.8% of annual donations has been spent on "charitable activities", such as running the helpline.

 

The average spend for a charity is currently 83%.

 

The rest of the money was spent running the shops and paying staff.

 

Gina Miller, founder of the True and Fair Foundation, wants to set a minimum threshold so charities have to spend at least 65% of income on charitable activities.

 

83% is really good, but what does that entail? Should there be a minimum, over a couple of years?

But I guess if you get £xx millions in cash donations, 83% is rather poor.

 

83% is better than the 41% spent by one of the UK's largest cancer "charities", with the rest disappearing under the heading of "Administration costs"

 

I agree with Gina Miller, there should be a minimum threshold for spend but I think 65% is too low. 85-90% is where it should be.

 

Charities should also have regular forensic account audits by an outside agency.

[geared 317]

Cancer charities fund alot of nurses and carers, does that cost come under charitable work or is it a staffing cost??

[El Cid 220]

I agree with Gina Miller, there should be a minimum threshold for spend but I think 65% is too low. 85-90% is where it should be.

 

Charities should also have regular forensic account audits by an outside agency.

 

Sounds a little extreme.

 

Perhaps things should be tightened up, but people do give money to these organisations, voluntarily.

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

people do give money to these organisations, voluntarily.

Yes, so the donations should not be used to permit luxury lifestyles for charity officials.

[El Cid 220]

Yes, so the donations should not be used to permit luxury lifestyles for charity officials.

 

Are you saying that the CEOs of certain large organisations should be barred from living "luxury lifestyles", just because their organisation is a charity?

[iansheff 88]

They've wasted nearly 100 million quid on that vanity project haven't they?

Not a single thing to show for it.

 

Meanwhile we're struggling to find funds to keep basic public transport running.

 

Ah yes but you are forgetting the world centres around London, sod the rest of the country. They throw money at transport systems down there while up north the electrification for trains is cancelled.

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Are you saying that the CEOs of certain large organisations should be barred from living "luxury lifestyles", just because their organisation is a charity?

No, unless the lifestyle is funded by donors wishing to benefit those in need. CEOs aren't!

[geared 317]

Are you saying that the CEOs of certain large organisations should be barred from living "luxury lifestyles", just because their organisation is a charity?

 

How big does your charity need to be before it's acceptable to have a really high paid CEO??

 

Surely if it was just a handful of the big boys (Red Cross etc) then it's abit of a non-issue??

[El Cid 220]

How big does your charity need to be before it's acceptable to have a really high paid CEO??

 

Surely if it was just a handful of the big boys (Red Cross etc) then it's abit of a non-issue??

 

If we believe if right to regulate the pay of charity bosses, then perhaps we should regulate the pay of FTSE250 companies, visa versa?

[Marx 10]

Charities should have an efficiency rating like electrical appliances do. Trouble is, some charities exist to provide infrastructure support or resources and don't have a specific target group such as cancer patients or refugees but there has to be a way of rating charities.

 

Presently the ones with the most resources can employ more fundraisers to raise more revenue and may well push the smaller innovative charities to the brink. I would love to know what percentage of revenue for the biggest charities is spent on fundraising.

[ukdobby 224]

Though not a charity Learn Direct has also going to be wound up after receiving 600 million quid of public cash.