Naomi Campbell banned from being charity trustee after investigation finds financial misconduct

Naomi Campbell has been banned from being a charity trustee for five years, after a watchdog investigation chanced on evidence of financial misconduct at a charity she based.

A Charity Price enquiry chanced on there used to be “serious mismanagement” at Vogue For Relief, an organisation based by Campbell, that held huge name-studded events to raise money for poverty relief. It used to be dissolved as a firm and removed from the charities register earlier this 300 and sixty five days.

Tens of thousands of kilos had been spent on luxury hotel rooms, spa therapies, cigarettes and private safety for the 54-300 and sixty five days-musty supermodel. Two of her fellow trustees relish additionally been banned, with unauthorised funds totalling many of of thousands of kilos being made to 1 amongst them.

Bianka Hellmich and Veronica Chou had been disqualified for nine and 4 years respectively. Hellmich is speculated to relish got £290,000 in unauthorised consultancy and costs funds over a two-300 and sixty five days duration.

The investigation chanced on that between April 2016 and July 2022, simplest a dinky share (8.5 per cent) of the charity’s total expenditure used to be on charitable grants.

The Price has since recovered over £344,000 and stable a additional £98,000 of charitable funds. The recovered funds had been donated to the Keep the Young of us Fund and the Mayor’s Fund for London.

Complaints made by the two had at the initiating sparked suspicions and resulted in a deeper rely upon into the charity’s practices. The inquiry additionally chanced on that partnerships between Vogue for Relief and the two organisations had been mismanaged.

Campbell based Vogue For Relief in 2005, and fundraising reveals had been held in vogue capitals the enviornment over including London and New York. The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson and stars including Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts and Britain’s Got Capacity disclose Alesha Dixon had been concerned in events.

“Trustees are legally required to construct choices that are in their charity’s simplest interests and to relish a examine their proper responsibilities and responsibilities,” acknowledged Tim Hopkins, deputy director for special investigations and standards on the Price.

“Our inquiry has chanced on that the trustees of this charity didn’t develop so, which has resulted in our motion to disqualify them.

“This inquiry, and the work of the intervening time managers we appointed to flee the charity as a replacement of the trustees, has resulted within the restoration of £344,000 and protection of a additional £98,000 charitable funds.

“I’m satisfied that the inquiry has considered donations made to other charities which this charity has beforehand supported.”

The Self reliant has contacted representatives for Campbell for comment.