This situation is the legacy of political interference exercised through the Charities Commision, a quango created as a conduit by politicians for politicians to exert influence over the charitable sector. The previous government, aware that all governments eventually leave under a cloud often for lengthy periods in opposition, was determinded to prepare for its own inevitable demise by installing fifth columnists throughout the establishment and public life who would pursue a left-wing agenda effectively creating a government in exile. Charities are seen by most people as trustworthy altruistic organisations. If they can be used as a mouthpiece for political ideology they lend tremendous credibility to that message. Labour were detereminded to turn charities red and appointed the distasterous Suzy Leather in 2006 to hijack the system on their behalf. It was she who presided over a plethora of animal rights 'charities' most of which are nothing of the kind, they are political lobbying groups masquerading as charities. She may have gone but the political poison she injected into the system remains. The decline of once great charities like the RSPCA and the RSPB into squalid political propagandists is a symptom of political manipulation which exists at every level in public life.
Trying to fight this toxic legacy one case at a time will be like trying to push water uphill.