The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into Merseycare Transport Services Ltd, a Wirral-based charity registered as number 1133408, according to a 6 August 2026 press release. The charity provides community transport and related training for people in Merseyside and surrounding areas who need such services because of age, sickness, disability, poverty or inadequate safe public transport.

The Commission said it identified governance and financial management concerns. These include that the charity appears to have too few trustees, in breach of its governing document, that it has not complied with statutory accounting requirements, and that its expenditure does not appear to align with its objects. The inquiry will examine trustees' compliance with legal duties on administration, governance and management, focusing on compliance with the governing document and use of funds for the charity's objects, financial controls and governance arrangements, whether inaccurate or misleading information was submitted to the Commission, and whether there has been misconduct, mismanagement or misappropriation of charitable funds. The scope can be extended if further issues emerge.

The release states the statutory inquiry was opened on 26 June 2026 under section 46 of the Charities Act 2011, and that the Commission's policy is to publish a report after an inquiry concludes.