Eight-year ban for former footballer who ran London sports academy
Kieron Minto-St.Aimie received a director鈥檚 disqualification for claiming a 拢25,000 Covid loan his company was not entitled to.
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Kieron Minto-St.Aimie is a former professional footballer who went on to run a sports academy in Brent.聽
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His company received the 拢25,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan after he overstated its聽turnover.聽
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He was disqualified as a company director for eight years at London鈥檚 Royal Courts of Justice.听听
A former professional footballer has been banned from being a company director for eight years.听听
Kieron Minto-St.Aimie claimed a 拢25,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan for the聽St Aimie鈥檚 Sports Academy Community Interest Company in Brent, when it was entitled to much less.聽
Elizabeth Pigney, Chief Investigator at the Insolvency Service, said: 鈥淜ieron Minto-St.Aimie successfully applied for a Covid Bounce Back loan by overstating his company鈥檚 turnover.聽
鈥淗is eight-year disqualification should serve as a warning to others that the justice system will not allow business owners to make false declarations to obtain funds that were so crucially needed by other small and medium-sized businesses during the pandemic.鈥澛�
The former footballer, aged 35, of Pound Lane in London, began his career at Queens Park Rangers before spells at clubs including Oxford United and Barnet.聽
He opened St.Aimie鈥檚 Sports Academy, on Harlesden Road in Brent, as its sole director in 2016. 聽
The academy was known in the local community for providing football coaching and mentoring to children and young people.聽The company was dissolved in January 2023. 听听
In May 2020, Minto-St.Aimie applied for a Covid Bounce Back loan of 拢25,000.听听
However, in order to obtain the 拢25,000 he overstated the company鈥檚 turnover by 拢60,000 as it should have only been entitled to around 拢10,000 under the scheme based on its actual turnover. 聽
On 6 December 2024, the judge at London鈥檚 Royal Courts of Justice disqualified Minto-St.Aimie as a company director for eight years.聽
Further information聽
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Kieron Minto-St.Aimie is of Pound Lane, London. His date of birth is 4 May, 1989.聽
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(company number聽10534175) 聽