Kids Company

On 5 August 2015 the charity ceased operations. Feb 2021, The founder and former trustees of the collapsed charity Kids Company won a High Court battle against being disqualified from other organisations. The Official Receiver argued they were unfit to hold directorships because of their handling of the charity. But the ruling cleared former chief executive Camila Batmanghelidjh and the seven others of personal wrongdoing. The judge added the charity may have survived had it not been for unfounded allegations of criminal activity. A plan to restructure the organisations finances had been agreed with David Camerons government. But the charity closed its doors in 2015 after the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into sexual assault allegations, following the broadcast of a BBC Newsnight report. The police investigation concluded in 2016 after finding no evidence of criminality. In her ruling, Mrs Justice Falk said the charity, which worked with hundreds of vulnerable child...