Do 'front groups' exist in the UK?

The Oxford Dictionary of Environment and Conservation defines front group as:

A front group is a pressure group that is structured to look like a voluntary association, but may in reality be controlled by a particular interest (such as a company, industry, or political party), and which may give the appearance of being set up to do one thing but actually be set up to do something else on behalf of its parent group

Examples of such groups in the US are listed, but do such groups exist in the UK?