Self Build
There was a Cadets self build scheme(Gliders) operating during WW2.
Why would anyone think that the very system that failed to keep a modern fleet of gliders 'airworthy' could actually organise the building of something with an engine and then let Cadets fly in them!
The CAS should draft a 'senior' tech consultant into the system with the mandate to resolve this situation NOW before the public at large see what a complete mess the organisation have got themselves into.
I think the 'official' photo of the Syerston 'workshop says it all;it is not a workshop its a showroom.