The Challenge
Universities and charities accepting philanthropic gifts face a critical obligation: ensuring every donation comes from a legitimate, reputable source. The development team needed to verify donors, screen for sanctions, check company records, and document everything — all before a gift could be accepted.
For most organisations, donor due diligence means hours of manual research per donor across multiple databases, inconsistent investigation depth depending on who conducts the check, and a constant risk of missing something important. With growing regulatory scrutiny and increasing gift volumes, the manual approach was unsustainable.
Time-Intensive Manual Research
Each donor investigation required 2–4 hours of manual research across multiple databases and web sources, creating a bottleneck in the gift acceptance process.
Inconsistent Investigation Depth
The quality and thoroughness of checks varied significantly depending on which officer conducted the investigation, with zero standardisation across manual checks.
Multiple Disconnected Sources
Officers needed to manually check 6+ separate databases — Companies House, OFSI sanctions, disqualified officers register, financial filings, media coverage, and more.
Audit Trail Gaps
Manual processes produced ad hoc notes rather than structured, auditable records, making it difficult to demonstrate compliance during reviews.
Our Solution
Doozer's AI agents conduct the entire due diligence process automatically. A single request triggers a comprehensive, multi-source investigation that runs in parallel — checking company registries, sanctions lists, financial filings, and open-source intelligence simultaneously. The result is a structured, evidence-based report delivered directly to the requesting officer's inbox, complete with source citations and a clear risk assessment.
Submit a donor's name, company, and any background notes. Doozer's agents handle the rest — running six parallel investigation streams and compiling findings into a standardised report in 8–15 minutes.
Company Verification
Identifies and verifies the company on the Companies House register, retrieving registration details, status, and registered officers.
Sanctions & Disqualification Screening
Screens the individual and company against the UK OFSI sanctions list and the disqualified officers register using browser automation.
Financial Health Analysis
Retrieves and analyses the most recent annual accounts and confirmation statements, assessing financial sustainability, assets vs. liabilities, and any red flags.
Background & Reputation Check
Deep research on company directors and key personnel — covering controversies, legal issues, political connections, other directorships, and philanthropic history.
Open-Source Intelligence
Broad web research on both the individual and company, covering media coverage, business interests, university engagement, and reputational issues.
Structured Report Delivery
All findings compiled into a formatted report with risk assessment table and full source citations, emailed directly to the requesting officer.
Results & Impact
The automated due diligence solution transformed the university's donor screening process, reducing investigation time by over 90% while delivering more thorough, consistent, and auditable results than manual research.