The Charity Commission has issued an order to prevent a charity set up to improve the lives of people living in Liverpool from selling 16 properties it owns.

The order has been made as the regulator launches a statutory inquiry into CG Community Council, which was launched during the 1960s to support people in the Croxteth and Gillmoss areas of the city.

Through investigations already carried out the Commission obtained information that “suggests CG Community Council property may be at risk”.

Of concern is the charity recording no income or spending in its annual return for the financial year ending March 2023 and a failure to submit its returns for the following financial year.

The order prevents the charity the 16 properties it holds the leasehold for
“being sold or otherwise disposed of without the prior consent of the Commission”.

The regulator added: “The inquiry will examine if trustees of CG Community Council have complied with their legal duties in respect of the administration, governance and management of the charity.

This includes whether “the charity is accounting for its funds and assets, in line with legal requirements” and if “it has suffered a financial loss as a result of any misconduct and/or mismanagement”.

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