A report by the Charity Commission, Charities Back on Track 2008-09, reveals 30 trustees were removed or suspended in the 12 months up until April 2009. This compares to nine the previous year.
"We remain concerned that the way in which charities manage procedures for safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries continues to be an issue this year," the commission said.
"Cases included concerns where individuals on the Sex Offenders Register were either proposed, or were acting, as trustees.
"We also found cases where checks on the suitability of trustees were either not in place or were insufficiently rigorous, as well as allegations of child abuse in an overseas orphanage run by a local partner charity."
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