Charity Commission investigates actors’ fund over governance

Ten people, including Penelope Keith, were removed from the charity’s council of trustees in February in what they claim was a procedural manoeuvre Photograph: Mark Thomas/Rex/Shutterstock

A charity that supports actors who are experiencing hardship due to old age, injury or illness is under investigation over concerns about its governance.

A dispute at the Actors’ Benevolent Fund had pit a group of longstanding trustees – including the actor Dame Penelope Keith, who has been its president for the past 32 years – against its general secretary, who was appointed in 2016.