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 £6,035,228 across 353 declared donations from 94 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	248	£3.9m	64.0%
Individual	85	£1.9m	31.7%
Other	8	£212k	3.5%
Registered Political Party	7	£31k	0.5%
Unincorporated Association	5	£13k	0.2%

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	13	£290k
2025	22	£343k
2024	24	£418k
2023	18	£303k
2022	23	£306k
2021	18	£346k
2020	16	£264k
2019	16	£328k
2018	16	£684k
2017	24	£364k
2016	19	£363k
2015	11	£226k
2014	7	£141k
2013	8	£119k
2012	12	£267k
2011	8	£194k
2010	6	£135k
2009	18	£142k
2008	13	£128k
2007	13	£92k
2006	16	£403k
2005	7	£55k
2004	8	£47k
2003	4	£19k
2002	8	£47k
2001	5	£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.

Where	Donations	Total	% of total
Central HQ	141	£4.2m	69.1%
Parliamentary office	137	£1.1m	18.5%
Other	26	£581k	9.6%
Constituency associations	49	£164k	2.7%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	The Electoral Commission	Public Fund	26	£1.4m
2	Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol, Tyr Cyffredin	Public Fund	74	£700k
3	Y Comisiwn Etholiadol	Public Fund	8	£587k
4	House of Commons	Public Fund	52	£465k
5	Mr Elwyn Williams	Individual	3	£421k
6	Hywel Vaughan Lewis	Individual	1	£330k
7	Electoral Commission	Public Fund	8	£225k
8	Estate of William Gordon Martin Lang	Other	4	£204k
9	Mr David Elwyn Brian Arnold	Individual	1	£151k
10	Corporate Services, Tyr Cyffredin	Public Fund	13	£106k
11	Mr Dylan Jones	Individual	10	£105k
12	Howel Vaughan Lewis	Individual	1	£95k
13	House of Commons Fees Office	Public Fund	10	£70k
14	Julian Dunkerton	Individual	2	£70k
15	Department of Finance and Administration	Public Fund	12	£69k
16	Mr Edward Ronald Morris	Individual	1	£61k
17	Marian Morris	Individual	2	£61k
18	Fees Office	Public Fund	11	£61k
19	Department of Resources	Public Fund	10	£59k
20	Mrs Gwendoline Mary Jones	Individual	1	£51k
21	Mr John Richard Hughes	Individual	1	£50k
22	Mr Kenneth Harris	Individual	1	£50k
23	Ms Delyth Ann George	Individual	2	£48k
24	Mr David Charles Williams	Individual	1	£40k
25	Mr David Jones	Individual	1	£35k
26	House of Commons Finance and Administration Office	Public Fund	4	£30k
27	Mr Edward Huw Evans	Individual	3	£28k
28	Mr J T Harry	Individual	1	£28k
29	Fees office	Public Fund	4	£24k
30	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	Registered Political Party	4	£21k

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