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£250,000 to a UK company linked to protest group Code Pink?
US politicians investigating alleged secret Chinese funding of the protest group Code Pink are examining its activities in Britain. The inquiry includes around £250,000 in alleged payments to a UK company linked to the group.
Jason Smith, chairman of the US House Ways and Means Committee, said: 'It's clear from the Ways and Means Committee investigation that Singham's money and influence does not stop at America's borders.'
The payments under investigation
Investigators are examining more than $250,000 (c.£190,000), paid to a UK company linked to Code Pink in 2020 and 2021. The money allegedly came from organisations connected to Neville Roy Singham, a tech tycoon accused of financing pro-China propaganda worldwide.
In 2024, the same company received a further $94,950 (c.£70,000) from the People's Support Foundation for 'consulting services'. That foundation is run by Jodie Evans, Singham's wife and a co-founder of Code Pink. It reported assets of around $111 million (c.£82 million) in its 2024 filings.
We get zero money from the Chinese Communist Party.
Code Pink describes itself as a feminist anti-war group. Tax records show organisations linked to Singham have given it more than $1.4 million (c.£1 million) since 2017, roughly 25% of its donations in that period. The Ways and Means Committee has accused Singham of funding groups that mix activism with Chinese Communist Party talking points.
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley said evidence suggests Code Pink and the People's Forum 'have been funded and influenced by Mr Singham and the communist Chinese government'.
Who is Neville Roy Singham?
Singham sold his technology company, Thoughtworks, for $785 million (c.£580 million), in 2017. He lives in Shanghai, where he shares an office with a Chinese state-linked company.
A 2023 investigation by The New York Times found he attended a Chinese Communist Party workshop on promoting the party internationally. A federal grand jury in Manhattan is now investigating his network over potential financial crimes. No charges have been filed against Singham or Code Pink.
Protests at the Ministry of Defence and RAF bases
Code Pink has organised demonstrations in London at the Ministry of Defence and the office of an arms company. It has also encouraged activists to protest outside RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus and campaigns for the closure of British military bases abroad.
Akrotiri has been used for surveillance flights over Gaza. Analysis by Declassified UK counted more than 500 such flights between December 2023 and March 2025.
Code Pink has condemned British support for Israel, claiming the country's leaders had been 'bought by Zionism'.
The denials
Code Pink denies receiving any Chinese state money. Co-founder Medea Benjamin said: 'We get zero money from the Chinese Communist Party.' Singham has denied working for any party or government, saying he is 'solely guided by my beliefs'. A spokesman for Suzie Gilbert, a Code Pink organiser in Britain, denied she was part of any propaganda campaign for Beijing.
Tim Law, deputy director of UK-China Transparency, a registered UK charity, and Britain's former defence attaché in Beijing, said activism 'funded or inspired by any entity connected to a foreign power' demands transparency.
