The E.C.H.R. and the McCann's.

Ayfive: "The Fund now qualifies as a Micro-Entity and can file its abbreviated accounts on line."

The Findmadeleine site says: "The directors regulate Madeleine's Fund and they aspire to follow best practice policies and processes used by charities". Well, charities aren't allowed to file micro entity abbreviated accounts, for very good reasons, so if they do that, it will give the lie to their words.

Texty wrote:Ayfive: "The Fund now qualifies as a Micro-Entity and can file its abbreviated accounts on line."

The Findmadeleine site says: "The directors regulate Madeleine's Fund and they aspire to follow best practice policies and processes used by charities". Well, charities aren't allowed to file micro entity abbreviated accounts, for very good reasons, so if they do that, it will give the lie to their words.

You are kicking against an open door there my friend.
They appear not to have followed Good Governance: a Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector except for the bit that says:

the organisation understands and complies with all legal and regulatory requirements that apply to it


http://www.rcvda.org.uk/sites/default/files/contentfiles/Code-of-Governance-Summary.pdf

As you rightly say The Foundation is not a charity. That being so the legal and regulatory requirements that apply to charities do not apply to The Foundation. It is merely stated they "aspire" to such, whatever that may mean but it also means that The Foundation can legitimately claim it has followed Good Governance because it follows the legal and regulatory requirements laid down by Companies Act 2006.
Typical politics. Everything plausible but also everything deniable.