Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC)
Bribery, fraud and corruption can affect any organisation, from charities and SMEs to large, complex bodies. Beyond the legal and regulatory consequences under the UK Bribery Act, the Fraud Act, and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, including the new corporate failure-to-prevent-fraud offence now in force, the reputational damage can be severe and long-lasting.
Durrant Riley Advisory provides bespoke anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) support, combining strategic insight, operational delivery, and independent assurance. Our work is led by a CIPFA Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist with formal counter-fraud qualifications and over two decades of compliance and investigation experience across the charity, public and commercial sectors. Every engagement is tailored to your organisation and your risk profile.
Some organisations start with strategy and assurance; others come to us for practical implementation, third-party due diligence, or urgent incident response. Many use a combination over time as their risks and needs evolve.
Where the risk bites hardest
Bribery and fraud are risks for every organisation, but they fall differently across sectors and they are often sharpest for charities, which is where much of our specialist experience lies. Charity fraud is a standing priority for the Charity Commission, and trustees carry a specific duty to protect charitable funds and assets. A significant fraud, bribery or corruption incident is not only a matter for the police or the courts; it is typically reportable to the Commission as a serious incident, on top of any obligations under the Bribery Act or Fraud Act. Charities are also disproportionately exposed through grant and donor funding, trading subsidiaries, overseas activity, and a reliance on volunteers and goodwill that can make controls harder to enforce.
How We Help
Strategic Service: Anti-Bribery, Counter-Corruption, Counter-Fraud Strategy & Assurance
This service gives Boards and senior leaders confidence that their ABC framework, governance, and controls are robust and defensible.
We help you clearly understand where your organisation is exposed to bribery, corruption, and fraud risk, and whether your current arrangements would stand up to regulatory or public scrutiny.
Rather than generic advice, we assess your actual exposure, your governance structures, and how well your controls operate in practice. You receive a clear, prioritised plan that strengthens oversight, aligns with adequate procedures (Bribery Act) and reasonable procedures (failure to prevent fraud), and reduces the likelihood of issues being missed or mishandled.
Why this is good for you
- You can demonstrate compliance with the Bribery Act, Fraud Act, and sector-specific regulatory expectations
- You gain clarity over real risks, not theoretical ones
- Your Board receives reliable, independent assurance
- You are better protected if something does go wrong
Best for: Boards, executives, and trustees who want defensible, proportionate, regulator-ready assurance, without building a large internal function.
Foundations: Policies, Controls & Training
This service provides the strong, practical foundations every organisation needs for effective financial crime prevention.
We design or refresh your policies, procedures, and internal controls so they work day to day, not just on paper. Everything is tailored to your size, sector, and risk profile, including procurement, supply chain and third-party risk. This is also where we help you establish or review whistleblowing and speak-up arrangements, often the single most effective early warning an organisation has.
We also provide practical compliance training, focused on real scenarios, ethical decision making, and what “good” looks like in practice, not tick-box exercises.
Why this is good for you
- Your policies become usable and embedded
- Staff understand expectations and ethical conduct standards
- People know how to raise concerns, and trust that they will be heard
- Risks are reduced before they turn into incidents
- You can evidence compliance to regulators, auditors and other stakeholders
Best for: Organisations that need to strengthen the basics, modernise outdated arrangements, or move away from reactive compliance.
Active Prevention: Monitoring, Due Diligence & Oversight
This service focuses on catching problems early through ongoing monitoring and independent oversight.
We provide hands-on third-party due diligence, gifts and hospitality monitoring, conflict-of-interest management, and targeted risk and control testing. This helps you manage supply-chain corruption, high-risk partners, and integrity concerns before they escalate.
You gain continuous visibility and assurance without the cost of a full internal compliance team.
Why this is good for you
- Issues are identified before they escalate
- High-risk suppliers, partners, and relationships are properly assessed
- You have a clear audit trail and evidence of oversight
- Senior leaders are not blindsided by emerging risks
Best for: Organisations with external partners, public or grant funding, or higher inherent bribery, fraud, or corruption risk.
Incident Response: Investigations & Remediation
This service supports you when something goes wrong.
We provide calm, confidential, independent, and proportionate support when concerns arise whether through a whistleblowing report, an allegation, or suspected fraud, bribery, or corruption. Our work includes independent investigations, misconduct reviews, evidence gathering, and root cause analysis.
We help you assess the issue, investigate where necessary, and manage it properly while protecting the organisation, its people, and its reputation. Where an incident is serious, we help you handle regulatory notification including, for charities, serious incident reporting to the Charity Commission, proportionately and on time.
Why this is good for you
- Allegations are handled fairly, defensibly and independently
- You avoid over- or under-reacting
- You receive clear findings and practical remediation steps
- Reporting obligations are met where they apply
- Regulators, auditors and other stakeholders see that issues are taken seriously
Best for: Organisations facing active concerns, historic issues, whistleblowing allegations, or situations requiring independent handling and clear documentation.