The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with St. John, Micklegate and St. Martin Cum Gregory, York
The charity , whose working name is Holy Trinity Micklegate PCC, is a Church of England parish church situated in York city centre and was registered with the Commission in 2018.
The Commission initially engaged with the charity after it failed to submit its annual accounting information for the financial years ending 31 December 2022 and 2023.
During the course of its engagement, the Commission received a report from the current trustees highlighting serious concerns about the charity's previous financial management, and it has now escalated its case to a statutory inquiry.
The regulator's inquiry will examine the administration, governance and management of the charity, with particular regard to:
whether the charity is being managed in accordance with its governing document and has a sufficient number of willing and capable trustees
the financial management of the charity including whether the charity has appropriate and robust financial controls in place
the management of potential conflicts of interest and connected party transactions, and whether there has been any unauthorised personal benefit
whether the charity has suffered a financial loss as a result of any misconduct and/or mismanagement by the trustees
The Commission may extend the scope of the inquiry if additional regulatory issues emerge.
It is the Commission's policy, after it has concluded an inquiry, to publish a report detailing the issues examined, any action taken, and the inquiry's outcomes.
