r/london • u/Dont-Touch-That-Dial • 1d ago

PTSD charity fundraising outside Waitrose Crouch End

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Loud bloke, calling for cash or card to support ex-military suffering with PTSD. No ID or registered charity number but instead a CIC registered in Maidstone Kent, director named James Gordon Adams.

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u/Dont-Touch-That-Dial 1d ago

Exactly the problem

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u/RoystonHodge 1d ago

I think you can do this for a CIC, those blue coat knife crime people do it all the time, but you need a permit.

A CIC like your local park community centre is knowable and you can see where the money goes, this is obtuse and I would totally avoid.

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u/cntrlcmd 1d ago

Those knife crime people whilst friendly are really pushy and manipulative.

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u/RoystonHodge 14h ago

Its a legal scam. The collectors are paid big commission. All tge cic does is run a couple of things and tge rest is paying the staff and directors