Princess Eugenie's charity faces further scrutiny from Charity Commission

Princess Eugenie's charity faces further scrutiny from Charity Commission6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNoor NanjiRoyal correspondentGetty ImagesThe Charity Commission has opened a case into Princess Eugenie's anti-slavery charity, Anti-Slavery Collective, over concerns relating to its spending.Earlier this year, the watchdog confirmed it was "assessing concerns" about the charity which the princess co-founded in 2017.On Wednesday, a Charity Commission spokesperson told BBC News: "We have opened a regulatory compliance case into Anti-Slavery Collective to continue assessing concerns raised with us about charitable spending."It is understood that the move does not represent a statutory inquiry, and that the body has not yet made any findings or drawn any conclusions. The charity and princess have been approached for comment.The Charity Commission has not put a timeframe on how long enquiries will take.However, the move does represent an escalation in the watchdog's engagement with the charity.In October, BBC News reported that the charity's accounts for the previous financial year showed The Anti-Slavery Collective had raised £1.5m in donations but had distributed very little, with £1.3m carried forward.Much of that income came from a major gala fundraiser held in London in 2023, but a source within the sector has said it is "difficult optically to do anything high profile like that again".Its most recently available accounts, to the year ending 5 April 2025, show donations had slumped to £48,000. It spent £191,537 on salaries, double what The Anti-Slavery Collective spent on charity programmes.In March, a Charity Commission spokesperson told BBC News: "We are assessing concerns raised in the media about charitable spending at The Anti-Slavery Collective to determine what role there is, if any, for the Commission."In its latest statement, the watchdog confirmed that as part of its case, it w...