Kids Company winding up petition submitted to High Court

Failed charity Kids Company paid almost £40,000 for a glowing report by the London School of Economics, which it then used as evidence that it was properly run.

Ms Batmanghelidjh is also described in the report, by a six-strong team from the department of social psychology, as a “mother figure and role model”, and as an “exceptional” and “emotional, highly-capable” leader with “skills and unique qualities”.

In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Rowe said: “I resigned as a trustee of Kids Company of Kids Company in 2006 because of concerns that I had about the management of the charity, which I had previously expressed to its chairman”.

Some media critics have claimed that celebrities, donors and the prime minister were “mesmerised” by the high-profile chief executive.

In the opening sentence of the preface Prof Jovchelovitch remarked that when she first met Miss Batmanghelidjh she had been “immediately struck by the beauty and profound truth of her simple message”.

However, it now appears that the study may have relied on the charity’s workers a little too heavily.

The report repeats Kids Company’s claim that “its services reach 36,000 children, young people and their families” – a figure hotly contested during the charity’s demise.

The venue in north London provided education and therapeutic help for vulnerable children.

A spokesman for LSE confirmed that the charity had paid £39,537 to cover direct costs of research for the report and a one-day conference. That was before they learned of the fee attached to LSE’s study.

British rockers Coldplay are in talks to save a centre for vulnerable children in London after its parent charity Kids Company closed last week. The document bears the charity’ s logo alongside the university’s, but makes no mention of the transaction.

After 19 dedicated years of service to child welfare in the UK, well-known children’s charity Kids Company has closed its doors amid a whirlpool of controversy.

“With all funding arrangements, academic impartiality and integrity remain of paramount importance”.

He added that it was an analysis of Kids Company’s “model of intervention and care” rather than an “audit of Kids Company finances or management practices”.

“As the report involved detailed analysis of some of the complex cases Kids Company managed, and widespread engagement with experts, a CSJ researcher was seconded to the charity’s head office”.

“Many organisations commission independent reports about aspects of their work, including the Government and Kids Company is no different in this respect”. The crunch came after allegations emerged of sexual abuse of some Kids Company clients, making new fundraising impossible.

Over the years Kids Company has distinguished itself within the charity sector.