On every page of the website in the footer, it says:

Full Fact is a registered charity (no. 1158683) and a non-profit company (no. 6975984) limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales.

This links to the following, respectively

- http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1158683&SubsidiaryNumber=0

- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06975984

There is footer on every page of Full Fact's website that states: "Full Fact is a registered charity (no. 1158683) and a non-profit company (no. 6975984) limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales."

I have scrutinised their Companies House filings and found that they are up to date and in order.

There is also a link in Full Fact's FAQ dealing with this under the heading "How do you spend your money/can I see your accounts?" https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ There is a link included directly their Companies House information

Full Fact was launched in 2010 by a cross-party group of trustees to fight bad information. The initial idea came from conversations about the accuracy of public debate in the UK and the gap that could be filled by a truly independent, nonpartisan and non-governmental organisation. The first task was to bring together a credible cross-party group of trustees to ensure that Full Fact started on a cross party basis. Before launch, we agreed rigorous safeguards in place at every level of the organisation to ensure our neutrality. These were carefully constructed based on advice from our board and examples ranging from Amnesty International to the BBC. They include the cross-party board, fundraising safeguards, a conflict of interests policy, restrictions on staff political activity, feedback processes, operating guidelines, external reviews, and more. Most importantly, they include carefully recruiting staff who are sensitive to these issues.

At the time of writing, Full Fact employs 32 staff members across five teams: Editorial, Communications, Policy & Research, Automated Fact Checking and Operations. The staff team is led by our Chief Executive and Management team, who are accountable to our volunteer trustee board. We occasionally receive support from volunteers on various projects and during elections and referendums.

Full Fact fights the causes and consequences of bad information in four ways:

 - Fact checking - to inform our audiences and maintain scrutiny of people in power

- Corrections & interventions - to stop the spread of specific unsubstantiated claims and hold people to account

- Systems change - to help make bad information rarer and less harmful

- Advocating high standards - to help maintain high expectations of and from those in public life

Our goals for this year are:

Objective 1. Find, expose, and reduce the spread of specific unsubstantiated claims so that we reduce the harm they do

Objective 2. Raise our profile in the political and media world so that it becomes common to hear Full Fact used as an authoritative reference

Objective 3. Find and expose specific causes of bad information so that we can identify and act on solutions to them

Objective 4. Counter specific causes of bad information so that we help make good information easier to use and bad information harder to use

Objective 5. More people and institutions identify as supporters of Full Fact so that we build Full Fact’s financial independence and increase our ability to mobilise people to achieve specific changes

1) All questions clearly and satisfactorily answered;

2) The number of people employed by Full Fact, the different sections of the organisation and oversight of their work is clearly delineated, as explained in this application;

3) The different activities that Full Fact carries out are clearly explained in their application;

4) Full Fact has five goals for the coming year, which are aimed at consolidating the work they are already doing. Others include raising the organisation's profile as a credible, go-to source in the media and political world as an authoritative source; growing their supporter base to build their financial independence; and increase their ability "to mobilise people to achieve specific changes".

A full background of how and why Full Fact was launched can be found in their FAQs under the heading "How did you get started?" https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ 

We have attached a spreadsheet containing articles for 6 months. 

Also, please refer to our FAQs, the section titled “What kind of things do you check?” which clarifies how are choices are in the public interest. 83% of our output in the last 3 months for example, have been coronavirus related claims.

Full Fact far exceeds the minimum weekly fact-check requirement. In their FAQs, they explain the kinds of things  the can and can't fact-check, and how they choose how they choose claims to fact-check

Ful Fact more than meets this compliance requirement, both in the number and frequency of fact-checks they publish, as well as their diversity.

We do not accept any funding from the state or political parties in the UK or otherwise. We have not received any funding from local state or political actors over the previous financial year, nor do we have any commercial or financial relationships with state or political actors.

Representatives of the largest UK political parties form part of our trustee board. We have always ensured that there is one member from each of the three largest UK-wide parties, alongside politically independent board members. All board members can be viewed on our website. Our board has no input into Full Fact’s editorial content and all editorial decisions are made by our Editor and our Chief Executive. 

