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| Bryan Gunn charity work: Ex-Norwich footballer excluded | Bryan Gunn charity work: Ex-Norwich footballer excluded |
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| Retired footballer Bryan Gunn is one of four trustees to be excluded as part of an inquiry into a suspected shortfall at a charity website, it has emerged. | Retired footballer Bryan Gunn is one of four trustees to be excluded as part of an inquiry into a suspected shortfall at a charity website, it has emerged. |
| The Charity Commission is investigating Norfolk based www.charitygiving.co.uk over missing annual accounts. | The Charity Commission is investigating Norfolk based www.charitygiving.co.uk over missing annual accounts. |
| The Dove Trust runs the fund-collecting website from offices at Bawdeswell on behalf of 74 charity campaigns. | The Dove Trust runs the fund-collecting website from offices at Bawdeswell on behalf of 74 charity campaigns. |
| The trustees have been told not to speak to news organisations while the investigation is under way. | The trustees have been told not to speak to news organisations while the investigation is under way. |
| Exclusion means the trustees cannot be involved in the charity's activities or speak to anyone about its work. | Exclusion means the trustees cannot be involved in the charity's activities or speak to anyone about its work. |
| Ex-Norwich City goalkeeper Mr Gunn was one of four trustees of the charity. | Ex-Norwich City goalkeeper Mr Gunn was one of four trustees of the charity. |
| The Charity Commission named the three other excluded trustees as Peter Farley, Keith Colman and Donna Naghshineh. | The Charity Commission named the three other excluded trustees as Peter Farley, Keith Colman and Donna Naghshineh. |
| Bank account frozen | Bank account frozen |
| The Charity Commission became involved over concerns the last set of accounts for the Dove Trust were from 2009. | The Charity Commission became involved over concerns the last set of accounts for the Dove Trust were from 2009. |
| Pesh Framjee, a partner specialising in auditing not-for-profit organisations at Crowe Clark Whitehill, was sent in and found a shortfall of funds. | Pesh Framjee, a partner specialising in auditing not-for-profit organisations at Crowe Clark Whitehill, was sent in and found a shortfall of funds. |
| He recommended the trust's donations site was suspended immediately "after careful consideration and consultation with the Charity Commission", he said. | He recommended the trust's donations site was suspended immediately "after careful consideration and consultation with the Charity Commission", he said. |
| "An immediate and full analysis of the charity's current financial position is being undertaken. | "An immediate and full analysis of the charity's current financial position is being undertaken. |
| "I am conducting a review to establish the extent of the shortfall and the donors affected." | "I am conducting a review to establish the extent of the shortfall and the donors affected." |
| His firm hopes to have enough information to make a statement by the end of July. | His firm hopes to have enough information to make a statement by the end of July. |
| Daughter's memorial fund | Daughter's memorial fund |
| A statement on the Charity Giving website, posted on Thursday, said that money coming in was being distributed not to the charity intended but to others whose payments had fallen due. | A statement on the Charity Giving website, posted on Thursday, said that money coming in was being distributed not to the charity intended but to others whose payments had fallen due. |
| "The distributable assets held by the Dove Trust are less than the amounts payable to the charities that should be receiving funds. | "The distributable assets held by the Dove Trust are less than the amounts payable to the charities that should be receiving funds. |
| "This is not acceptable. It is important that the amounts owing and available are reconciled before any further payments can be made," the statement said. | "This is not acceptable. It is important that the amounts owing and available are reconciled before any further payments can be made," the statement said. |
| "The trustees could not satisfy the interim manager or the commission about the charity's financial position or the extent of the shortfall." | "The trustees could not satisfy the interim manager or the commission about the charity's financial position or the extent of the shortfall." |
| The commission has frozen the charity's bank account and excluded all trustees. | The commission has frozen the charity's bank account and excluded all trustees. |
| The website was suspended and the Dove Trust's banks were instructed not to receive further funds. | The website was suspended and the Dove Trust's banks were instructed not to receive further funds. |
| One of the charities affected by the move is Bryan Gunn's Leukaemia Appeal, a fund set up in honour of his daughter Francesca who died from the condition in 1992 aged two. |