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Post  justagrannynow 1 on Thu May 13, 2010 9:58 am

Just found this posted on the MM forum


Gerry's turn for the limelight


ali1966 Today at 7:24 amAdrian Findingmadeleine Another 81
Miles for Madeleine.

Just been posted on a facebook group I am a
member of:




This weekend Gerry McCann will be
competing in the
Etape Caledonia- an 81 mile (130km) cycle through
Highland Perthshire
with almost 2000m of ascent.

Gerry is
raising money for Madeleine's Fund- Leaving No Stone Unturned
and
would be grateful if you would sponsor him.

Donations can be
ma...de
online at
the Find Madeleine website.

or directly
through Internet transfers:

Please include etape in the
reference

NatwestLondonWC2H
ONNSort Code: 60 40 05Account Number: 32130058


http://helpingtofindmadeleine.org/gerry_cycling_for_madeleine.pdf

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Post  justagrannynow 1 on Thu May 13, 2010 10:02 am

A reminder about the Fund.

http://retiredrambler.typepad.com/tonys_ramblings/the_mccanns/

09 August 2009

The
Madeleine Fund- an update



It's some time since I've posted anything about
Team McCann
, but in the last few days the hunt for Madeleine got
even more bizarre. The Team, fortified by a couple of
ex-detectives, David Edgar and Arthur Cowley, are on the trail of a Posh
Spice lookalike. The mention of Mrs Beckham and Madeleine McCann was
certain to reach the headlines. What I'm pretty certain about is that
both these policemen are familiar with the problems of identification.
It's difficult enough to be certain about who you saw in good daylight
when you've had a long look, but to recall a face you saw over two
years ago when in drink would have been rejected, as unreliable, by
most coppers I knew. But both these police officers must be
aware of the identification rules they would have used before they
retired. And this Barcelona identification breaks just about all of
them. It's hardly surprising that it leads to what appears to be
another dead end
.What
is clear is that the Madeleine Fund is financing the operation.I've
been able look at the first year's accounts of the Madeleine Fund. For
a couple of quid you can download them from Companies House.
The full title is- Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned Limited. Company
Number: 06248215 The accounts were ruled off at the end of March
last year. Then the fund had a surplus of just over 1 million
pounds-£1,052,027.00 to be exact. It's not clear from the accounts, but I
suspect that figure might well include the damages paid by the Express
Group to the McCanns as the result of their libel
settlement
. The total fund income from the date it was established
was £1,846,178.00. In other words in the first year the directors have
authorised nearly a million pound of expenditure. That includes the
fruitless payment to Metodo
3
, the Spanish private investigators, who made absolutely no
progress. Page 2 of the accounts, The Director's Report , dated
11th November 2008, and signed by John J McCann, contained this
"
As expected, the level of donations [to the fund] has fallen over time,
although we have a number of loyal donors continuing their support.
Income in the new financial year is currently significantly lower than
at the same time last year. However our expenses are ongoing are likely
to increase."
And
this report
suggests that the financial situation is now perhaps
more difficult than in November 2008.The next accounts will be
filed in about ten months time. It will be interesting to see
just how challenging the financial situation will be then. I suspect
that unlike between March 2007 and 2008, they will not contain these
items.Campaign Management £123, 573.00Awareness
£81,504.00Legal Fees and Expenses £111,522.00Search
Fees £250,000.00Fund Legal
Fees £68,799.00Fund Professional Fees
£36,070.00 I'm surprised no one has asked the McCann's
spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, just what these expenses paid for. Over a
third of a million quid spent on professional and management fees!

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Post  Autumn on Thu May 13, 2010 12:33 pm

Just had a look at the MacMillan Fund-Raising website. This cycling event is clearly being held to raise money for those suffering from cancer - so how come Gerry is allowed to have people sponsor him to raise money for his own fund? I'm sure there will be some mis-guided people who will sponsor Gerry in the belief he is cycling in support of the MacMillan Charity.

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Post  kary on Thu May 13, 2010 1:23 pm

More than likely Autumn!!!

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Post  candyfloss on Thu May 13, 2010 1:47 pm

Why this continual asking the public for money. They have had at least 3 million pounds and probably a whole lot more. They said themselves they had £500,000 still in the fund. If they paid the two detectives £100,000 per year, that is 5 years they can employ them for. They should do as the government is doing and have cut backs, ie, get rid of the law firms, solicitors and PR companies, and concentrate on using the money for what it was meant for, and what the public donated it for. But of course, it would be a lot simpler to just get the PJ to re-open the case thinking

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Post  justagrannynow 1 on Thu May 13, 2010 2:03 pm

http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Fundraising/Bikingevents/EtapeCaledonia/EtapeCaledonia.aspx






I don't get it. How can Gerry McCann use this event to raise money for the Fund ? Even if there is some dodgy way whereby it is possible, IMO it is in really bad taste.

Presumably Macmillan Cancer Support is a charity and VAT free, but the Fund is a registered company, so will any monies raised by Gerry McCann for the Fund be liable for VAT or tax ? After all, this is a six figure business we are talking about, a business which keeps Kate, two private detectives and goodness only knows how many others in employment.

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Post  Laffin Assasin on Thu May 13, 2010 2:43 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/jeremy-vine/ Todays programme, it does not appear to be ready to listen again yet, I didn't catch it all, but towards the end it was discussing charity cons.

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Post  kary on Thu May 13, 2010 4:45 pm


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Post  vaguely1 on Thu May 13, 2010 5:18 pm

Etape Caledonia isn't a Macmillan fundraising event. You can join it as Team Macmillan and raise money directly for them, (they also are one of the sponsors of the event), or you can just cycle for yourself or your own cause.

http://www.etapecaledonia.co.uk/entryinfo.html

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Post  Ruby on Thu May 13, 2010 5:52 pm

Er, MacMillan have replied to Blueeyes over on MM that anyone filling in the entry form for this biking event on Sunday can choose to name a charity of their own choice.

My goodness, someone had better explain to Gerry he's made a blooper! Otherwise it could look like he's exploiting the fact that a genuine charity isn't aware the 'fund' isn't a charity, to - what could be perceived as - less than honestly obtain money for his limited company! Imagine his red face...


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