Letter From Charity Commission 30/04/2024

Dear Team at the Actor Centre,

Seven Dials Playhouse: 275934

Thank you for your further letter dated 25^th April. We have since had the concerns raised in your open letter highlighted to us.

We have now issued the charity a notice regarding the overdue accounts reporting and to remind the trustees of their filing duties.

After looking carefully at the information regarding the reconfiguration of the charity, we have concluded that there is no role for the Commission. We appreciate that sometimes decisions made by charities may be unpopular with some interested parties.  The Commission will not take forward complaints where other parties disagree with decisions made by the trustees and those decisions have been properly made within the law and the provisions of the charity’s governing document.

We have not identified any evidence that decisions made by the trustees have not been made lawfully and we have not identified any governance concerns.  We have also not identified concerns that the charity is failing to meet the public benefit. For this reason, we will not be contacting the charity or taking any action.

We understand this may be disappointing to you but would like to reassure you that we will keep your email on the charity’s record, in case there are other concerns in the future.

How we make our decisions

When making our decisions, we consider the issue and look at the risk to anyone who comes into contact with the charity, along with the risk to the charity itself. It’s important that we consider the likely impact of our involvement, so we can make a fair and balanced decision about whether to act. All decisions are made following the principles set out in the Charity Commission Regulatory and Risk Framework.

Thank you for the time you have taken to contact us on this matter.

Yours sincerely,

Assessment Team

Charity Commission for England and Wales