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In 2021 it was reported that the Guild was in financial crisis. Local branches had had their bank accounts frozen by the Guild. Some members had been unhappy for years about the way the Guild was run. Some members criticised the high salary received by the CEO, who was not himself an embroiderer, and
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to make their concerns public. The meeting held by trustees for members to discuss this and to vote on the future of the branches has been called "At the very best ... a PR nightmare. At the worst, it was the outward expression of a charity that was already eating itself whole". The trustees'
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