- Charlotte Anderson, 46, boasts she has “only lost one claim in six years”
From a wooden shed at the foot of her garden, Charlotte Anderson runs a lucrative profit business.
Through his YouTube channel, he uses specialist knowledge to complete clients’ disability applications, at £650 each.
But the high price comes with a virtual guarantee: it boasts that it has “only lost one claim in six years.”
Anderson, 46, from Bucknall in Staffordshire, has made dozens of videos explaining to tens of thousands of viewers how to claim benefits, known as Personal Independence Payments, for physical and mental health conditions.
It uses its platform to direct viewers to its digital store, which offers paid services ranging from £60 for a “document check” to £650 in exchange for a two-hour meeting and completing a full claim form.
From a wooden shed at the foot of her garden, Charlotte Anderson (pictured) runs a lucrative profit business
Through his YouTube channel, he uses specialist knowledge to complete clients’ disability applications, at £650 each.
Mrs Anderson receives the maximum PIP (now £798.63 a month) because she suffers from chronic fatigue and severe arthritis. Before that, she worked as a contracts manager at a logistics company.
She is now a full-time YouTuber and disability advocate. The self-proclaimed ‘PIP consultant’ also rents her bungalow and lives in the shed from which she broadcasts.
PIP is not dependent on your income, so Ms. Anderson can receive payments regardless of your income, savings or assets. And business is booming.
In January, she had 33 clients and was forced to temporarily stop offering appointments because the consultancy was “too successful.”
Many of his videos begin with the statement that he has a “100 percent success rate at earning PIP.”
Anderson says that in half of the cases he wins, his clients “have purely mental health issues,” as opposed to any physical illness or disability.
But the high price comes with a virtual guarantee: it boasts that it has “only lost one claim in six years.”
In a video about how to score high on the PIP assessment with a mental health problem, she states: “You have to be able to explain to PIP how you feel, so if you struggle with anxiety you have to explain how you feel.” .
The YouTuber also said: “People get so obsessed with testing: you don’t need a ton of testing, you just don’t need it.” No doctor, no specialist, no psychologist can explain to you how you feel.
She admits that scammers could be watching her videos and using her advice to wrongly make profits: ‘Yes, there will be fakers who watch my videos and try to abuse the system; that’s PIP’s job to manage that.
“I know the Department for Work and Pensions is watching me… I don’t care.”
Ms Anderson has been contacted for comment.