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Official review finds that trustees should have acted sooner to save high-profile charity
Insolvency Service to request eight people are disqualified from boards
A new verbatim theatre show about the Kids Company charity raises questions about the form
A psychotherapist’s advice on ways to avoid idealising managers or craving the worship of underlings
A spate of scandals is making companies cautious about teaming up with non-profits
Spending watchdog says too many initiatives are allowed to proceed unchallenged
The TV executive and presenter on the collapse of Kids Company, resigning his role at the BBC and how Orson Welles used to steal his dinner
New government agency failed at ‘the bread and butter’ of its job
They Trustees share the same legal obligations as company directors, writes Harriet Sergeant
Call for trustees to widen scope beyond finances
MPs outline ‘extraordinary catalogue of failures’ leading to the charity’s collapse
Charity’s finances still under investigation but claims of criminal activity ‘vague in detail’
Running Helen and Douglas House means dealing sensitively with death and keeping cash coming in
Sector may be forced to submit to statutory regulation says cross-party committee
Batmanghelidjh’s fighting spirit emerged again this summer as she fought to keep open the charity she founded
Pressure mounts for more professional approach after Kids Company scandal
Reality more complex than a caricature of broadcaster privilege
Media coverage of failed charity was ‘proving a serious distraction’ to the broadcaster
Charity closed in August following alleged financial mismanagement
‘Naive’ civil servants let charity spend £40m of taxpayers’ money
Handling star performers can prove to be a minefield for managers
When executives fall for an employee and overpromote them, they ensure disaster
Properties trashed by squatters but councils coping with extra children
There are lessons to learn from the easy ride given to the UK charity
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