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 £1,309,883 across 188 declared donations from 6 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	146	£686k	52.4%
Company	32	£454k	34.7%
Individual	10	£170k	13.0%

Year by year

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

Year	Donations	Total
2026	3	£48k
2025	14	£209k
2024	21	£169k
2023	24	£164k
2022	21	£153k
2021	26	£193k
2020	24	£84k
2019	23	£166k
2018	22	£88k
2017	10	£36k

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	85	£767k	58.5%
Constituency-level	103	£543k	41.5%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	146	£686k
2	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd	Company	32	£454k
3	Mr Edward Mervyn Dobson	Individual	1	£60k
4	Lord Matthew Oakeshott	Individual	5	£55k
5	Mr Gilbert Nesbitt	Individual	2	£35k
6	Mr Fergus Wilson	Individual	2	£20k

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