The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into a disability support charity due to “serious concerns” about its general management and governance.

The regulator said the inquiry into Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living was opened on 13 September.

The charity was already under investigation as part of the regulator’s double defaulters class inquiry after it was identified as persistently late in filing its accounting information.  

“Upon further engagement with the charity, serious concerns arose regarding its general management and governance,” the regulator said.

The regulator’s inquiry will investigate the extent to which the charity’s trustees are complying with their legal duties in respect of the administration, governance and management of their charity. 

The commission said it would examine whether trustees have adequate financial and strategic oversight of the charity, including the management and supervision of staff.

The regulator said it would also look into whether the charity was being managed in accordance with its governing document and operating for the public benefit and whether trustees were complying with their legal obligations in respect of filing the charity’s accounts.

The charity has filed its last four accounts late and its accounts for the financial years ending 31 March 2023 and 2022 are both overdue at 260 and 625 days respectively.

Its most recently-filed accounts with the regulator showed an income of £132,000 and spending of £89,000 in the year to the end of March 2021.

Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living has been contacted for comment.