A Charedi education charity is being investigated over potential financial “misconduct and mismanagement”, authorities have said.
The Charity Commission announced on Thursday that its inquiry into the Bersam Trust, based in Salford, Greater Manchester, was opened on January 14.
The trust, which reported an income of more than £300,000 in 2018, lists its objectives as “providing children with a strictly Orthodox Jewish religious education” and “advancing Orthodox Jewish practice”.
The Charity Commission said it had found “significant discrepancies between the financial activity recorded in the accounts and the values of funds entering and leaving the charity’s bank accounts, raising serious concern”.