Full Fact does not receive any funding from the State or from politicians or political parties. Their declaration on this issue in their application is clear and unequivocal on this matter: 

"We do not accept any funding from the state or political parties in the UK or otherwise. We have not received any funding from local state or political actors over the previous financial year, nor do we have any commercial or financial relationships with state or political actors.

"Representatives of the largest UK political parties form part of our trustee board. We have always ensured that there is one member from each of the three largest UK-wide parties, alongside politically independent board members. All board members can be viewed on our website. Our board has no input into Full Fact’s editorial content and all editorial decisions are made by our Editor and our Chief Executive." 

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Full Fact is a registered charity so we are legally required to be ‘objective, ‘balanced’, and to observe ‘strict political neutrality’. We monitor media, politicians and pressure groups across the political spectrum.

When publishing roundups (multiple claims from a TV show/debate), if we check a claim from a member of the government, we ensure that we also check one from the member of the official opposition (and vice versa). We also ensure that we do not only check claims from one person in a roundup, and aim for balance from across the debate.

As fact checkers, the accuracy of our work is the highest priority. Our operating guidelines and editorial standards are designed to ensure that our work is thoroughly reviewed, well evidenced, unbiased and written in the clearest possible terms. All our pieces are reviewed by more than one fact checker and we work hard to ensure that our work is done to the highest standard.

When fact checking, we follow a clear process. First we need to understand the claim. We don’t only fact check the evidence used in a claim, but also the underlying assumption. Factually correct information can be used to make a point which is misleading or incorrect, so it’s important to draw out exactly what someone means when they make a statement.

Then (where possible) we contact the claimant. Unless the claim’s source is self-evident, we try to contact the claimant to ask them about their source, and for any other information we need to understand it.

Then we gather our evidence. We always try and gather a wide range of sources of evidence relating to a claim. We link to primary sources throughout our fact checks.

Sometimes we contact experts. We cover a wide range of topic areas, and we’re not experts on everything. We want to ensure we’re giving readers the most complete picture we can, and sometimes we need guidance in finding or understanding information. In these cases we speak to relevant experts for advice. Crucially, this grant will help to widen our access to legal expertise for legal fact checks.

Once the evidence is gathered and analysed, we can write the article. Our articles are intended to guide the reader through all the evidence as clearly as possible so that they can make up their own mind about a claim. We’ll also explain the wider context around the issue when it’s relevant to do so.

Everything we publish on our website is reviewed by two other editors before publication in order to make sure that it is correct, impartial and engaging.

Reviewing is restricted to experienced fact checkers. Our six week training programme covers statistics, impartiality, polling and surveys, making graphs, and good communication. Please see attached our reviewing checklist, which is not exhaustive.

Fact checks have a standardised claim and conclusion intended to guide not dictate readers’ conclusions.

10 examples of our fact checking:

Our key fact checks of the Conservative Party in the 2019 general election
https://fullfact.org/election-2019/conservative-roundup/

Our key fact checks of the Labour Party in the 2019 general election
https://fullfact.org/election-2019/labour-roundup/

Our key fact checks of the SNP and Liberal Democrats in the 2019 general election
https://fullfact.org/election-2019/snp-and-liberal-democrats-round-up/

Our key fact checks of Plaid Cymru, the Green Party and the Brexit Party in the 2019 general election campaign
https://fullfact.org/election-2019/plaid-cymru-green-brexit-roundup/

This comparison between Brexit’s impact and the financial crisis is flawed
https://fullfact.org/europe/brexit-economic-impact/

Claim that 7.7% of UK goods exports go to the EU is a big underestimate
https://fullfact.org/europe/eu-goods-exports-gdp/

The limits of what we can say about early lockdowns
https://fullfact.org/health/limits-what-we-can-say-about-early-lockdowns/

We still don’t know if the UK does the most Covid-19 tests in Europe
https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-testing-europe/

Scotland doesn’t have the highest taxes in Europe
https://fullfact.org/economy/scotland-doesnt-have-highest-taxes-europe/

It’s not government policy to raise the pension age to 75
https://fullfact.org/economy/not-government-policy-state-pension/

Full Fact meets the necessary IFCN criteria on non-partisanship.

