Trustees can be personally liable for any charity funds spent outside charitable objectives. Neal Green explains how the Charity Commission deals with charities working outside their charitable objects.

You’re a trustee of a charity. You joined because of your passion for the cause, wanting to address a particular need or injustice. Then one day you realise that the charity’s activities, its ‘mission’ and the objects in its governing document don’t match up. This is commonly known as ‘mission drift’.