Generally speaking, the Madeleine Fund is not critisised with regard to comparison with other funds, but, rather, with regard to it's lack of transparancy
By choosing to make the Fund a limited company, and thereafter choosing to present abbreviated accounts, the McCanns have kept the details of the Fund's spending secret
No-one knows, for instance, how much of the Fund has been spent on lawyers
In the early days, shortly after the McCanns had been made Arguidos, the Board of Directors decided that paying the McCann's legal fees would not be in the spirit of the Fund ... whilst, at the same time, pointing out that it would be entirely legal for the Fund to be used in that way should they have so decided
That was then. The McCanns are no longer Arguidos, and the board of directors has changed significantly ( both Kate and Gerry having since replaced two directors who resigned ) So it is quite concievable that the McCann's legal costs are, now, being paid from the Fund
I assume Isabel Duarte has not been working for the McCanns for nothing, yet it is not known whether her fees are being paid from the Fund or not
That is just one example of the Fund's lack of transparent accountability, and it is what leaves it open to critisism