The organisation has extensive and clear protocols in place to ensure objectivity, balance, and political neutrality in its fact-checking,. For example, I've checked and can confirm that when they publish "round-ups" of TV debates, they do not fact-check only one person in a debate. Also, as they say in their application, if they check a claim by a member of the government, they also ensure that they fact-check a claim by a member of the opposition - and vice versa.

Full Fact has protocols built into their workflow that ensures that all fact-checks follow the same clear processes. Also, everything they publish is reviewed by more than one fact-checker. Their FAQs (www.fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ ) include a "How do we stay neutral" section. A link from that section links to the following statement:

"We have rigorous safeguards in place at every level of our organisation to ensure our neutrality. These have been carefully constructed based on advice from our board and examples ranging from Amnesty International to the BBC. They include the cross-party board, fundraising safeguards, a conflict of interests policy, restrictions on staff political activity, feedback processes, operating guidelines, external reviews, and more. Most importantly, they include carefully recruiting staff who are sensitive to these issues.

Ultimately, it is for our audience to judge for themselves whether we succeed—we would encourage readers to judge our individual fact checks and our body of work as a whole. We provide links to all sources so that you can check what we’ve said for yourself."

I have reviewed the supplied links - as well as a random selection of other fact-checks - and I am satisfied with Full Fact's non-partiality in the work that they do.

Please refer to the FAQs section entitled “About Fact Checking”, in particular “Got a claim for us to check?” and “What kind of thing do you check?”

This is extensive information under an "About fact-checking" section in the FAQs https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ 

Of particular relevance for these criteria are the subsections entitled "Got a claim for us to check?", and “What kind of thing do you check?”, which clearly spells out the steps that Full Fact follows when doing a fact-check.

I have reviewed a wider range of randomly selected published fact-checks and I am satisfied that Full Fact meets all the criteria and is fully complaint

I have reviewed a wider range of randomly selected published fact-checks and I am satisfied that Full Fact meets all the criteria to be fully compliant.

In our FAQ under "How do you stay neutral"

https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/

Impartiality https://fullfact.org/about/impartiality/

Job page under our standards and neutrality https://fullfact.org/about/jobs/

All members of staff fill in declaration of personal interests (attached)

These issues are covered in several places on the Full Fact website.

They are: "how do you stay neutral" in the FAQs https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ which includes this statement:

We have a cross-party Board of Trustees with the three big political parties represented. They have extensive experience in politics and journalism. As a charity, it’s the law that we aren’t allowed to take political sides.

The Board does not have any control over day-to-day editorial decisions. These are the responsibility of the Director.

We monitor the claims being made and the ones we’re fact-checking on a weekly basis, to ensure we maintain balance.

All staff must complete a declaration of personal interests before they start work here. Our staff aren’t allowed to express opinions about political parties or issues. Volunteers are also asked to provide similar declarations.

There are further details here https://fullfact.org/about/funding/ under the heading "Neutrality"

The safeguards in place to ensure Inmpartilaity are spelled out here https://fullfact.org/about/impartiality/ 

The policy on neutrality is reiterated on their job page: https://fullfact.org/about/jobs/ 

We draw on publicly available information, such as statistics or primary research, to assess the validity of claims. For some topics, such as foreign affairs or defence, there is a lack of independent or unclassified sources, so we are unable to factcheck those claims.

We link to primary sources for all factual assertions. We prefer to link to the data tables, legal document, or relevant page of a PDF report — rather than a press release or summary of a statistical release.

We prefer to link to a specific table rather than a directory of tables, where possible (the user interface of some public information websites does not always allow for as granular a link as we would like). For example, NHS Digital gives only the option of linking directly to a downloadable spreadsheet, or to a directory of spreadsheets, some of which are not relevant to a reader seeking to follow our analysis.

We also use anchor links when linking to parliamentary records, where possible.

