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Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru · Money map

Who actually funds the Plaid Cymru

Every declared donation to the Plaid Cymru 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 £5,203,614 across 320 declared donations from 87 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
Public Fund225£3.5m68.1%
Individual76£1.4m27.0%
Other8£212k4.1%
Registered Political Party6£28k0.5%
Unincorporated Association5£13k0.3%

Year by year

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

YearDonationsTotalScale
20266£48k
202522£343k
202423£408k
202318£303k
202222£297k
202114£318k
202016£264k
201912£307k
201815£464k
201715£147k
201615£338k
20159£166k
20147£141k
20138£119k
201212£267k
20118£194k
20106£135k
200918£142k
200813£128k
200713£92k
200616£403k
20057£55k
20048£47k
20034£19k
20028£47k
20015£12k

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 HQ136£3.8m73.3%
Parliamentary office132£1.1m21.4%
Constituency-level47£157k3.0%
Other5£120k2.3%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#DonorTypeDonationsLifetime total
1The Electoral CommissionPublic Fund24£1.2m
2Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol, Tyr CyffredinPublic Fund65£611k
3Y Comisiwn EtholiadolPublic Fund8£587k
4House of CommonsPublic Fund45£427k
5Hywel Vaughan LewisIndividual1£330k
6Estate of William Gordon Martin LangOther4£204k
7Mr Elwyn WilliamsIndividual2£201k
8Electoral CommissionPublic Fund7£195k
9Howel Vaughan LewisIndividual1£95k
10Mr Dylan JonesIndividual9£95k
11Corporate Services, Tyr CyffredinPublic Fund10£87k
12House of Commons Fees OfficePublic Fund10£70k
13Julian DunkertonIndividual2£70k
14Department of Finance and AdministrationPublic Fund12£69k
15Mr Edward Ronald MorrisIndividual1£61k
16Fees OfficePublic Fund11£61k
17Department of ResourcesPublic Fund10£59k
18Mrs Gwendoline Mary JonesIndividual1£51k
19Mr John Richard HughesIndividual1£50k
20Mr Kenneth HarrisIndividual1£50k
21Ms Delyth Ann GeorgeIndividual2£48k
22Mr David JonesIndividual1£35k
23House of Commons Finance and Administration OfficePublic Fund4£30k
24Mr Edward Huw EvansIndividual3£28k
25Mr J T HarryIndividual1£28k
26Plaid Cymru - The Party of WalesRegistered Political Party4£21k
27Mr Rhodri LewisIndividual1£20k
28Ms Ceinwen Hannah ThomasIndividual1£20k
29Mr Evan Henry ParryIndividual3£20k
30Mrs Esyllt WilliamsIndividual1£19k

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