THE date has been announced when a charity board will be quizzed on why it has not spent more on good causes.

Bosses at the Chaigley Manor Trust, a charity which was set up to help Hyndburn children, have been called to a council meeting where they will face questions from councillors.

The move came after it has emerged that for five years running the charity has filed its accounts with the Charity Commission late.

And during this time it has been revealed that the trust has underspent by £36,000 from what it should have handed out.

Chaigley Manor was a children’s home in the Ribble Valley that was bought by the people of Hyndburn in 1927 for use by the borough’s disadva-ntaged youngsters.

After being sold for £625,000 in 2001 the fund was put into the care of a trust.

The meeting will also hear from PC Les Sholicar about the pubwatch scheme and hear an update on refurbishment works at properties in Blackpool Street and South Shore Street in Oswaldtwistle.

The meeting will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, March 18, at Scaitcliffe House, Ormerod Street, Accrington.