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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 £455,105,612 across 20,626 declared donations from 7,139 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 total
Individual11,990£264.1m58.0%
Company5,904£122.7m27.0%
Public Fund365£39.1m8.6%
Unincorporated Association1,996£26.1m5.7%
Limited Liability Partnership97£1.6m0.4%
Trust160£647k0.1%
Impermissible Donor52£512k0.1%
Other32£178k0.0%
Registered Political Party18£141k0.0%
Friendly Society10£39k0.0%
Unidentifiable Donor2£3k0.0%

Year by year

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

YearDonationsTotalScale
2026368£10.2m
2025654£21.6m
20241,624£33.3m
20231,112£47.5m
2022977£17.6m
20211,058£19.8m
2020865£15.5m
20192,317£55.3m
2018894£21.6m
20171,862£45m
2016782£17m
20151,196£20.8m
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 total
Central HQ9,534£385.2m84.6%
Constituency associations9,865£42.8m9.4%
Other1,203£27m5.9%
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 view shows which parts of the economy fund the party.

SectorDistinct donorsTotal
Property222£12.3m
Finance233£11.9m
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 Association182£12.8m
4Lord John SainsburyIndividual7£10.8m
5House of CommonsPublic Fund24£10.2m
6Graham H EdwardsIndividual46£6m
7Mohamed Younes Mansour Lotfy MansourIndividual4£5.3m
8Mr John E GoreIndividual16£5.2m
9Sir Michael L DavisIndividual67£5.2m
10The Electoral CommissionPublic Fund23£5.1m
11IPGL LtdCompany119£5m
12Francis X HesterIndividual1£5m
13JC Bamford Excavators LtdCompany126£4.5m
14Countywide Developments LtdCompany53£3.5m
15Mr Ehud ShelegIndividual22£3.2m
16Jeremy Elliott SanIndividual3£3m
17J.S. Bloor (Services) LtdCompany13£3m
18Flowidea LtdCompany57£2.9m
19Professor Christopher Barry WoodIndividual72£2.8m
20Corporate Policy UnitPublic Fund116£2.8m
21Mr Malcolm S HealeyIndividual15£2.8m
22J.C.B. ServicesCompany6£2.7m
23Lord Michael S FarmerIndividual50£2.7m
24Richard D HarpinIndividual96£2.7m
25Sir Michael HintzeIndividual58£2.7m
26Mr John GriffinIndividual14£2.4m
27Mr Andrew E LawIndividual48£2.2m
28Bearwood Corporate Services LtdCompany82£2.1m
29Mr John C ArmitageIndividual19£2.1m
30Lubov ChernukhinIndividual72£2.1m

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