The committee want the trust to make more money from sites such as Elizabeth Castle

FINANCIAL controls should be strengthened at the Jersey Heritage Trust and efforts made to make more money from its sites, including Mont Orgueil and Elizabeth Castle, says the States spending watchdog.

The Public Accounts Committee has become the latest body to publish a review – the fourth in just 18 months – on the way that the trust is run.

In addition to raising concerns about the financial management of the States-funded organisation, which looks after some of Island’s most important historical sites as well as managing the Jersey Archive, the PAC called for a service level agreement to be created between the States and the trust.

Jersey Heritage director Jon Carter said that the tone of the PAC report was fairly bullish, but that its findings were consistent with much of what he had being saying for several years.

He added: ‘The Jersey Heritage Trust is pleased to note the recommendation of the Public Accounts Committee that the organisation requires increased funding to guarantee a sustainable heritage service for the people of Jersey.’