By Press Association 2021
Kids Company
A bid to ban Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh and seven ex-trustees of the former children’s charity from being company directors has been rejected by a High Court judge.
The charity, which supported vulnerable children and young people in London and Bristol until it was wound up in 2015, attracted a number of celebrity backers, including former prime minister David Cameron, Coldplay, artist Damien Hirst and comedian Michael McIntyre.
Its closure came shortly after police launched an investigation, which was eventually dropped seven months later, into allegations of abuse and exploitation at the charity, following the broadcast of a BBC Newsnight report.