# Entity Tracking Template

# Entity Tracking Template

Use this template when documenting a funding relationship. Copy this section for each entity (person, company, or organisation).

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## Entity: [FULL NAME]

### Basic Information
- **Type**: [Person / Company / Party / Movement / Charity / Media / Think Tank]
- **Status**: [Active / Inactive / Dissolved / Deplatformed]
- **Registered**: [Companies House number / Charity number / Electoral Commission PP number]
- **Key people**: [Directors, trustees, officers]
- **Known aliases**: [Previous names, trading names, pseudonyms]
- **Website**: [URL — archive immediately]
- **Social media**: [Platform: URL]

### Role in Ecosystem
[One paragraph: What do they do? How do they fit into the broader far-right landscape?]

### Money IN (Funding Received)

| Date | From | Amount | Type | Confidence | Source |
|------|------|--------|------|------------|--------|
| YYYY-MM | [Donor name] | £X | [Donation / Loan / Grant / Crowdfund / Merch] | [CONFIRMED/REPORTED/ALLEGED/SPECULATIVE] | [URL + archive link] |

**Narrative**: [What patterns emerge? Who are the major funders? What's the timeline?]

### Money OUT (Funding Given)

| Date | To | Amount | Type | Confidence | Source |
|------|------|--------|------|------------|--------|
| YYYY-MM | [Recipient name] | £X | [Donation / Loan / Grant / Payment] | [CONFIRMED/REPORTED/ALLEGED/SPECULATIVE] | [URL + archive link] |

**Narrative**: [Who do they fund? What does their spending pattern reveal?]

### Companies / Entities Controlled

| Company Name | Number | Role | Status | Notes |
|-------------|--------|------|--------|-------|
| [Name] | [CH#] | [Director/Shareholder/PSC] | [Active/Dissolved] | [Key details] |

### Known Associations

| Person/Org | Relationship | Evidence |
|-----------|-------------|----------|
| [Name] | [Co-director / Donor / Event co-attendee / Online associate] | [Source] |

### Legal History

| Date | Case/Action | Outcome | Source |
|------|-------------|---------|--------|
| YYYY-MM | [Court case / Electoral Commission investigation / Police action] | [Result] | [URL] |

### Media Coverage

| Date | Outlet | Headline | Key Claims | URL |
|------|--------|----------|-----------|-----|
| YYYY-MM-DD | [Outlet] | [Title] | [Summary of relevant claims] | [URL] |

### Research Notes

[Freeform notes, leads to follow, questions to answer]

### Last Updated
- **Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
- **Researcher**: [Your name / "research session"]
- **Next actions**: [What to investigate next]

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## Quick Reference: Confidence Levels

- **CONFIRMED**: Official public record (Electoral Commission, Companies House, court)
- **REPORTED**: Credible investigative journalism (named journalist, major outlet)
- **ALLEGED**: Single source, self-reported, leaked document
- **SPECULATIVE**: Pattern-based inference (clearly label)