Kids Company closure: What went wrong? - BBC News
When it closed, Kids Company said 11 centres in London and Bristol and an outreach project in Liverpool had shut their doors, and its work with more than 40 schools had ended. The day after its closure, the government held talks to draw up emergency plans to support children affected.…
Kids Company trustees ‘negligent’ and ‘ignored repeated ...
The trustees of Kids Company were “negligent” and ignored repeated warnings about the organisation’s financial health, MPs said as they outlined an “extraordinary catalogue of failures” leading to...…
MPs blame 'negligent' trustees for Kids Company collapse ...
Feb 01, 2016 · The “negligent” trustees of Kids Company, held in the sway of an “unaccountable and dominant” chief executive, were ultimately responsible for the collapse of the organisation, according to a damning report by MPs. Alan Yentob, the chair of trustees at the high-profile charity for 19 years,...…
Kids Company: an anatomy of failure The Institute for ...
Kids Company: an anatomy of failure. The high-profile collapse of Kids Company has lessons for struggling public organisations, regulators and central government departments. Oliver Ilott sets out what the PACAC report tells us about governance and the trajectory towards failure.…
The lesson from Kids Company: Leave to charity, leave to ...
Aug 05, 2015 · On the surface, the sudden demise of Kids Company, the children’s charity that has announced it will cease trading with immediate effect, is a story of government failure.…
Kids Company: ex-board members face company directorship ...
Jul 31, 2017 · Kids Company collapsed in the summer of 2015, a month after it received a £3m government grant backed by the then prime minister, David Cameron. Batmanghelidjh and Kids Company staff blamed the...…
The collapse of Kids Company: extraordinary catalogue of ...
Feb 01, 2016 · Primary responsibility for Kids Company's collapse rests with the charity's Trustees who failed in their statutory duty to protect the interests of the charity and its beneficiaries in the long-term.…
Responsibility for Kids Company collapse lay with ...
Responsibility for Kids Company collapse lay with negligent trustees, report concludes 01 February 2016 by Susannah Birkwood The final report of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the issue, published today, says there was an 'extraordinary catalogue of failures'Author: Susannah Birkwood…
The collapse of Kids Company: lessons for charity trustees ...
34 The collapse of Kids Company. the charity, and was: responsible for the misconduct or mismanagement; knew of the misconduct or mismanagement and failed to take any reasonable step to oppose it; or the person’s conduct contributed to or facilitated the misconduct or mismanagement.…
Kids Company - Wikipedia
Keeping Kids Company (in liquidation), formerly Kids Company, was an incorporated and registered charity, founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh in 1996 to provide support to deprived inner city children. From its original "drop-in" centre in south London it expanded over the following two decades to be a prominent children's charity operating 11 centres, mostly within Greater London , but also in Bristol …Founder: Camila Batmanghelidjh…