Nick Evans

Nick Evans is a retired publisher who has lived in Putney for many years. He has been prominent in efforts to protect Putney Common from mismanagement.

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

The last WPCC board meeting with a “Resolutions“ notice was 8th of June.

Since then there have been the following meetings:
18 June - Conservators Only; 29 June - Conservators Only; 13 July; 12 August - Conservators Only;
28 August - Conservators Only

What’s going on?

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

A follow-up article in ‘Third Sector’ this morning: https://t.co/YbuN22oscU

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

Dominic Kennedy the Investigations Editor of the Times exposes the WPCC Charity Commission whitewash today: https://t.co/n80kz3neEN

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

... the accounts are 54 pages long. Some of the high points, if you can find them, are a loss of £86,706, that they have sold off £100,000 of their investments to fund the review of the 1871 Act, and the CE earns between £80K and £90K.

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

I see that the 2019/2020 WPCC accounts have just appeared https://t.co/NyzluB3PUU
The Audit, Insurance, Legal and Professional fees have leapt from £97,487 to £128,742, an increase of £31,255!

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

There has been a lot of comment about the Commission’s revelation that WPCC spent £263,000 on legal fees. This is an underestimate. Between 2011/12 and 2018/19 they spent £586,009 on legal fees and £148,301 in professional fees. https://t.co/sSayEJeNH7

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

I have the “final report” version from before the pre-action letter to the Commission by Sir Ian Andrews and the one after which has completely different conclusions. Why? Rebecca Cooney has updated her article: https://t.co/pBIjlCCGGu

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

Rebecca Cooney’s article in Third Sector. https://t.co/pBIjlCCGGu

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

And here’s their press statement. They blame the trustee dispute for everything. But surely there would not have been a dispute unless there had been a huge under-sale at Putney Common?
https://t.co/2XDVydjCnK

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

The Charity Commission has just published their report into the Statutory Inquiry into the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators (WPCC). As predicted it is a complete whitewash. The question should be, why?
https://t.co/ljS517gMFk

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

The Department for Health and Social Care: Restart the School Fruit & Vegetable Scheme https://t.co/WL3b6DCdgo via @UKChange

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

When and if the Commission‘s Statutory Inquiry report is published on the 2 July it is helpful to know who were WPCC Conservators / Trustees on what dates. Here’s a pdf spreadsheet covering 2008 to 2020 with key events https://t.co/TwXpBd7gQm

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

Since 2019 I’ve received 4 different draft “final reports”. Will the 2nd July report actually be published? Regulatory action at WPCC began in September 2015, almost five years ago.

[Nick Evans @Ncsevans]

The latest news from the Charity Commission is that they will publish their “Statement of Findings” from their Statutory Inquiry into Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators (WPCC) on July 2nd.