https://fraud-watch.co.uk/Recent content on Fraud Watch UKHugoen-gbhttps://fraud-watch.co.uk/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://fraud-watch.co.uk/about/<h2 id="what-we-do">What we do</h2> <p>Fraud Watch UK is an independent, open-source project that analyses publicly available UK government data to identify statistical patterns in public spending that may warrant further investigation.</p> <p>We cross-reference five official data sources to surface connections between government contracts, political donations, company directors, and charity trustees that might otherwise go unnoticed.</p> <h2 id="methodology">Methodology</h2> <p>Our analysis pipeline:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Automated ingestion</strong> of data from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Companies House, the Charity Commission, and the Electoral Commission.</li> <li><strong>Cross-entity matching</strong> using normalised name comparison and company number linking across all five datasets.</li> <li><strong>Statistical pattern detection</strong> identifying direct awards, value outliers, timing anomalies (e.g. contracts awarded shortly after donations), and network clusters (shared directors, addresses, or governance roles).</li> <li><strong>AI-assisted analysis</strong> to evaluate patterns, with every finding reviewed by a human before publication.</li> <li><strong>Right-of-reply</strong> offered to every named party before and after publication.</li> </ol> <h2 id="what-we-are-not">What we are NOT</h2> <ul> <li>We are <strong>not</strong> making accusations of wrongdoing.</li> <li>We are <strong>not</strong> a law enforcement body or regulatory authority.</li> <li>We are <strong>not</strong> publishing personal data beyond what is already in official public registers.</li> </ul> <p>Every finding on this site represents a statistical pattern that we believe warrants further scrutiny. Many legitimate explanations may exist for any pattern we identify.</p>https://fraud-watch.co.uk/donate/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://fraud-watch.co.uk/donate/<h2 id="why-donate">Why donate?</h2> <p>Fraud Watch UK runs entirely on public data and volunteer time. There are no advertisers, no corporate sponsors, and no editorial pressure. Your donation helps pay for:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Server and domain costs</strong> to keep this site online</li> <li><strong>API access fees</strong> for data sources that require subscriptions</li> <li><strong>Development time</strong> to improve the analysis pipeline and add new data sources</li> <li><strong>Legal review</strong> to ensure our findings are defensible and fair</li> </ul> <h2 id="donate-via-ko-fi">Donate via Ko-fi</h2> <p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/fraudwatch" class="btn btn-primary btn-large" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Support us on Ko-fi</a></p>