Levy payers thinking of making additional contributions to the WPCC could consider a few of the reasons why they need the money...1. The WPCC have failed to collect over £2m of levy, that they could have received and invested in the now neglected assets.2. When selling the land at Putney Common the WPCC failed to get it valued (a legal requirement) and sold it for some £1.65m less than it was worth. The WPCC and CEO Simon Lee then lied to the Charity Commision, levy payers and trustees to try and cover up their failure. Some £500,000 in legal fees to boot and a Statutory Inquiry by the Commission (three years and still ongoing).3. Trustees and Bates Wells Braithwaite failed to disclose a material conflict of interest when BWB were appointed. BWB were paid a vast amount of money for conflicted advice before quitting when challenged as to their independence.4. £55,000 in legal fees were paid to Russell Cooke to submit a complaint by Lee and Whyte to the Charity Commission to persuade the Commission to disqualify me as a trustee. The £55,000 complaint was a pack of lies by CEO Lee.5. In selling the freehold of Mill House they trustees allowed the purchaser to make a £2.6m tax free profit in an afternoon. The WPCC failed to take the proper advice and the current board continue to try and cover up the undersale.6. When swapping common land to allow the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club to build a private car park the WPCC failed to take any advice as to the rateble value of the land lost - now a landscaped private car park for the club. They WPCC continue to try and cover up this transaction which they were advised breached the 1871 Act by their own QC. 7. When collecting the Levy for decades the WPCC used a map dating from the early 20th Century, omitting thousands of homes which had been subsequently built. Unhappy with a Ordnance Survey digital map they commissioned (it identified homes that were paying but not within the catchment), the WPCC stretched the map by hand, including more homes outside of the levy area. 8. Thousands of £££'s are spent every Christmas entertaining MP's, Councillor and mates at their champagne fuelled drinks party, funded by Levy payers.9. The 2017 accounts had to be restated for failing to show a £1,000,000 deficit - previously buried by incompetent auditors who were subsequently sacked.10. When selling the land at Putney Common the WPCC were LEGALLY obliged to conduct a public consultation. They failed to do so - deliberately - and then lied to the Charity Commission when challenged.
John Cameron ● 2619d