Millionaire Cara Delevingne and her family are claiming cash from the Covid Furlough plan for their real estate business.
The 28-year-old model is director of the family business. Harvey White Properties Ltd, along with her father Charles, 71, and two sisters Poppy, 34, and Chloe, 35.
According to The Sun, the business, which has an impressive real estate portfolio believed to be worth £ 45.5 million, has been halved in rents during the pandemic.
Using the help: Cara Delevingne and her family claim cash for the furlough scheme for their real estate business Harvey White Properties Ltd (pictured November 2020)
Charles, Cara’s father, confirmed in the publication that he was claiming the scheme. It is not known how many staff members have been studied, but the company is believed to employ five people.
A source close to Mr Delevingne said: “The fact that Cara has a lot of money does not mean the company has it.”
Another added: “It’s been a tough year for everyone and obviously the owners have been hard hit, but it’s still surprising that people who are known to be very wealthy seem to have claimed taxpayer-funded brochures.
They added that there is “no suggestion of wrongdoing,” saying it is “not necessarily what the public would expect. ”
MailOnline has contacted Cara and Charles representatives for comment.
Family: The 28-year-old model is director of the company alongside her father Charles, 71, and two sisters Poppy, 34, and Chloe, 35 (pictured with mother Pandora, who is a director)
Any eligible company can claim money from program taxpayers to help pay staff salaries while pandemics and national closures continue.
Harvey White Properties Ltd, of Delevingnes, was listed in January in a list of thousands of companies that have used the scheme.
Cara is believed to be worth around £ 30 million and earned a whopping £ 15.7 million last year, making her the highest paid model in Britain.
Cara, a native of London, also gains big thanks to the modeling of some of the biggest brands and cosmetics in the industry, including Burberry, DKNY, Jimmy Choo and Rimmel.
In the 2019 interview, Cara, who is also a director of her father Charles ’£ 45 million real estate company, admitted that money is not everything.
She said: “I had a very privileged education in terms of being able to travel and grow up in London, which was amazing for me.
“Having a wonderful family and my father … he didn’t grow up with a lot of money and is extremely ambitious and driven to take care of his family and all of us. I realized that money is not everything.
The new news comes after it was reported that Cara and her model sister Poppy had put their Hollywood Hills home on the market for $ 3.75 million, four years after buying it for $ 2.5 million.
A source close to Delevingne said, “Just because Cara has a lot of money doesn’t mean the company has it” (Charles and Pandora appear with Cara in 2014)
The couple, who are descendants of the British aristocracy, jointly bought the two-story house on the west coast of America in 2017, but are now willing to make a substantial profit by putting it up for sale.
Formerly owned by Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto, the home covers an area of 4,021 square feet and offers space, seclusion and privacy courtesy of its prime location on a ‘quiet’ Hollywood street.
Cara and Poppy worked for 18 months with the architect Nicolò Bini to redesign the house according to their exact specifications, with the interior showing a series of cheerful and very distinctive flowers.
According to The Observer, Poppy and Cara bought the 1950s-style four-bed house and three bathrooms from actor Jared Leto in 2017 for $ 2.05 million.
Cash: Furlough news comes after it was reported that Cara and her sister model Poppy had put their stunning Hollywood Hills home on the market for $ 3.75 million