Who funds us?
We are currently funded by the following donors:
- The Joffe Charitable Trust – £135,000 over three years from March 2023
- The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – £150,000 over three years from February 2022
- Luminate Foundation – USD 160,000 over two years from January 2023
- Open Society Foundations – USD 495,588 (£402,018) to support research and advocacy work on anti-money laundering reforms in the UK for three years from May 2022, also a supplemental grant of USD 102,000 (£80,764) for one year from May 2024 for further research and advocacy work on anti-money laundering reforms in the UK
- Sub-grant via Transparency International from the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium – EUR 22,713 for work relating to compensation for the victims of corruption, December 2023 to December 2024
- The Friends Provident Charitable Foundation – £104,300 over two years from June 2024, to support work creating more equal access to key economic decision-makers in government to ensure a fairer economy
- The David & Elaine Potter Foundation – £30,000 over one year from September 2024
- Sub-grant via the Foreign Policy Centre from the Joffe Charitable Trust – £2,500 for work on a report advancing practical solutions to address the UK’s enabling environment for corruption, July 2024 to June 2025
- The JRSST Charitable Trust – £34,896 over one year from October 2024, for work on reforms to the UK’s framework for upholding political integrity
Who do we work with?
We work closely with other organisations that share our mission of ending corruption and are an active member of the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition. We believe strongly in the power of cooperation and coordination of civil society to achieve change.
Our Impact
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Making the most of the UK’s new sanctions powers
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine led to a large expansion in the use of sanctions by the government, but also consumed most of its sanctions capacity. We have worked with…
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Rooting out dirty money from our politics
Dirty money risks polluting our politics. Over the last three years, Spotlight has monitored several court cases involving prominent political donors alleged to be associated with corruption or money laundering….
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Highlighting a major UK-Saudi bribery scandal
After several years campaigning to ensure the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation into bribes on Saudi defence contracts was not derailed by political interference, we were delighted when it did finally…
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Exposing the lack of senior executive accountability for economic crime
There have long been calls for greater senior executive accountability for economic crime but not much research to show the scale of the UK’s enforcement gap for senior executives. In…