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 £7,074,669 across 618 declared donations from 28 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
Individual	344	£4.2m	59.1%
Public Fund	266	£2.7m	38.2%
Company	8	£193k	2.7%

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	6	£120k
2025	14	£589k
2024	20	£324k
2023	47	£719k
2022	38	£676k
2021	81	£1.1m
2020	43	£416k
2019	41	£2.3m
2018	184	£476k
2017	144	£316k

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	618	£7.1m	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	95	£1.4m
3	Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Office	Public Fund	147	£1.1m
4	Ms Elizabeth known as Pegeen O'Sullivan	Individual	1	£339k
5	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	24	£177k
6	Republican Merchandising	Company	7	£169k
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	28	£28k
11	Conor Murphy MLA	Individual	32	£27k
12	Parnell Publications	Company	1	£24k
13	Philip McGuigan MLA	Individual	19	£21k
14	Cathal Boylan MLA	Individual	20	£20k
15	Declan Kearney MLA	Individual	17	£20k
16	Fra McCann MLA	Individual	20	£20k
17	Caral Ní Chuilin MLA	Individual	18	£20k
18	Gerry Kelly MLA	Individual	18	£19k
19	Declan McAleer MLA	Individual	21	£19k
20	Linda Dillon MLA	Individual	21	£18k
21	Michaela Boyle MLA	Individual	19	£17k
22	Mairtín ó Muilleoir MLA	Individual	13	£14k
23	Sean Lynch MLA	Individual	9	£10k
24	Raymond McCartney MLA	Individual	9	£8k
25	Orlaithi Flynn	Individual	9	£8k
26	Caoimhe Fleming Archibald MLA	Individual	9	£8k
27	Deirdre Hargey	Individual	11	£7k
28	Ian Milne MLA	Individual	7	£7k

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