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Conservative · Money map

Who actually funds the Conservative

Every declared donation to the Conservative 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 £447,764,980 across 20,210 declared donations from 7,081 distinct donors. The figures below are the decomposition.

By donor type

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

Donor typeDonationsTotal% of all-time
Individual11,745£259.9m58.0%
Company5,797£121.2m27.1%
Public Fund352£37.7m8.4%
Unincorporated Association1,945£25.8m5.8%
Limited Liability Partnership97£1.6m0.4%
Trust156£635k0.1%
Impermissible Donor52£512k0.1%
Other32£178k0.0%
Registered Political Party22£173k0.0%
Friendly Society10£39k0.0%
Unidentifiable Donor2£3k0.0%

Year by year

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

YearDonationsTotalScale
2026167£6m
2025657£21.6m
20241,619£33.3m
20231,097£47.2m
2022956£17.4m
20211,035£19.6m
2020849£15.3m
20192,271£54.5m
2018878£21.3m
20171,819£44.5m
2016765£16.6m
20151,180£20.7m
2014774£14.6m
2013363£7.8m
2012341£7m
2011403£8.6m
2010805£15.5m
2009805£16.1m
2008587£10.1m
2007541£11.1m
2006449£9.5m
2005690£8.8m
2004370£8.4m
2003281£6.2m
2002210£2.8m
2001298£3.4m

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.

WhereDonationsTotal% of all-time
Central HQ9,857£400.8m89.5%
Constituency-level10,233£44.6m10.0%
Other96£2.3m0.5%
Regional / liaison24£81k0.0%

Top funding sectors

Donor names matched against the site’s sector classifier. Untagged donors (individuals, generic companies) are not included — this is the political-economy view.

SectorDistinct donorsTotal
Property220£12.1m
Finance228£11.7m
Media13£383k
Tech10£190k
Trade union2£60k
Gambling3£42k
Oil & gas3£33k
Defence3£28k
Pharma3£18k

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#DonorTypeDonationsLifetime total
1THE PHOENIX PARTNERSHIP (LEEDS) LTDCompany11£15.3m
2House of Commons Fees OfficePublic Fund18£14.1m
3National Conservative Draws SocietyUnincorporated Association180£12.7m
4Lord John SainsburyIndividual7£10.8m
5House of CommonsPublic Fund21£9.3m
6Graham H EdwardsIndividual44£5.9m
7Mohamed Younes Mansour Lotfy MansourIndividual4£5.3m
8Mr John E GoreIndividual16£5.2m
9Sir Michael L DavisIndividual67£5.2m
10The Electoral CommissionPublic Fund22£5m
11Francis X HesterIndividual1£5m
12IPGL LtdCompany116£4.9m
13JC Bamford Excavators LtdCompany121£4.5m
14Countywide Developments LtdCompany52£3.4m
15Mr Ehud ShelegIndividual22£3.2m
16Jeremy Elliott SanIndividual3£3m
17J.S. Bloor (Services) LtdCompany13£3m
18Flowidea LtdCompany56£2.9m
19Mr Malcolm S HealeyIndividual15£2.8m
20J.C.B. ServicesCompany6£2.7m
21Corporate Policy UnitPublic Fund114£2.7m
22Professor Christopher Barry WoodIndividual63£2.7m
23Lord Michael S FarmerIndividual46£2.7m
24Richard D HarpinIndividual94£2.7m
25Sir Michael HintzeIndividual56£2.6m
26Mr John GriffinIndividual14£2.4m
27Mr Andrew E LawIndividual47£2.2m
28Bearwood Corporate Services LtdCompany82£2.1m
29Mr John C ArmitageIndividual19£2.1m
30Lubov ChernukhinIndividual71£2m

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