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