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Kids Company leaders to be questioned by MPs Kids Company leaders quizzed by MPs
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Senior figures from collapsed charity Kids Company will face questions from MPs later about how it was run. Senior figures from collapsed charity Kids Company are facing questions from MPs about how it was run.
Founder Camila Batmanghelidjh and chairman of trustees Alan Yentob are expected to be asked about how taxpayers' money was used. Founder Camila Batmanghelidjh and chairman of trustees Alan Yentob are being asked about its management and how taxpayers' money was used.
Their appearance before MPs comes a day after documents emerged showing concerns about the charity's management were raised as long ago as 2002. It comes a day after documents emerged showing concerns about the charity's management were raised in 2002.
Kids Company says it disputed the claims at the time. The charity, which had provided support to vulnerable young people, says it disputed the claims at the time.
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What went wrong at Kids Company?
Ms Batmanghelidjh has repeatedly rejected claims of financial mismanagement at the charity.Ms Batmanghelidjh has repeatedly rejected claims of financial mismanagement at the charity.
Kids Company, which provided support to vulnerable young people, collapsed in August - just days after receiving a £3m grant from the Cabinet Office and in the midst of a police investigation. Mr Yentob told the Public Administration Select Committee no figure over £5,000 could be spent without the decision being taken to the board and there were quarterly audits of how money was spent.
Ms Batmanghelidjh also insisted the charity was "intensely inspected".
Kids Company collapsed in August - just days after receiving a £3m grant from the Cabinet Office and in the midst of a police investigation.
The closure came after ministers said they wanted to recover the £3m grant - with officials saying they believed conditions attached to the use of the money had not been met.The closure came after ministers said they wanted to recover the £3m grant - with officials saying they believed conditions attached to the use of the money had not been met.
The charity's managers will face questions from the Public Administration Select Committee.
Documents seen by BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News show the Pilgrim Trust, a charity which disburses about £2m a year, wrote to the Charity Commission in 2002 to raise concerns about Kids Company.Documents seen by BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News show the Pilgrim Trust, a charity which disburses about £2m a year, wrote to the Charity Commission in 2002 to raise concerns about Kids Company.
In the letter, Pilgrim Trust director Georgina Naylor noted an "absence of financial acumen from the director of Kids Company".In the letter, Pilgrim Trust director Georgina Naylor noted an "absence of financial acumen from the director of Kids Company".
'Against the odds''Against the odds'
In 2006, another charity, New Philanthropy Capital, raised concerns in a private report sent only to Kids Company trustees.In 2006, another charity, New Philanthropy Capital, raised concerns in a private report sent only to Kids Company trustees.
It noted issues including "weak finances" and a "lack of any strategic planning".It noted issues including "weak finances" and a "lack of any strategic planning".
The letter added: "Although the organisation has survived for 10 years, it has many problems and its continued existence is a triumph against the odds, and a testament to its wealthy and influential donors."The letter added: "Although the organisation has survived for 10 years, it has many problems and its continued existence is a triumph against the odds, and a testament to its wealthy and influential donors."
The National Audit Office is investigating grants given to Kids Company, and the charity is also the subject of a statutory investigation by the Charity Commission and an inquiry by the Constitutional Affairs Committee.The National Audit Office is investigating grants given to Kids Company, and the charity is also the subject of a statutory investigation by the Charity Commission and an inquiry by the Constitutional Affairs Committee.
Kids Company, which has said "very few charities" have faced the level of scrutiny it has faced in recent years, cites a long list of "thorough and positive reports relating to Kids Company's beneficiaries, activities and value for money".Kids Company, which has said "very few charities" have faced the level of scrutiny it has faced in recent years, cites a long list of "thorough and positive reports relating to Kids Company's beneficiaries, activities and value for money".