Research into the business malpractices of a senior Catholic prelate
based at St Peter and St John 1 Caesars Camp Road Camberley have
uncovered facts which the Catholic Herald is afraid to print.
Monsignor
Madders and his brother are permanent unelected directors of Helena
Court Residents Association which controls the freehold of a block of
mansion flats Helena Court in Pevensey Road,Hastings East Sussex.
Monsignor
Madders and his brother thus have all the advantages of owning a
freeholdworth over 2 million pounds without having to pay a cent.
Monsignor Brian Richard Madders MBE former senior Catholic chaplain to the Royal Navy is a director of HCRA Ltd.
This
company has threatened two leaseholders in Helena Court with litigation
leading to the possible loss of their homes because of their inability
or reluctance to pay inflated service charges which are fixed by
Monsignor Madders & his brother Kevin Madders.
The freehold belongs to all the leaseholders but the Madders company has gained control of it and deliberates in secret.
They initiated litigation against one leaseholder who was serving in Iraq and unable to defend himself.
The
local MP has referred this case to the Ombudsman. Monsignor Madders is a
director of Highland Gardens Investment Co. which exists to buy flats
in Helena Court at reduced prices.
The website http://www.helenacourt.net/
is controlled by Mosignor Madders and his brother and actually states
that the price of flats in this block is artificially low because the
service charges are artificially high .
This is convenient for
the Madders who fix these service charges and whose company, Highlands
Gardens, Investment Company exists to buy flats in the block.
They already own two flats.
Their
recent attempt to buy a third from a single lady Ms Barbara Bolton,(
tel 01424 720044) who could no longer afford their inflated service
charges was rebuffed on principle.
They have been promising to
issue 999 year leases to the leaseholders of Helena Court since 2003 but
have never honoured this promise.
Meetings for residents to express their grievances are advertised but never held.
Complaints
about the deplorable behaviour of their agent Mr George Okines who has
threatened elderly ladies with forced entry to their homes have been
ignored by the Madders.
According to the auditor,Mr Steve Cooper
of McPhersons,2 Cambridge Gardens,Hastings,East Sussex ,Highlands
Gardens Investments is financed by a shell company in Liechtenstein
named ITSS AG VADUZ.
This is in violation of S19 (1) of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.Money laundering via
Liechtenstein is extremely serious.
Monsignor Madders is also
liable for prosecution under S 21 of the 1985 Landlord and Tenant Act
1985 for serious accounting irregularities.
His agent Mr George
Okines trading as Arko Property Management 123 Bohemia Road Hastings has
exacted over 100,000 pounds from the leaseholders of Helena Court
Pevensey Road,East Sussex but refused to account for any of these funds.
Monsignor
Madders and his associates have issued newsletters publicly threatening
people who can't or won't pay the exorbitant service charges with legal
proceedings leading to the possible loss of their homes.
His
agent Mr George OKines is a known associate of Mr Marc Sulc who has
served four prison sentences for offences including fraud and violence.
His other associate is Mr Chris Byron who has served 7 years for armed robbery.
Mr
Sulc was in fact exposed by Martin Bright in the Observer in 2002 as a
notorious ganster whose speciality was using legal subterfuges and
intimidation to force people to sell their flats for ludicrously low
prices.
These are rather unusual associates for a senior
clergyman.Monsignor Madders is based in Camberley, Surrey at St Peter
and St John,1 Caesar's Camp Road,Camberley,Surrey GU15 3EY.
His superior is Bishop Kieran Conry, bishop of Arundel and Brighton (tel 01293 526428).
Both the bishop and the Catholic Herald have detailed files on all Madders' activities but will not act.
NOTES
1.Highland Gardens Investment Co Ltd. reg no 05297012 reg office McPhersons,chartered accountants
2. Cambridge Gardens, Hastings TN34 1EH responsible partner Mr Steve Cooper
3. Helena Court Residents Association Ltd reg office 123 Bohemia Road,St leonards on Sea , East Sussex
4. For more information on Mr George Okines please contact Ms Sarah Calverley on sarahcalverley@googlemail.com for relevant names and phone and fax numbers of the local anti corruption campaigners.
5.
Auditor for Monsignor Madders' companies: Mr Steve Cooper,McPhersons 2
Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1EH tel 01424 4397865.
Martin Bright Observer 2002- Marc Sulc 'King of the slums'
6.Peter
Rochfort on 01424 201680 chief executive of Selcha the national
leaseholders rights groups and an expert on Okines and Sulc.
