Martin Tomkinson
Martin Tomkinson is a veteran investigative financial journalist and corporate researcher. He was a financial researcher for The Mail on Sunday‘s ‘Rich List’ from 2000-2004 and has worked on The Sunday Times‘ ‘Rich List’ since 2005. Martin has written for all the UK’s major newspapers. He started work with Private Eye in 1972 and has worked as a freelancer since 1981. He is the author of two books, Nothing to Declare: The Political Corruptions of John Poulson (with Michael Gillard) and The Pornbrokers: The Rise of the Soho Sex Barons.
Martin is a member of the CIJ’s Board of Trustees.
Read an article about Martin from the 2024 CIJ Summer Conference:
Reporting Tips from an Investigative Journalist of 50 Years. By Emily O’Sullivan for the Global Investigative Journalism Network. July 17, 2024
Summer Conference Event
— Talk
Four Rules on How to Survive and Thrive as an Investigative Journalist
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want published; everything else is public relations.” In the same spirit, Martin Tomkinson distils fifty years’ experience as an investigative reporter into four key lessons, and reveals what you really need to succeed in a sometimes perilous profession.
Regional Conference Event
— Clinic
Companies House Clinic
The CIJ Clinic! Anything you need help with finding out, or are there any public bodies or companies who you’d like to look into? Come and be a patient at the CIJ clinic, and our trainers will do their best to help you.
Regional Conference Event
— Clinic
Companies House Clinic
The CIJ Clinic! Anything you need help with finding out, or are there any public bodies or companies who you’d like to look into? Come and be a patient at the CIJ clinic, and our trainers will do their best to help you.
Regional Conference Event
— Talk
Tips for Investigative Journalists after Fifty Years’ Experience
Veteran investigative journalist Martin Tomkinson has spent five decades digging through the dirt to uncover corruption in business, politics and the police. From bribes protecting those getting rich in exploitative industries, to dodgy deals between developers and politicians at all levels, so much of his reporting is sadly still relevant today.
Summer Conference Event
— Talk
Tips for Investigative Journalists after Fifty Years’ Experience
Veteran investigative journalist Martin Tomkinson has spent five decades digging through the dirt to uncover corruption in business, politics and the police. From bribes protecting those getting rich in exploitative industries to dodgy deals between developers and politicians at all levels, so much of his reporting is sadly still relevant today.
Regional Conference Event
— Class
Investigating Companies
Any UK-based investigative journalist or aspiring journalist should have a working knowledge of Companies House. Companies House is the central registry for all UK registered limited or PLC companies and contains a wealth of useful information for those who know how to use the site.
Summer Conference Event
— Course
Understanding Company Accounts: Getting the Most out of Companies House
Any UK-based investigative journalist or aspiring journalist should have a working knowledge of Companies House. Companies House is the central registry for all UK registered limited or PLC companies and contains a wealth of useful information for those who know how to use the site.
Summer Conference Event
— Class
Understanding Company Accounts: Getting the Most Out of Companies House
Any UK-based investigative journalist or aspiring journalist should have a working knowledge of Companies House. Companies House is the central registry for all UK registered limited or PLC companies and contains a wealth of useful information for those who know how to use the site.
Regional Conference Event
— Class
Investigating Companies
Any UK-based investigative journalist or aspiring journalist should have a working knowledge of Companies House. Companies House is the central registry for all UK registered limited or PLC companies and contains a wealth of useful information for those who know how to use the site.
Summer Conference Event
— Training Workshop
Financial Journalism: How to Get the Most of Companies House
Any UK-based investigative journalist or aspiring journalist should have a working knowledge of Companies House, the central registry for all UK registered limited or PLC companies. This is a free workshop.
Summer Conference Event
— Talk
Clare Rewcastle Brown: The Inside Story of the 1MDB Exposé
Award winning investigative journalist and author of The Sarawak Report, Clare Rewcastle Brown talks to Martin Tomkinson about her three-year long investigation, which exposed the theft of $8billion from a Malaysian development fund by corrupt officials accused of working for the country’s then prime minister Najib Razak.
Regional Conference Event
— Workshop
Strand Two: How to make the most out of Companies House
Any UK-based investigative journalist or aspiring journalist should have a working knowledge of Companies House. Companies House is the central registry for all UK registered limited or PLC companies and contains a wealth of useful information for those who know how to use the site.
Summer Conference Event
— Workshop
Understanding Company Accounts: Getting the Most Out of Companies House
Any UK-based investigative journalist or aspiring journalist should have a working knowledge of Companies House. Companies House is the central registry for all UK registered limited or PLC companies and contains a wealth of useful information for those who know how to use the site.
