Met sends Grenfell files on 54 people and 20 organisations to CPS

• The Metropolitan Police has sent the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) its files on 54 individuals and 20 companies or organisations. ¹
• The offences proposed for consideration include corporate manslaughter, gross-negligence manslaughter, health-and-safety offences, fraud and misconduct in public office. ¹
• The CPS is expected to make charging decisions before 14 June 2027, the 10th anniversary of the fire. ¹
• The fire killed 72 people. ²

The handover ends the police investigation’s evidence-gathering stage and puts the next decision with prosecutors. The CPS must review the files and decide independently whether the evidence justifies charges. No charges were announced when the files were submitted, and a referral is not a finding of guilt. ²

The Met says the 20 files concern 54 individuals and 20 companies or organisations. That is three fewer individuals than the 57 named in its May update; the force’s public statements do not explain the change. Nor have they mapped each proposed offence to each person or organisation. ¹³

One referral has been described in more detail. The BBC reported that the Met referred Kensington and Chelsea Council for consideration of corporate manslaughter and offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The council said the CPS would review the evidence independently. ²

The evidence package reflects the scale of the investigation: the Met says its submission includes 14 overarching evidence files, with summary reports running to more than four million words across 12,600 pages. It says those reports reference more than 45,000 documents, images and exhibits. ¹

The CPS’s deadline matters to bereaved families and survivors who have waited more than nine years for the question of criminal accountability to reach prosecutors. Survivor Emma O’Connor, who escaped from the tower’s 20th floor, told the BBC that charges would mean justice for neighbours and their families. She also urged prosecutors to ensure any cases were robust enough to avoid retrials. ²

The criminal process is separate from the public inquiry, which examined how the fire happened and found it was avoidable. Its findings are not criminal verdicts; it is now for prosecutors to assess whether the police evidence can support charges in court. ²

Footnotes

1. Metropolitan Police, “Met submits all Grenfell files to the CPS for charging decisions”, 30 September 2026. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-submits-all-grenfell-files-to-the-cps-for-charging-decisions-513421 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. BBC News, “Met hands Grenfell fire investigation file to CPS”, 30 September 2026. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmwyz5v5zdpdo ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

3. Metropolitan Police, “Met investigation into Grenfell Tower fire on track to submit all charging files to CPS”, 19 May 2026. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-investigation-into-grenfell-tower-fire-on-track-to-submit-all-charging-files-to-cps-509435 ↩