Overview

• The Fundraising Regulator reported multiple breaches of the fundraising code, including frequent references to death or suicide in appeal materials.
• Investigators found the community interest company often could not evidence claims and posted the same people's photos alongside different stories.
• Donations were solicited for inconsistent purposes, and funds were used to buy a house, with oversight of spending referred to the CIC Regulator.
• Depher has ceased operating, James Anderson has stepped down, and the successor Community Elderly and Disabled Support CIC is urged to adopt the recommendations.
• The Charity Commission rejected bids for charitable status in 2020, 2022 and 2023, and Anderson has admitted at least one false post, apologized for safeguarding failures, and said he would return some money.