Who actually funds the Sinn Féin

Every declared donation to the Sinn Féin 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 £7,380,681 across 628 declared donations from 29 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
Individual	338	£4.2m	56.8%
Public Fund	280	£3m	40.1%
Company	10	£231k	3.1%

Year by year

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

Year	Donations	Total
2026	6	£127k
2025	25	£811k
2024	30	£443k
2023	47	£719k
2022	37	£666k
2021	78	£1.1m
2020	41	£404k
2019	40	£2.3m
2018	182	£474k
2017	142	£315k

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	628	£7.4m	100.0%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	Mr William E Hampton	Individual	12	£3.4m
2	House of Commons Department of Resources	Public Fund	99	£1.5m
3	Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Office	Public Fund	157	£1.3m
4	Ms Elizabeth known as Pegeen O'Sullivan	Individual	1	£339k
5	Republican Merchandising	Company	9	£207k
6	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	24	£177k
7	Martina Anderson MEP	Individual	6	£62k
8	Michelle O'Neill MLA	Individual	24	£39k
9	Mr Michael Dollard	Individual	1	£37k
10	Alex Maskey MLA	Individual	27	£27k
11	Conor Murphy MLA	Individual	31	£26k
12	Parnell Publications	Company	1	£24k
13	Philip McGuigan MLA	Individual	18	£20k
14	Declan Kearney MLA	Individual	17	£20k
15	Fra McCann MLA	Individual	20	£20k
16	Caral Ní Chuilin MLA	Individual	18	£20k
17	Cathal Boylan MLA	Individual	19	£19k
18	Declan McAleer MLA	Individual	21	£19k
19	Gerry Kelly MLA	Individual	17	£18k
20	Linda Dillon MLA	Individual	21	£18k
21	Michaela Boyle MLA	Individual	19	£17k
22	Mr Gregory Burke	Individual	1	£16k
23	Mairtín ó Muilleoir MLA	Individual	13	£14k
24	Sean Lynch MLA	Individual	9	£10k
25	Raymond McCartney MLA	Individual	9	£8k
26	Orlaithi Flynn	Individual	9	£8k
27	Caoimhe Fleming Archibald MLA	Individual	9	£8k
28	Ian Milne MLA	Individual	7	£7k
29	Deirdre Hargey	Individual	9	£6k

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