The Charity Commission announced on 12 October 2026 that it had opened a statutory inquiry into Crossfields Institute, charity number 1124859, on 7 September 2026 under section 46 of the Charities Act 2011. The Stroud-based charity, registered in 2008, provides training and qualifications across several sectors. The regulator said it has not reached any conclusions and that opening an inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing.

According to the Commission, the charity was placed in its double defaulters class inquiry in September 2025 after failing to submit accounting information for the financial years ending 31 March 2023 and 2024, and later went into further default for the 2025 financial year. The Commission said its engagement identified additional concerns, including whether the charity has a sufficient number of trustees and appropriate financial controls, and whether its operations may have been transferred to a non-charitable company.

The inquiry will examine trustees' compliance with legal duties on governance, financial management and statutory accounting, management of connected party transactions and potential conflicts of interest, and decision-making and record keeping. The Commission said the scope may be extended if further issues emerge, and that it usually publishes a report after an inquiry concludes.