The founder and former trustees of Kids Company face being banned from serving as company directors after the charity collapsed in 2015 amid allegations of serious financial mismanagement.
Sky News has learnt that the Government’s Insolvency Service has written to lawyers acting for Kids Company’s former board members – who include Alan Yentob, the ex-BBC creative director, and Richard Handover, a former boss of WH Smith – to warn them that it is minded to pursue disqualification proceedings against them.
The move is also thought to include Camila Batmanghelidjh, Kids Company’s flamboyant but controversial founder, who ran the charity on a £90,000 annual salary and vehemently defended its governance even as it lurched …
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