The Charity Commission has appointed an interim manager to run the Revelation Foundation, a Christian charity which runs a TV channel, and which is under investigation for offering "private advantage" to those involved.

The charity has been under investigation by the Commission since September last year, after members of the public alleged that the charity was being “used for private advantage”.

The regulator has appointed Brian Johnson, a partner with accountancy firm HW Fisher & Company, as the interim manager of the charity. He will “work alongside” the charity’s existing trustees to review the organisation’s accounts, financial controls and models and will report back to the Commission with recommendations.

The regulator’s inquiry into the organisation, which lists its charitable activities as the making and broadcasting of Christian programmes to be broadcast on television, is still ongoing.

The Commission’s main concerns remain the production and broadcasting of television programmes from Spain, as well as the trustees’ decisions to transfer significant charitable assets and funds from the UK to Spain in relation to the charity’s Revelation TV channel.

A statement released on the organisation’s website today claims that “after a thorough investigation”, the Commission has identified “no loss or misappropriation of charitable funds by the trustees”.

A spokeswoman from the Commission told Civil Society News that this part of the statement was completely untrue.

The charity also said it welcomed the appointment of Johnson as interim manager, as it has “nothing to hide" and would “draw upon the expertise of the accountant and his team to ensure the public have full assurance as to the work of the trust”.

The regulator’s spokeswoman said: “The enquiry is ongoing and we will release its findings at a later date”. 

According to its most recent set of accounts, Revelation Foundation had an income last year of £1.66m and spending of £1.61m.