Charity that owes £1.6m to the taxman enters administration
William Blake House, which looks after young adults with learning disabilities, is being investigated by the charity regulator
By Sarah Ward
A Northants charity that looks after adults with learning difficulties has been placed into administration amid a financial investigation by the charity regulator.
The Charity Commission removed the trustees from William Blake House last month and on Monday its interim manager Adam Stephens of S&W Partners LLP, issued an application to the high court to place the charity into administration.
This is the latest step in a financial scandal that became public in January when families of those staying at the home realised that the charity was to appear in the high court due to owing £1.6m in unpaid taxes.
The families hired a forensic accountant who revealed large consultancy fees paid to its chair of trustees Bushra Hamid. As NN Journal exclusively revealed last week, the Charity Commission has now extended its investigation to the Shoosmith Gallery at Delapre Abbey, Northampton, as Mr Hamid and another…