# UK Far-Right Funding Research

# UK Far-Right Funding Research

## Scope
Trace money flows into and around the UK far-right ecosystem, 2021–2026.

Covers:
- **Formal funding**: Electoral Commission donations, party loans, company donations to political parties
- **Informal funding**: Crowdfunding (GoFundMe, GiveSendGo), Patreon, Telegram monetisation, private backers, cash donations to street movements
- **International flows**: Money entering the UK from US Christian right/nationalist donors, Russian state-aligned networks, Gulf states, EU populist movements, crypto
- **Institutional funding**: Charity Commission-registered orgs, think tanks, media outlets, shell companies

## Folder Structure

| File | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `methodology.md` | How to research — OSINT techniques, verification standards |
| `data-sources.md` | Every database, registry, and platform to query |
| `targets.md` | Key groups, figures, parties, and movements to track |
| `international-flows.md` | Foreign money vectors and known connections |
| `tracking-template.md` | Template for documenting individual funding relationships |
| `reading-list.md` | Existing investigations, reports, academic work |

## Principles

- **Source everything.** No claim without a citation. Link or archive every source.
- **Follow the entity, not the ideology.** Track companies, trusts, and individuals — the ideology is downstream of the money.
- **Distinguish confirmed from alleged.** Use clear markers: CONFIRMED (documented), ALLEGED (reported by credible source), SPECULATIVE (pattern-based inference).
- **Archive as you go.** Web pages disappear. Use Wayback Machine, archive.today, or local copies.
- **Update, don't overwrite.** When new info arrives, add with date stamp. Don't delete old entries.

## Status

- Created: 2026-06-14
- Phase: Planning / Framework
- Next step: Begin data collection from Electoral Commission and Companies House