Who actually funds the Alliance Party

Every declared donation to the Alliance Party on the Electoral Commission register, aggregated by year, by donor type, by sector and by accounting unit. The headline number on the policy page is £1,515,026 across 216 declared donations from 7 distinct donors. The figures below are the decomposition.

By donor type

The most diagnostic single decomposition. Tells you who actually owns the party.

Donor type	Donations	Total	% of all-time
Public Fund	170	£837k	55.2%
Company	35	£498k	32.9%
Individual	11	£180k	11.9%

Year by year

Declared total per calendar year. Election years and leadership-change years usually spike.

Year	Donations	Total
2026	4	£62k
2025	16	£234k
2024	24	£211k
2023	28	£190k
2022	24	£171k
2021	26	£193k
2020	25	£87k
2019	30	£203k
2018	26	£122k
2017	13	£41k

Where the money landed · accounting unit

Money that lands at Central HQ funds the party machine. Money that lands at a constituency association funds a single seat. The mix tells you whether the party is centrally bankrolled or locally rooted.

Where	Donations	Total	% of all-time
Central HQ	100	£857k	56.6%
Constituency-level	116	£658k	43.4%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	170	£837k
2	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd	Company	34	£477k
3	Mr Edward Mervyn Dobson	Individual	1	£60k
4	Lord Matthew Oakeshott	Individual	5	£55k
5	Mr Gilbert Nesbitt	Individual	3	£45k
6	Ferring (Ireland) Limited	Company	1	£22k
7	Mr Fergus Wilson	Individual	2	£20k

All-time, all accounting units. Includes both monetary donations and non-cash benefits.