Please see https://fullfact.org/finder/. The finder tool empowers people to do independent research round a topic rather than just following links we provide in a factcheck. It provides a guide to the key sources of information and a brief description of some of the variables each data source would be able to provide, so readers don’t have to navigate blind.

Occasionally we seek information /advice from external experts. We will name them and their organisation (if applicable). We normally quote them for their informed judgement and where relevant provide a primary source.

Information about which sources we use is visible on our website: https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/

I  have reviewed a random sample of Full Facts use of sources and I am satisfied that they met the necessary criteria.

Of interest is their "Finder Tool" -  https://fullfact.org/finder/ - which allows users to do their own independent research on a topic and jot just rely on links to specific sources within a fact-check.

Full facts use of sources is clearly spelled out in the FAQs under the heading "What kind of sources do you use?" https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ 

"We draw on publicly available information, such as statistics or primary research, to check claims. We can’t fact check claims about some topics, like foreign affairs or defence, because the sources are classified or not independently verified.

We link to primary sources for all factual assertions. We prefer to link to the data tables, legal document, or relevant page of a PDF report — rather than a press release or summary of a statistical release. Within that we normally try to link to a specific table rather than a directory – although sometimes the user interface of the source website doesn’t allow that. For parliamentary records, we usually use anchor links to take you straight to the relevant quote.

Our Finder tool empowers you to do independent research around a topic rather than just following links we provide in a fact check. It provides a guide to the key sources of information and a brief description of some of the variables each data source would be able to provide, so readers don’t have to navigate blind.

Occasionally we seek information or advice from external experts –and often we republish our expert partners’ work or commission explainers from them."

I have reviewed a random sample of fact-checks and I am satisfied that they meet the criteria.

I have reviewed a random sample of fact-checks and I am satisfied that they meet the criteria.

I have reviewed a random sample of fact-checks and I am satisfied that they meet the criteria.

Full Fact is an independent organisation. A registered charity (no. 1158683) and a non-profit company (no. 6975984) limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales.

Proof of charity status
https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1158683&subid=0

Proof of company registration
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06975984

Full Fact has supplied proof that they are an independent organisation.

Full Fact is an independent organisation. A registered charity (no. 1158683) and a non-profit company (no. 6975984) limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales.

Proof of charity status https://bit.ly/38B0wgS

Proof of company registration https://bit.ly/2Z5vLNM 

https://fullfact.org/about/funding/

From https://fullfact.org/about/funding/ 

"Full Fact is a registered charity. We're funded by people like you, by charitable trusts, and by other funders. All the details are on this page. Our running costs consist mostly of paying staff and renting office space in London. We have the usual overheads of any organisation, from computer equipment and internet connections to doing our accounts. We are based in London so that we can meet with central government and major media outlets without the expense of constant travel. We'd like to thank everybody who donates and makes our work possible."

Proof of registration as a "Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital use of 'Limited' exemption": https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06975984 

Full Fact details its sources of funding and donors at https://fullfact.org/about/funding/ 

In a brief overview, it states: Full Fact is a registered charity. We're funded by people like you, by charitable trusts, and by other funders. All the details are on this page.

Our running costs consist mostly of paying staff and renting office space in London. We have the usual overheads of any organisation, from computer equipment and internet connections to doing our accounts. 

We are based in London so that we can meet with central government and major media outlets without the expense of constant travel. We'd like to thank everybody who donates and makes our work possible."

The page also lists donors for the years 2016. 2017, 2018, and 2019. It give details of  organisations and indivuidals who contributed more than 5,000 pounds Sterling, and the amounts they donanated. 

You can see all of our staff and their roles at: https://fullfact.org/about/our-team/

In our FAQs section, under “about fact checking” https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ you can see the process our editorial team undergoes in more detail too. 

The staff of Full Fact and their roles and responsibilities are spelled out here: https://fullfact.org/about/our-team/ 

The processes that Full Fact follows and the different people involved in the process are spelled out in detail in the various sections of "About fact-checking" in the FAQs https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ 

https://fullfact.org/about/our-team/

Bios of the Full Fact team can be found here: https://fullfact.org/about/our-team/ 

https://fullfact.org/about/contact/

People are able to contact Full Fact via this page: https://fullfact.org/about/contact/

Please see our FAQs page https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions. 

