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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Kids Company criticised for failures by watchdog year after exoneration

Camila Batmanghelidjh
Camila Batmanghelidjh, who has threatened to take legal action against what she called a ‘travesty’ of a report. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

The board of Kids Company has been criticised by a watchdog for failing to properly oversee the children’s charity – a year after the founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh, and her trustees were cleared of mismanagement and misconduct by the high court.

The long-awaited report by the Charity Commission was forcefully rejected by Batmanghelidjh, who threatened to take legal action to overturn what she called a “travesty” and an attempt by the body to “rewrite history”.

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