Who actually funds the SDLP

Every declared donation to the SDLP 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 £2,130,174 across 205 declared donations from 10 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	173	£2m	96.2%
Individual	29	£74k	3.5%
Company	3	£9k	0.4%

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	9	£98k
2025	23	£314k
2024	25	£259k
2023	35	£350k
2022	26	£273k
2021	28	£304k
2020	25	£264k
2019	13	£109k
2018	13	£108k
2017	8	£52k

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	113	£1.4m	64.0%
Constituency associations	92	£767k	36.0%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	98	£868k
2	House of Commons	Public Fund	67	£619k
3	The Electoral Commission	Public Fund	8	£560k
4	Mr Tony Kilduff	Individual	24	£63k
5	Mr James Watson	Individual	2	£7k
6	MulrinesBeverages Ltd Co	Company	1	£4k
7	Heron Brothers	Company	1	£3k
8	Creagh Concrete	Company	1	£2k
9	Mr Brian O'Boyle	Individual	1	£2k
10	Mr Brian Duffin	Individual	2	£2k

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