A medical charity in Northern Ireland has closed after an investigation by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland found that the charity was providing a private benefit.
The Commission opened an inquiry into Emergency Medical Services in February 2014 following the receipt of a concern that alleged that there “was no clear delineation between Emergency Medical Services and a business sharing the charity’s premises”.
Following the concern, the Commission found that there were serious governance failures and a “risk that the charity’s assets were being used to supplement and support the private business, which shared its address”. As a result it opened a statutory inquiry into the charity.
The charity, which was principally funded through street collections and other fundraising activities, was involved in the provision of first aid training to volunteers who provided cover at public events including parades and festivals in the Magherafelt and Cookstown areas.
The concerned party alleged in May 2013 that the “principal cause of the confusion over the remit of the charity were the actions of Mr Tom Gourley”, the officer in charge of the charity, the sole trader running the private company Emergency Medical Supplies and managing director of the EMS Group. Full story...
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The Commission opened an inquiry into Emergency Medical Services in February 2014 following the receipt of a concern that alleged that there “was no clear delineation between Emergency Medical Services and a business sharing the charity’s premises”.
Following the concern, the Commission found that there were serious governance failures and a “risk that the charity’s assets were being used to supplement and support the private business, which shared its address”. As a result it opened a statutory inquiry into the charity.
The charity, which was principally funded through street collections and other fundraising activities, was involved in the provision of first aid training to volunteers who provided cover at public events including parades and festivals in the Magherafelt and Cookstown areas.
The concerned party alleged in May 2013 that the “principal cause of the confusion over the remit of the charity were the actions of Mr Tom Gourley”, the officer in charge of the charity, the sole trader running the private company Emergency Medical Supplies and managing director of the EMS Group. Full story...
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