The investigation is being led by officers from Scotland Yard’s Complex Case Team of the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command.
Police have declined to give any details of the multiple allegations.
Reports suggest that the investigation into Kids Company is believed to have been triggered by a testimony from a former employee given to a BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News investigation.
Kids Company said it understood the serious allegations to be historical.
In a statement the charity said, ‘Kids Company is co-operating fully with the Police to assist the investigation into what it understands to be historical but serious allegations, which have no further substantive information to date.
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