Inquiry report: The King’s Foundation (SC038770)
Today (Tuesday 7 January 2025), the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has published our report into concerns raised about The King’s Foundation (SC038770).
This inquiry was divided into two separate strands. The first strand considered the historical governance of the charity. The second strand looked at the charity’s current and future governance arrangements. We have now concluded both strands of this work.
OSCR has a duty to encourage compliance with the requirements of charity law, to consider risk to charities and to identify and investigate potential misconduct in the administration of charities and respond appropriately.
The inquiry found the historical governance of the charity had sometimes failed to reach the standard required, in respect of its approach to decision making and record keeping. However, the inquiry did not find evidence of misconduct by any of the former or current trustees. In considering these issues, the evidence does not indicate or demonstrate a sustained pattern of inappropriate governance or serious failings in the governance of the charity as a whole.
In relation to the charity’s former CEO, the inquiry found that some of his actions resulted in the charity being exposed to substantial risk. It was unacceptable that he did not brief the charity trustees on some of these serious issues as soon as they arose. By not doing so the former charity trustees’ ability to react to the risk faced by the charity was hindered.
Based on all the information gathered, OSCR does not consider that there was misconduct on the part of the former CEO.