Email from Ewan Larcombe to the Charity Commission 26-1-2026
Can you help me please? In April last year David Buckley (Chair of Datchet Parish Council) failed in his attempt to overthrow/eject the Trustees and consequently take control of the assets of the DRCCT. Trustee and other details were then changed by the Parish Council Clerk but the correct details have been reinstated.
Today, David Buckley is repeatedly claiming that the Charity Commission is still investigating matters relating to the DRCCT – which prevents those matters being properly considered and moved forwards.
Please confirm that the Charity Commission has no issues with Monica Davies and myself (Ewan Larcombe) as the Trustees of the DRCCT Charity Number 252303.
Thank you
Ewan Larcombe (DRCCT Chair)
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NOTES: David Buckley (Datchet Parish Council Chair) is personally responsible for deliberate obfuscation and delay in resolving the issues* between Datchet Parish Council and the DRCCT. The Clerk continues to hide the report (despite repeated requests) given to the meeting at Windsor in April 2025. The names of the Councillors involved in this fiasco (mostly recently co-opted) are available on the DPC website statement here.
*So what are the issues?
- Cllr David Buckley (supported by the Clerk and some other Cllrs) will not accept that Monica Davies and Ewan Larcombe were (and still are) the appointed Trustees of the DRCCT since April 2019.
- Cllr David Buckley (supported by the Clerk and some other Cllrs) continues to assert that Datchet Parish Council manages the DRCCT.
- The Clerk (as the RFO) refuses to add motions to the DPC Agenda – and in particular items referring to lack of leases.