Signal Watch

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Signal watch

We are an independent platform documenting a new pioneering method of detecting cyber enabled crime via the companies house register. As a result of this evidence based approach we have identified a number of high profile companies with major discrepancies on their companies house records. The evidence acquired raises serious concerns around potential fraud and systemic errors that could violate the high standards of the Companies Act 2006. We urge regulators, journalists, and the public to demand accountability under the Companies Act, and ensure the integrity of the UK’s corporate register to prevent misuse.

About Us

We are an independent platform that uses an evidence based approach to ensure we live in a fair and transparent society.
Here we highlight our values of fairness, integrity, respect and a commitment to upholding human rights by showing how we integrate them into our actions.

Integrity

Respect & Human Rights

Fairness

Key Concepts

Methodology

1. We believe Companies House can be used as a powerful tool to detect and investigate criminal networks through data analytics and monitoring irregularities

2. We have identified discrepancies in a number of high profile companies records by initially focusing our analysis on reputable companies in financial services.

3. We have then built on the initial sample by analysing connected directors and company agents. We have also been monitoring the news and current affairs to identify and analyse additional companies that come to our attention.

4. We have now identified over 80 companies with discrepancies in key industries including Health , policy , industry and more.

Gathering Evidence

1. The evidence is available publicly via companies house which is the UK Governments public database of UK based companies.

2. We have made significant efforts to detail the false information for each company record we suspect of forging their records. To do this we have viewed the PDF filings found on each Companies House record and compared it to the searchable name history displayed in the companies overview section. We have done this to the best of our ability but the evidence should be independently verified for corroboration and accuracy.

3. We have used PERMA.CC which is a tool developed by Harvard Law to capture time stamped links to the records of the suspected companies to mitigate risks of future manipulation. The links can be found on our activity log page.

4. The false information is most likely to have occurred during the Companies House digitisation process. Further investigation is required to prove malicious intent

Impact Factors

We believe the following impact factors show why the evidence acquired merits further investigation :

1. The false information is completely unacceptable due to the high standards of the Companies Act 2006 and the fact that false information has been entered into a core field.

2. Companies House has recently gained additional powers through the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act which was introduced partly to address systemic errors such as The ones we have identified.

3. The companies have clear linking to each other mainly through directors and company agents while this is common in high profile networks the relationships and discrepancies should be examined.

Suspect List

We have documented the evidence to the best of our ability but there may be some errors. Please independently verify and corroborate all information using the Companies House Government website. Direct links have been provided.