After a watchdog investigation revealed evidence of financial misconduct at a charity she created, Naomi Campbell has been barred from serving as a trustee. An investigation by the Charity Commission revealed “serious mismanagement” at Campbell’s charity, Fashion for Relief, which hosted high-profile events to generate funds for alleviating poverty. Earlier this year, it was dissolved as a firm and taken off the charity registration.
It had been recorded that tens of thousands of pounds were spent on personal security, spa services, luxurious hotel rooms, and smokes. Unauthorized payments of hundreds of thousands of pounds were made to two of her fellow trustees, who have also been banned. Veronica Chou and Bianka Hellmich have been disqualified for four and nine years, respectively.
Over a two-year period, Hellmich is alleged to have received unauthorized consultancy and expense payments totaling £290,000 (21.7 million pesos). According to the investigation, charitable gifts accounted for a very small percentage (8.
5%) of the charity’s total expenditures between April 2016 and July 2022. Since then, the Commision has safeguarded an additional £98,000 (7.3 million pesos) in charitable funds and recovered nearly £344,000 (25.
7 million pesos). The Mayor’s Fund for London and the Save the Children Fund have both received donations of the recovered funds. The two’s complaints had first raised questions and prompted a more thorough investigation of the charity’s p.
