Firm led by ex-UK envoy on ethics made £13m on not-for-profit visa services

Cloud Bai-Yun was asked to resign from Ecctis, which runs language and qualifications tests for UK visa applicants

An entrepreneur who represented the UK on an ethics body was asked to resign from a company running government visa services after officials found it made a 13.64m gain on its not-for-profit contract.

After the discovery of years of profit-making, the company, Ecctis, repaid the money to the government and a number of executives, including Cloud Bai-Yun, stood down from the firm, which runs language tests and qualification recognition for people applying for UK visas.