Princess Eugenie's Anti-Slavery Collective Charity Faces Regulatory Compliance Case Over Spending
The Charity Commission has opened a regulatory compliance case into Princess Eugenie's charity, Anti-Slavery Collective, over concerns relating to its spending. This represents an escalation in the watchdog's engagement with the organisation, co-founded by the princess in 2017.
A Charity Commission spokesperson confirmed the move, stating: "We have opened a regulatory compliance case into Anti-Slavery Collective to continue assessing concerns raised with us about charitable spending." The body clarified that this does not constitute a statutory inquiry, and no findings or conclusions have yet been drawn. The charity has been approached for comment.
Reports from October indicated that the charity's accounts for the previous financial year showed Anti-Slavery Collective raised £1.5m in donations but distributed very little, with £1.3m carried forward. Much of this income stemmed from a 2023 London gala fundraiser. More recent accounts, to the year ending 5 April 2025, showed donations slumped to £48,000, while £191,537 was spent on salaries, double the amount allocated to charitable programmes.
The Commission's latest statement confirms it will engage further with the charity's trustees as part of its case. Royal biographer Andrew Lownie previously described Anti-Slavery Collective's focus as a "preposterously inappropriate cause" for Eugenie to be involved with. Princess Eugenie earlier this year stepped down as patron of a separate organisation, Anti-Slavery International, a role she had held for seven years. No specific reason was provided for this termination, which followed the release of US Department of Justice documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, placing renewed scrutiny on her father.
