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 £5,648,019 across 342 declared donations from 92 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	241	£3.7m	65.3%
Individual	82	£1.7m	30.2%
Other	8	£212k	3.7%
Registered Political Party	6	£28k	0.5%
Unincorporated Association	5	£13k	0.2%

Year by year

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

Year	Donations	Total
2026	7	£59k
2025	22	£343k
2024	24	£418k
2023	18	£303k
2022	23	£306k
2021	17	£343k
2020	16	£264k
2019	15	£326k
2018	16	£684k
2017	22	£262k
2016	19	£363k
2015	10	£176k
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 all-time
Central HQ	144	£4.2m	75.2%
Parliamentary office	147	£1.2m	21.7%
Constituency-level	49	£164k	2.9%
Other	2	£10k	0.2%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	The Electoral Commission	Public Fund	25	£1.3m
2	Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol, Tyr Cyffredin	Public Fund	70	£659k
3	Y Comisiwn Etholiadol	Public Fund	8	£587k
4	House of Commons	Public Fund	51	£464k
5	Mr Elwyn Williams	Individual	3	£421k
6	Hywel Vaughan Lewis	Individual	1	£330k
7	Estate of William Gordon Martin Lang	Other	4	£204k
8	Electoral Commission	Public Fund	7	£195k
9	Corporate Services, Tyr Cyffredin	Public Fund	13	£106k
10	Howel Vaughan Lewis	Individual	1	£95k
11	Mr Dylan Jones	Individual	9	£95k
12	House of Commons Fees Office	Public Fund	10	£70k
13	Julian Dunkerton	Individual	2	£70k
14	Department of Finance and Administration	Public Fund	12	£69k
15	Mr Edward Ronald Morris	Individual	1	£61k
16	Fees Office	Public Fund	11	£61k
17	Department of Resources	Public Fund	10	£59k
18	Mrs Gwendoline Mary Jones	Individual	1	£51k
19	Mr John Richard Hughes	Individual	1	£50k
20	Mr Kenneth Harris	Individual	1	£50k
21	Ms Delyth Ann George	Individual	2	£48k
22	Mr David Charles Williams	Individual	1	£40k
23	Mr David Jones	Individual	1	£35k
24	House of Commons Finance and Administration Office	Public Fund	4	£30k
25	Mr Edward Huw Evans	Individual	3	£28k
26	Mr J T Harry	Individual	1	£28k
27	Fees office	Public Fund	4	£24k
28	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	Registered Political Party	4	£21k
29	Mr Alun Ffred Jones	Individual	1	£20k
30	Mr Rhodri Lewis	Individual	1	£20k

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