Especially: 

1. "How do you factcheck?";

2. Section entitled "ABOUT FACTCHECKING";

3. "What kind of sources do you use?";

4. "Why don't you have ratings?"

We have also published Full Fact’s Operating Guidelines for the Third Party Fact Checking programme publicly here https://fullfact.org/media/uploads/tpfc-q1q2-2019.pdf from page 36 onwards. 

There are comprehensive details on Full Fact's FAQs page https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions 

Of particular relevance are the sections "How do you fact-check? Of particular relevant are the sections entitled "About fact-checking", "What kind of sources do you use?" and "Why don't you have ratings?"

There are also extensive details in Full Fact’s Operating Guidelines for the Third Party Fact Checking programme. It is publicly available here (from page 36 onwards): https://fullfact.org/media/uploads/tpfc-q1q2-2019.pdf 

I have examined a random selection of fact-checks and I am satisfied that Full Fact meets these criteria.

I have examined a random selection of fact-checks and I am satisfied that Full Fact meets these criteria.

I have examined a random selection of fact-checks and I am satisfied that Full Fact meets these criteria.

I have examined a random selection of fact-checks and I am satisfied that Full Fact meets these criteria.

We invite people to send us claims to check through our contact form https://fullfact.org/about/contact/

Also please refer to the FAQs section entitled “About Fact Checking”, as well as “Got a claim for us to check?” and “What kind of thing do you check?”

And we also have a series called Ask Full Fact which invites requests for checks, here are the pages around coronavirus for example: https://fullfact.org/health/newcoronavirus-answered/ and here is the google form that collects these requests: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevu7m6eOc8q4L3petzyZiu7SvehXtlXqfOHLbrgsTMYcPA2A/viewform

Our toolkit pages help people understand how to spot misleading information: https://fullfact.org/toolkit/

People are able to submit a claim for checking via the web form on the Contact page https://fullfact.org/about/contact/

The "About fact-checking" section on the FAQ page https://fullfact.org/about/frequently-asked-questions/ has comprehensive information. Of particular relevance is "Got a claim for us to check?". Also, "What kind of thing do you check, which explains what an and can't be checked?" has useful information and includes a link to the "Contact" page.

People are also able to ask coronavirus-related questions here https://bit.ly/3fjogsc via this Google form https://bit.ly/2AAUct5

All questions and answers are published on a special COVID-19 page https://bit.ly/3fjogsc

Our feedback and complaints process are captured here: https://fullfact.org/about/feedback/ and under the FAQs questions “How can I make a complaint about Full Fact?”. We also invite people to read the IFCN's complaints policy here: https://fullfact.org/about/international-fact-checking-network/

Full Fact publishes details of its complaints and feedback process here: https://fullfact.org/about/feedback/

The process followed in the event of a complaint is clearly spelled out and people are then directed to the contact page from which they can lodge a complaint https://fullfact.org/about/contact/

There is also a link to the IFCN complaints page here: https://bit.ly/31XuPgg There is also a link to IFCN's own complains page where people can lodge a complaint about a signatory https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/complaints-policy

To date in 2020, we have made corrections to 19 fact checks, all in line with our feedback and corrections policy. Details of all 19 fact checks can be found on our public corrections page: https://fullfact.org/about/corrections/ as well as in the attached document. 

All corrected articles note the correction and the date it was made at the bottom of the article.

Full Fact publishes a full list of corrections/clarifications it has made in 2020 https://fullfact.org/about/corrections/

All fact-checks that have been subject to a correction have a prominent explanation at the end of the published fact-check that is marked "correction", as well as the date of the correction.

https://fullfact.org/about/international-fact-checking-network/

There is a link to the IFCN site https://www.ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/ from Full Fact's "About" page https://fullfact.org/about/international-fact-checking-network/

IFCN's Code of Principles are also published on Full Fact's "About page" https://fullfact.org/about/international-fact-checking-network/

This is not applicable. 

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