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 £1,416,409 across 208 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 total
Public Fund	163	£757k	53.4%
Company	34	£479k	33.9%
Individual	11	£180k	12.7%

Year by year

Declared total per calendar year. Totals usually spike in election years and in years when the leader changes.

Year	Donations	Total
2026	7	£110k
2025	8	£119k
2024	17	£153k
2023	28	£190k
2022	25	£186k
2021	29	£204k
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 total
Central HQ	99	£839k	59.2%
Constituency associations	109	£578k	40.8%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	163	£757k
2	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd	Company	33	£458k
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

Every year on record, all accounting units. Includes both monetary donations and benefits in kind.