Information Commissioner's Office

Charity Commission

9 August 2016, Local government (Other)

The complainant has requested information regarding correspondence between the then chair of trustees of the charity known as Kids Company and any meetings between the Charity Commission and that individual together with the details of any complaints that the Charity Commission had received about the charity. The public authority refused the request under sections 32 (information held for the purposes of an inquiry), s31(law enforcement ), 40(2) (personal data) and 41 (information provided in confidence). The Information Commissioner’s decision is that the Charity Commission is entitled to withhold the information under section 31(1)(g) via 31(2)(g) – prejudice to the Charity Commission’s function in respect of protecting the property of charities. The Information Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further action in respect of this request.

FOI 31: Not upheld