Use Undisclosed for hidden figures
Profit by parking charge, debt-fee retention, CEO pay, claim outcomes, staff turnover, disability cancellation data, app-fault cancellation data, and false-positive rates.
Methodology
Make the audit hard to dismiss.
The site should be useful to the public and fair to the evidence. It can expose structural gaps, funding loops, hidden data, and pressure patterns without pretending that a missing figure proves wrongdoing.
Evidence standard
Say what is proved, what is missing, and what should be published.
The strongest public position is simple: where a figure is cleanly public, cite it; where it is not, mark it Undisclosed; where the structure creates risk, ask the public-interest question and link the source. That keeps the project sharp, calm, and defensible.
Source ladder
Use stronger sources before stronger language.
| Evidence type | How to use it | Do not use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Primary law, GOV.UK, ICO, DVLA, MoJ, Companies House | Use for dates, duties, official routes, company records, data principles, KADOE volumes, and policy claims. | Do not stretch a general rule into proof that one company broke it. |
| Company filings and official registers | Use for legal entity, accounts date, officers, filings, ICO registration route, and public corporate structure. | Do not infer hidden profit, CEO pay, or parking-specific income where the accounts do not disclose it. |
| Appeal reports and trade-body material | Use for disclosed appeal volumes, non-contest figures, sanctions, membership terms, and funding routes. | Do not treat industry evidence as neutral proof where it is anonymised or self-reported. |
| Court files, judgments, and pre-action letters | Use only when claimant, defendant privacy, date, amount, route, and outcome are clear. | Do not turn a forum story into a company-wide claim without documents. |
| Trustpilot, Glassdoor, Indeed, app reviews, public posts | Use as dated signals, repeated themes, and routes for further checking. | Do not present reviews as proof of legal breach or true staff turnover unless independently confirmed. |
| Screenshots and local evidence backups | Use as research integrity support where links change, with date, URL, and redaction. | Do not publish private or sensitive material without consent and a clear public-interest reason. |
Undisclosed rule
Undisclosed is a finding, not a failure.
If the public cannot see a figure that materially affects fairness, pressure, or profit, the gap belongs on the page. The word should stay neutral: it means the figure has not been cleanly found in a public source.
Do not fill gaps with suspicion
A missing number can show opacity. It does not prove dishonesty, bias, or illegality by itself.
Ask why it is not published
Where the missing figure affects motorists, the demand is transparency: publish the data in a plain table and link the source.
Public tools
The audit now has working tools.
Company evidence register
Structured fields for operator volume, accounts, appeal, court, reviews, accessibility, staff, and transparency status.
Open registerPublic data register standard
What operators should publish on their own websites and with ICO registration links, without waiting for one-by-one requests.
Open transparency pageFOI, SAR, complaint wording
Plain wording for DVLA, operator, debt collector, and ICO routes when a ticket or data use looks wrong.
Open templatesCourt data tracker
Fields for claimant, debt firm, solicitor, amount, default judgment, discontinuance, defended result, and data issue.
Open trackerPlain-English terms
Definitions for PCN, NTK, KADOE, POPLA, IAS, SAR, CCJ, Letter Before Claim, ANPR, and reasonable adjustment.
Open glossaryEvidence backup policy
How screenshots, local backups, private documents, and sensitive evidence should be stored and protected.
Open policyCore sources